Adriatic League, Regular Season, Game 14: December 23, 2008 - ADRIATIC LEAGUE

May 23, 2013

Adriatic League, Regular Season, Game 14: December 23, 2008

Defending champion Partizan Belgrade recorded its sixth win in a row in the Adriatic League Tuesday by topping Krka Novo Mesto on the road 65-80. Novica Velickovic shined with a career-high 27 points plus 7 assists as Partizan improved to 13-1. Red Star remained one win behind Partizan after beating FMP 77-65 behind a strong showing from Lawrence Roberts, but Hemofarm Stada dropped back after falling 79-75 at Cibona. Niksa Prkacin netted 17 for Cibona, which at 10-4 is in sole possession of fourth place, just one victory behind FMP. Meanwhile Zadar downed Split CO 83-91 in a battle of Croatian League powers and Union Olimpija edged Buducnost m:tel 81-79 on late Vlado Ilievski free throws. In other games, Vojvodina Srbijagas bested Zagreb CO 84-75 thanks to 20 points from Charron Fisher and Bosna ASA BHT defeated Helios Domzale 87-72 as Ivan Ivanovic produced 18 points and 6 assists.

Defending champion Partizan Belgrade recorded its sixth win in a row in the Adriatic League Tuesday by topping Krka Novo Mesto on the road 65-80. Novica Velickovic shined with a career-high 27 points plus 7 assists as Partizan improved to 13-1. The visitors made quick work of Novo Mesto with a 5-23 opening period that set the stage for an easy evening. Stephane Lasme added 12 points and 9 rebounds as nine different Partizan players scored at least 4 points. Red Star remained one win behind Partizan after beating FMP 77-65 behind a strong showing from Lawrence Roberts. FMP was within 6 points early in the fourth period, but Roberts and Andre Owens scored all the points in an 8-0 run that took the fight out of FMP. Roberts finished with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals, Owens posted 17 points and 5 assists and Vladimir Stimac added 14 points. Dragan Labovic and Predrag Samardziski scored 14 points apiece and combined for 20 rebounds in defeat.

Cibona topped Hemofarm Stada 79-75 to climb within one victory of third place. It was a balanced game that saw the two teams combined for just 21 fourth-quarter points. The last 10 minutes also featured three ties and two lead changes. Hemofarm was within 75-74 with three minutes to go, but neither team would make a basket after that and free throws by Davor Kus and Niksa Prkacin wrapped up the victory for the hosts. Prkacin led Cibona with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 5 steals, Earl Calloway and Kus netted 16 each, Marin Rozic added 15 and Jared Homan finished with 11 points and 10 boards. Stefan Markovic and Milan Macvan paced Hemofarm with 19 points apiece. Dejan Ivanov scored 8 of his season-high 24 points in the third quarter as Zadar built a double-digit lead that it nursed the rest of the way for an 83-91 road win at Split CO. Todor Gecevski, Rok Stipcevic and Hrovje Peric added 16 points apiece and Marlon Garnett had 10 for Zadar. Sinisa Stemberger scored a career-high 26 for Spit in defeat.

Union Olimpija edged Buducnost m:tel 81-79 on a pair of late Vlado Ilievski free throws. Buducnost took control early with 9 unanswered points to finish the first quarter and remained ahead until the fourth quarter. After Vladimir Dasic made it 58-69 early in the fourth, a Frank Robinson triple ignited the Olimpija comeback. Jasmin Hukic connected from downtown to tie it at 77-77 with less than two minutes remaining. Vladimir Micov put the visitors ahead from the line, but Ilievski free throws put Olimpija on top and Nemanja Gordic missed twice from the line for Buducnost allowing Olimpija the win. Ilievski was 12 for 13 from the line en route to 19 points, Vladimir Golubovic added 12 points and 9 rebounds and Mirza Begic and Miha Zupan scored 10 each for the winners. Micov paced Buducnost with 25 points, Nenad Misanovic had 18 and Dasic 13.

LAST GAME GAME 14 December 23, 2008
Day	Match	Result
Dec. 23	Krka vs. Partizan	65-80
Dec. 23	Bosna ASA vs.Helios Domzale	87-72
Dec. 23	Cibona vs. Hemofarm STADA	79-75
Dec. 23	Split CO vs. Zadar	83-91
Dec. 23	Vojvodina vs. Zagreb CO	84-75
Dec. 23	Union Olimpija vs. Buducnost	81-79
Dec. 23	Crvena zvezda vs. FMP	77-65

NEXT GAME GAME 15 January 3, 2009
Day	Match
Jan. 3	Crvena zvezda vs. Krka
Jan. 3	FMP vs. Union Olimpija
Dec. 28	Buducnost vs. Vojvodina
Jan. 3	Zagreb CO vs. Split CO
Jan. 3	Zadar vs. Cibona
Dec. 28	Hemofarm STADA vs. Bosna
Jan. 3	Helios Domzale vs. Partizan

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	KK Partizan	14	13	1	1076	956
2	KK Crvena zvezda	14	12	2	1114	1045
3	KK Hemofarm STADA	14	11	3	1164	1074
4	KK Cibona	14	10	4	1138	1036
5	KK Zadar	14	9	5	1195	1065
6	KK Budućnost m:tel	14	8	6	1098	1073
7	KK Union Olimpija	14	6	8	1108	1096
8	KK Bosna ASA BH TELECOM	14	6	8	1075	1115
9	KK FMP	14	5	9	1075	1114
10	KK Split Croatia osiguranje	14	5	9	1000	1080
11	KK Vojvodina Srbijagas	14	4	10	1058	1157
12	KK Krka	14	4	10	998	1105
13	KK Helios Domžale	14	3	11	1004	1074
14	KK Zagreb Croatia osiguranje	14	2	12	1072	1185