Adriatic League, Regular Season, Game 3: October 11, 2008 - ADRIATIC LEAGUE

May 24, 2013

Adriatic League, Regular Season, Game 3: October 11, 2008

Four teams remain unbeaten in the Adriatic League, but one of them seems to be the team to beat: Partizan Belgrade. The defending champion survived a rematch of last year's final against Hemofarm STADA, winning by 73-74. Hemofarm led by as many as 14 after the first quarter and had a shot to win the game, but Nebosja Joksimovic couldn't deliver. Novica Velickovic scored 20 points for Partizan, while Stefan Markovic had 17 points and 5 steals for Hemofarm. Croatian champion KK Zadar crushed Bosnian champion KK Bosna 101-57. Todor Gecevski needed only 21 minutes to score 23 points for Zadar, and Julius Johnson added 22. Seid Hajric led Bosna with 14. Cibona picked up its first win by downing rival Zagreb CO in a heated derby thanks to a Vedran Vukusic layup. Rawle Marshall had an excellent offensive night with 29 points for Cibona, while Davor Kus and Marin Rozic added 14 points apiece. Ante Tomic posted 21 points to go with 9 rebounds for Zagreb, and Krunoslav Simon finished with 17. In the Slovenian derby, Krka downed Helios Domzale 56-75. Davor Marcelic hit 4 three-pointers on his way to 18 points for Krka, and Vjekoslav Petrovic nailed 3 from downtown to score 13 for Helios. In Podgorica, Buducnost was in control for most of the game and beat Split CO 85-68. Marko Simonovic came off the bench to lead a balanced Buducnost offence with 15 points, and Nemanja Gordic finished with 14. Sinisa Stemberger posted 23 points for the Croatian team and Antonio Grant scored 17. Red Star also stayed unbeaten by topping Union Olimpija 84-77. Andre Owens and Marko Marinovic combined for 8 threes and half of Red Star’s points. Veteran star Marko Milic came off the bench to match Miha Zupan's 18 points for Olimpija. Vlado Ilievski had 13 points and 9 assists. FMP needed overtime to get the first victory of the season against Vojvodina. Dragan Labovic led FMP with 29 points, while Miroslav Raduljica had a monster game inside with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 7 drawn fouls. Filip Covic scored 21 points and drew 7 fouls as well. Goran Bajic led five Vojvodina players in double figures with 20 points.

Partizan managed to survive in a rematch of last year's final game by beating Hemofarm STADA 73-74. Hemofarm led by as many as 14 after the first quarter and was up 11 at the half, but Partizan turned a 46-35 deficit into a 48-55 lead in less than seven minutes. Hemofarm came back to even the score at 61 on Boban Marjanovic's free throws, but Partizan made another run to take the lead for good. Hemofarm never gave up and had a shot to win the game, but Nebosja Joksimovic couldn't deliver. Novica Velickovic scored 20 points for Partizan, while Milenko Tepic and Stephane Lasme added 13 points each. Stefan Markovic had 17 points and 5 steals for Hemofarm, Miljan Pavkovic scored 11 and Milivoje Bozovic 10. Cibona picked up its first win by downing rival Zagreb CO in a heated derby thanks to a Vedran Vukusic layup. After Earl Calloway misfired, Vukusic took his 11th rebound of the game and put the ball in the ring. Rawle Marshall had an excellent offensive night with 29 points for Cibona, while hometown star Davor Kus and Marin Rozic added 14 points apiece. Ante Tomic made 21 points to go with 9 rebounds for Zagreb and Krunoslav Simon finished with 17. In the Slovenian derby, Krka downed Helios Domzale 56-75 by only allowing 16 points in the second half. Davor Marcelic made 4 three-pointers on his way to 18 points, and Richard Shields chipped in with 15 for Krka. Vjekoslav Petrovic nailed 3 from downtown to score 13 for Helios, while Nicholas Jacobson had 10. Croatian champion KK Zadar crushed Bosnian champion KK Bosna 101-57. Todor Gecevski needed only 21 minutes to score 23 points for Zadar, and Julius Johnson hit 5 from downtown to add 22, while Marlon Garnett had 18 points off the bench. Seid Hajric led Bosna with 14.

In Podgorica, Buducnost beat Split CO 85-68. Split was trailing for most of the game, but reduced to 65-60 on Antonio Grant's lay-up with nine minutes to go. However, Buducnost made some crucial defensive stops to extend the lead and stay unbeaten in the tournament. Marko Simonovic came off the bench to lead a balanced Buducnost offence with 15 points. Nemanja Gordic finished with 14, and Nenad Misanovic and Vladimir Dasic added 12 points each. Sinisa Stemberger posted 23 points for Split and Antonio Grant scored 17. Red Star also stayed unbeaten by topping Union Olimpija 84-77. Red Star was in front for most of the second half, but without being able to build a solid lead. Marko Milic scored a layup for Olimpija to cut the lead down to 2 with only two minutes to go. But Andre Owens answered with 5 points, and the Red Army team's fans could celebrate. Owens and Marko Marinovic combined for 8 threes and half of Red Star’s points. Milic came off the bench to match Miha Zupan's 18 points for Olimpija. Vlado Ilievski had 13 points and 9 assists. FMP needed an overtime to get its first victory of the season against Vojvodina. Filip Covic missed a chance to win the game for FMP in the dying seconds of the regulation. But Dragan Labovic nailed 2 threes and Covic added another one to decide the outcome of the game in the five extra minutes. Labovic led FMP with 29 points, while Miroslav Raduljica had a monster game inside with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 7 drawn fouls. Covic scored 21 points and drew 7 fouls as well. Goran Bajic led five Vojvodina players in double figures with 20 points.

LAST GAME GAME 3 October 11, 2008
Day	Match	Result
Oct. 11	Helios Domzale vs. Krka	56-75
Oct. 11	Hemofarm STADA vs. Partizan	73-74
Oct. 11	Zadar vs. Bosna ASA BHT	101-57
Oct. 11	Zagreb CO vs. Cibona	88-89
Oct. 11	Buducnost vs. Split CO	85-68
Oct. 11	FMP vs. Vojvodina	99-90 OT
Oct. 11	C. zvezda vs. Union Olimpija	84-77

NEXT GAME GAME 4 October 18, 2008
Day	Match
Oct. 18	Krka vs. Union Olimpija
Oct. 18	Vojvodina vs. Crvena zvezda
Oct. 18	Split CO vs. FMP
Oct. 18	Cibona vs. Buducnost
Oct. 18	Bosna ASA vs. Zagreb CO
Oct. 18	Partizan vs. Zadar
Oct. 18	Helios vs. Hemofarm STADA

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	KK Zadar	3	3	0	276	211
2	KK Crvena zvezda	3	3	0	251	211
3	KK Budućnost m:tel	3	3	0	252	217
4	KK Partizan	3	3	0	229	205
5	KK Hemofarm STADA	3	2	1	237	217
6	KK FMP	3	1	2	258	262
7	KK Split Croatia osiguranje	3	1	2	211	220
8	KK Vojvodina Srbijagas	3	1	2	256	265
9	KK Union Olimpija	3	1	2	238	247
10	KK Krka	3	1	2	198	213
11	KK Cibona	3	1	2	252	268
12	KK Bosna ASA BH TELECOM	3	1	2	203	253
13	KK Zagreb Croatia osiguranje	3	0	3	223	255
14	KK Helios Domžale	3	0	3	195	235