MEGA WITHOUT ANSWER FOR THE OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING AND THREES OF ZVEZDA FOR THE DEFEAT IN THE GAME 1 OF THE FINALS

Offensive rebounds and threes decided in the first game of the playoff finals, Zvezda took the lead against Mega with 1:0!

In the first game of the finals of the playoffs of the Serbian Super League, Mega Soccerbet lost away to Crvena zvezda mts with 98:69 (31:17, 26:20, 21:19, 20:13). Coach Vladimir Jovanovic’s team did not enter the game well in front of about 1,500 spectators in the Aleksandar Nikolic hall, where Crvena zvezda easily reached points from a large number of offensive rebounds, after which Mega failed to return to the game and endanger Zvezda’s victory.

The most efficient in the ranks of Mega Soccerbet were Malcolm Cazalon with 16 points and Karlo Matkovic with 10. Ognjen Dobric stood out in the Crvena zvezda mts with 20 points.

With this victory, the Crvena zvezda took the lead in the series with 1-0. The final series will be played in the best of three, and the next one will be played on Friday, June 11 at 8 pm without the presence of spectators in the Mega Factory hall, while the eventual third game will be played on June 13 at 8:30 pm in the Aleksandar Nikolic hall.

Mega coach Vladimir Jovanovic started the match with the following five: Novak, Milosavljevic, Cazalon, Simonovic, Petrusev. Several offensive rebounds by Zvezda at the beginning of the match, which leads with 8:2. Novak hits the lay-up under a foul and Cazalon hit three, Mega is two points behind, but the bad defending of the rebound Zvezda punishes again for 15: 9. However, the problems with the defensive rebounding continue, which Zvezda mostly uses, so after Dobric hit three in the last second, the result at the end of the first quarter is 31:17.

Zvezda continued to score by three, so minus of Mega increased to plus 22 for Zvezda. Mega, through Cazalon and Novak, reduces the difference to 15 points. However, at the end of the halftime, the home team made a rub and Dobric hit a three again in the last second for 57:37.

The home team had a plus 25 in the first half of the third quarter, Milosavljevic managed to push Mega in the attack with two three-pointers, but Zvezda reached new points from the offensive rebound. Simanic from free throws and Matkovic with a great dunk for plus 1 set the result at the end of the third quarter, 78:56.

In the last quarter, Mega did not manage to endanger the great lead of Zvezda, so the final result was 98:69.

Crvena zvezda mts: Hall 2, Lloyd 9, Uskokovic, Davidovac 8, Lazic 9, Reath 3, Radanov 15, Dobric 20, Simonovic 8, Jagodic-Kuridza 12, Kuzmic 4, Nnoko 10.

Mega Soccerbet: Petrusev 5, Tepic 6, Kljajevic, Momirov 4, Novak 5 (6 assists), Simonovic 8, Cerovina 3, Matkovic 10, Cazalon 16, Milosavljevic 6, Simanic 7, Langovic.

Photo: KK Crvena zvezda mts/Djordje Kostic