Cedevita win the big clash against Zvezda

There are no more undefeated teams in this season! Cedevita outplayed Crvena zvezda Telekom in thrilling finish and made a little revenge for the last year's ABA League finals.

Game recap: It was not the most beautiful basketball game ever, but it was super exciting. Cedevita and Crvena zvezda Telekom were changing leads like it was some kind of a tennis match, and eventually the home team had more nerves at the end. One single defense made difference. Crvena zvezda Telekom had the ball at 73:72, but Cedevita"s players made Gal Mekel make a turnover only 3 seconds before the end! On the other side Luka Babić scored one free throw and put an end to this match. Cedevita scored a big win in ABA League derby, while Crvena zvezda Telekom suffered their very first defeat in the new season.

Key moments: Well, of course that the decisive moment happened at the very end when Gal Mekel went inside the paint, tried to roll around his guard, but he made one step more than allowed and made the crucial turnaround. The other very important detail happened on two minutes before the end when Marko Arapović scored so valuable three-pointer that put Cedevita in front before the final moments.

Man of the match: Miro Bilan! Firstly he had such a difficult task to guard Sofoklis Schortsanitis and Maik Zirbes, but he was very good defensively. On the other side, he made so many problems to the big guys from Crvena zvezda Telekom that both Zirbes and Schortsanitis got in trouble with fouls. Bilan finished the game with 14 points, and he was the top scorer of the home team.

Can"t trick the stats: Interesting enough Crvena zvezda Telekom had more assists and rebounds than Cedevita, but the visitors also had 3 more turnovers… And eventually one of them decided the winner of this game.