May 24, 2012
Adriatic League, Game 22: February 24-25, 2007
Zoran Erceg - BC FMP Partizan, Cibona and FMP join a three-way tie atop the Adriatic League standings each with a 17-5 record, as the playoffs get closer with four weeks to go in the regular season. Partizan thrashed Geoplin Slovan 69-97 on the road on Saturday. Boris Bakic and Novica Velickovic led the winners each with 17 points. Meanwhile, Cibona dropped to 17-5 due to a 93-89 road loss against Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade. Milan Gurovic led the winners with 19 points, Petar Popovic had 17 while Andrew Wisniewski had 23 points for Cibona. FMP also improved to 17-5 by downing Zadar 105-84 in Zeleznik on Saturday behind 24 points from Zoran Erceg. Hemofarm improved to 16-6 and got closer to clinch a playoff spot by overwhelming Split Croatia Osiguranje 51-89 on the road. Aleksej Nesovic had 17 points for Hemofarm, that outscored its opponents by by 19-58 in the second half. Union Olimpja dropped to 10-12 due to a 59-64 home loss against Helios Domzale in Ljubljana. In other games, Bosna Asa BHT edged Buducnost 85-80 while Zagreb topped Siroki Prima Pivo 74-62.

Partizan joined the three-way tie atop the Adriatic League standings and improved to 17-5 by thrashing Geoplin Slovan 69-97 on the road on Saturday. Bakic and Velickovic led the winners each with 17 points, Kosta Perovic had 15 and Milenko Tepic 12 for Partizan. Slovan trailed 37-41 late in the first half, but Tepic and Velickovic shined in the third quarter to make Partizan get a 47-64 margin after three quarters. Partizan kept shining in defense and added a massive road win. FMP also improved to 17-5 by downing Zadar 105-84 in Zeleznik on Saturday. Erceg led the winners with 24 points. Marko Djerasimovic added 13, Bojan Krstovic had 12, Branko Cvetkovic 11 while Ivan Zigeranovic and Djordje Micic each tallied 10 for FMP. Rok Stipcevic had 22 points for Zadar, that stayed in the game in the first half and trailed 48-41 at the break. Krstovic and Erceg simply exploded in the third quarter, as FMP boosted its margin to 85-57 after three quarters and never looked back. Hemofarm improved to 16-6 and got closer to clinch a playoff spot by overwhelming Split Croatia Osiguranje 51-89 on the road. Nesovic had 17 points for Hemofarm, Milenko Topic added 16 and Predrag Suput 13 for the guests, that trailed 32-31 at the break. Things changed in the second half, as Hemofarm outscored its opponents by 19-58 and cruised to a key road win.

Crvena Zvezda showed it is ready for its big ULEB Cup challenge against Real Madrid this Tuesday by beating Cibona 93-89 at home on Saturday. Gurovic led the winners with 19 points, Popovic had 17 while Antonio Burks and Tadija Dragicevic each had 12 for Zvezda. Wisniewski had 23 points for Cibona, Ivan Tomas added 18, Chris Warren 17 while Marin Rozic and Brent Wright each chipped in 11 for the guests. Steven Markovic, Vuk Radivojevic and Gurovic helped Zvezda to overcome an early deficit and get a 25-21 lead after 10 minutes. Cibona got a brief lead, 29-30, on free throws by Wisniewski, but the ever-present Gurovic had 6 late points to make Zvezda get a 51-45 halftime margin. Warren and Tomas led Cibona after the break, but a free throw by Popovic still allowed Zvezda to keep a 65-64 edge after three quarters. Burks and Gurovic fueled a 10-2 run that put Zvezda ahead for good, 75-66. Cibona got within 88-85 in the final seconds, but Burks hit 5 of 6 free throws to seal the win for the hosts. Union Olimpja dropped to 10-12 due to a 59-64 home loss against Helios Domzale in Ljubljana. Teemu Rannikko had 19 points for Olimpija while Goran Jurak added 13. Olimpija led 51-49 after three quarters but a game-breaking 2-13 run gave Helios a 53-62 lead. Olimpija got as close as 59-62 but failed to complete its comeback.


LAST GAME GAME 22 - February 23-25, 2007
DayMatchResult
Feb. 24Bosna ASA BHT vs. Buducnost85-80
Feb. 24Geoplin Slovan vs. Partizan69-97
Feb. 24Zagreb vs. Siroki Prima pivo74-62
Feb. 23FMP vs. Zadar105-84
Feb. 24Split CO vs. Hemofarm51-89
Feb. 24Crvena zvezda vs. Cibona93-89
Feb. 25Union Olimpija vs. Helios Domzale59-64
NEXT GAME GAME 23 - March 3-4, 2007
DayMatch
Mar. 4Helios Domzale vs. Bosna ASA BHT
Mar. 3Union Olimpija vs. Crvena zvezda
Mar. 3Cibona vs. Split CO
Mar. 3Hemofarm vs. FMP
Mar. 4Zadar vs. Zagreb
Mar. 3Siroki Prima pivo vs. Geoplin Slovan
Mar. 3Partizan vs. Buducnost


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1KK Partizan 2217518341624
2KK Cibona 2217518631729
3KK FMP 2217519171794
4KK Hemofarm 2216617911647
5KK Buducnost 2214817971718
6KK Crvena zvezda 22121019661865
7KK Zadar 22121018691841
8KK Helios Domzale 22111117191742
9KK Union Olimpija 22101217941749
10KK Bosna ASA BH TELECOM 2291318081890
11KK Zagreb 2281417081742
12HKK Siroki Prima pivo 2271516661810
13KK Geoplin Slovan 2222015881877
14KK Split CO2222016491941
Sunday, February 25, 2007
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