Sixth straight national championship trophy for MZT

Thursday, 01. June 2017 at 21:20

In the decisive fifth game of the series in the Macedonian National Championship Finals, MZT Skopje Aerodrom have prevailed over Karpoš Sokoli after a thrilling finish at home in their Jane Sandanski Hall in Skopje.

MZT Skopje Aerodrom 2016/2017 Macedonian National Champions (Photo: MZT Skopje Aerodrom/Dragan Mitreski - Dadi)

It has been literally anybody’s game until the final moments, when the home side pulled away to five points of margin (85:80) midway through the final minute. This was a point from which there was no return for the visiting side into the battle for a trophy.

The final score was 86:80 in favour of MZT Skopje Aerodrom, with Charlon Kloof topping the scorers’ list with 29 points. For Karpoš Sokoli, Kendrick Perry and Dragan Labović contributed 17 each.

This is the sixth consecutive domestic championship trophy and sixth in total for MZT Skopje Aerodrom, which will also be a member of the ABA League in the forthcoming season.

Macedonian National Championship Finals, Round 5, Wednesday, 24.5.2017:

MZT SKOPJE AERODROM – Karpoš Sokoli 86:82 (22:20, 23:21, 19:21, 22:20) / * 3:2 in victories
Kloof 29, Drenovac 23 | Perry and Labović 17.

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