FATIGUE GOT MEGA, ZVEZDA WON THE TITLE
Players of Mega Leksa failed to extend the ABA league finals series since in the crowded hall PSC Pinki in Sremska Mitrovica within match three of finals lost to Crvena zvezda Telekom with 49:61 (16:24, 18:13, 6:9, 9:15). Dejan Milojevic players after an excellent second quarter and lead, in the second half lost power and stopped the attack, which decided the winner.
Therefore qualifying for the finals Mega Leks made a fantastic success, but the large number of injuries prevented Mega’s players to be in full force to oppose Crvena zvezda. Not in this game and throughout the final series, in addition to long injured Aranitovic, Jaramaz and Kaba, has not played Timothe Luwawu.
The very beginning of the match began in a rather an equal game but Zvezda in middle of the period had plus 8. Zagorac and Ivanovic did not let them off the hook and is still the first quarter ended with 16:24.
Zagorac started the second quarter with effective dunk and basket under a foul and then he was joined by Veljkovic so Mega arrives and took the lead, 34:33. Zvezda tied four points for 34:37 at the break.
In second half was completely stopped the attack of Mega although the defense worked well but fatigue did the rest. Mega after 27 minutes with a series of points reaches to 40:41 but after Zvezda managed to hit a few shots and went to plus 9, 40:49. Rade Zagorac linked 5 points for 45:51 in the 34th minute, however, a new series of Zvezda corresponds to the final result of 49:61 and 0:3 in the final series.
In the last minutes of the match, the opportunity to play had the captain of the junior team Novak Music, as well as the cadet Marko Pecarski, which with his 16 years wrote his first points for the senior team.
The audience in Sremska Mitrovica between the first and second quarters had the opportunity to greet cadets of Mega Leks who led by coach Miodrag Rajkovic won the championship, the first in the history of the club in youth selections. They were joined by the pioneers Mege, led by coach Stefan Bulatovic, who in the first season the establishment of pioneers selection Mege, became vice-champions of Serbia.
Mega Leks: Simić, Djokovic 4 (5 rebounds), Veljkovic 4 (7 rebounds), Music, Ivanovic 10 (6 assists and 5 steals), Pavlovic, Luwawu-Cabarrot, Zagorac 21 (6 rebounds), Simeunovic 2 (5 rebounds), Nikolic, Janković 6 (8 rebounds), Pecarski 2.
Crvena zvezda Telekom: Kinsey 4, Rebic, Dangubic 2, Mitrovic 6, Lazic 2, Miciv 5, Simonovic 9, Guduric 2, Jovic 3, Miller 18, Zirbes 9, Stimac 1.
Photo: Mega Leks / Ivica Veselinov