EL: Third win in a row for Budućnost VOLI
The reigning ABA League champions were once again successful in their EuroLeague campaign.
Budućnost VOLI have defeated Herbalife Gran Canaria in Podgorica in Round 20 of the 2018/19 EuroLeague regular season! This was the 3rd win in a row for the reigning ABA League champions in this competition! Apart from Budućnost VOLI, only Fenerbahce Istanbul and Maccabi Tel Aviv have also managed to score wins in each of the previous 3 rounds.
Norris Cole and Goga Bitadze, the two players who were the last to join Budućnost VOLI team in this season, were the two key figures for the home team in this match. Cole was the team top scorer with 20 points, while on top of that he also had 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Bitadze was the player with the highest index rating in the winning team (27), while he finished the match with 16 points and 7 rebounds.
EuroLeague Regular Season, Round 20, Friday, 25.1.2019:
BUDUĆNOST VOLI – Gran Canaria 75:70 (27:24, 9:14, 25:19, 14:13)
Cole 20, Bitadze 16 | Vene 16, Rabaseda 12.
| Group Regular Season | W | L | PTS+ | PTS- | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | 18 | 2 | 1672 | 1479 | 193 |
| 2. Real Madrid | 16 | 4 | 1724 | 1521 | 203 |
| 3. CSKA Moscow | 14 | 5 | 1631 | 1539 | 92 |
| 4. Anadolu Efes Istanbul | 13 | 7 | 1710 | 1603 | 107 |
| 5. Olympiacos Piraeus | 12 | 8 | 1592 | 1541 | 51 |
| 6. FC Barcelona Lassa | 11 | 8 | 1480 | 1460 | 20 |
| 7. FC Bayern Munich | 10 | 10 | 1585 | 1605 | -20 |
| 8. AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan | 9 | 11 | 1727 | 1712 | 15 |
| 9. KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | 9 | 11 | 1617 | 1607 | 10 |
| 10. Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | 9 | 11 | 1606 | 1602 | 4 |
| 11. Zalgiris Kaunas | 8 | 12 | 1540 | 1568 | -28 |
| 12. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens | 8 | 12 | 1539 | 1582 | -43 |
| 13. Khimki Moscow Region | 7 | 13 | 1525 | 1577 | -52 |
| 14. Herbalife Gran Canaria | 6 | 14 | 1555 | 1732 | -177 |
| 15. Buducnost VOLI Podgorica | 6 | 14 | 1481 | 1660 | -179 |
| 16. Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul | 3 | 17 | 1490 | 1686 | -196 |
