Reylonds on fire as Budućnost beat Zadar, first win for Olimpija
Budućnost VOLI easily downed Zadar in the 2nd round of the Memorial Tournament "Ljubo Jovanović. Union Olimpija scored their 1st preseason win by defeating MKS Start Lublin, while Mega Leks suffered their 1st loss...
It was a busy Saturday for ABA League clubs. Earlier today Cibona, FMP and Krka played their prep games, while then it was time for Budućnost VOLI, Zadar, Union Olimpija and Mega Leks to step on the court.
Budućnost VOLI had no problems in the match against Zadar. It was the 1st prep game for the Podgorica powerhouse in the preseason. Marcus Williams played his first minutes in the Blue jersey, while JR Reynolds had his night as he put up 22 points for the winning team.
On the other side Ivan Marinković and Boris Barać scored 15 points for Zadar.
Union Olimpija also played their 1st preseason match this Saturday evening and the Dragons scored a convincing win over Polish team MKS Start Lublin. Newcomers Mirko Mulalić, Stevan Milošević and Devin Oliver made 14 points each for Ljubljana squad.
Finally, after winning 4 games in a row, Mega Leks suffered their 1st defeat in the preseason as they got defeated by Besiktas. Rade Zagorac made a stunning performance, he was very close to achieve a triple-double (21 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds), however not even that was enough for his team to seize the win.
Preseason games, Saturday, 3.9.2017:
BUDUĆNOST VOLI - Zadar 91:66 (15:17, 28:25, 26:13, 22:11)
Budućnost VOLI: Reynolds 22, Williams 5, Starovlah 5, Subotić 11, šehović 14, Popović, Baćović 2, Slavković 3, Ilić 12, Savović 3, Nikolić 14.
Zadar: Lisica, Vraneš, Jelenković, Jurica 7, špaleta 2, Brzoja 13, Marinković 15, Barać 15, Vrkić 2, Mazalin 12.
---------------
UNION OLIMPIJA - MKS Start Lublin 91:73 (22:17, 27:9, 21:26, 21:21)
Union Olimpija: Mulalić 14, Milošević 14, Oliver 14, Hrovat 13, Bubnič 11, Jurček 7, Shashkov 7, Barbarič 6, Pelko 5, Janežič
MKS Start Lublin:Trojan 15, Kowalski 12, Wiggins 11, Mlakar 8, Ciechociński 8, Jankowski 7, Małecki 7, Balmazović 5.
----------
Mega Leks - BESIKTAS 89:95 (16:24, 29:28, 21:16, 23:27)
Mega Leks: Simić, Zagorac 21 (10 assists, 7 rebounds, index 32), Milisavljević 2, Đoković, Jaramaz 16, Simeunović 5, Spasojević 21, Kaba 15 (10 rebounds), Pavlović, Mushidi, Tejić 9.
Bešiktaš: Edge 11, Guler 15, Clark 10, Taskiran, Veyseloglu 2, štimac 14, Thomson 8, Roll 10, Sanli 13, Strawberry 7, Weems 2, Karaman 3.
