KK Bosna won the ABA 2 League in a packed Skenderija and returned to the regional elite

(Patria) - The basketball players of Sarajevo's Bosna defeated Ilirija tonight in the decisive game of the ABA 2 League playoffs.


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The Students celebrated with a score of 88:74 in the packed "Mirza Delibašić" hall in Skenderija, writes Faktor.


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According to the report on the ABA 2 League website, there were as many as 8,600 fans in the stands.


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With this triumph, the team from Sarajevo won the trophy and returned to the regional elite after a 15-year absence.

Both teams started the decisive game nervously. In the first six minutes, we saw only 12 points (7:5). By the end of the first quarter, the Students increased their lead to 13:10.

Ilirija took the lead in the 13th minute when Kureš hit a three-pointer with an additional free throw (18:21).


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The visitors had a plus four lead twice (21:25, 22:26), but they couldn't build a significant advantage. Zubac equalized at 26:26 in the 17th minute.

With one minute and 51 seconds left in the first half, Delalić hit a three-pointer for a new lead for Bosna (31:29).

With a 7:0 run in the last 94 seconds of the second quarter, the BiH team went up by six points (38:32).


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The second half opened with a series of three-pointers from both sides. In the 25th minute, the team from Sarajevo reached its largest lead of the match - plus nine (50:41).

The visitors, with a 5:0 run, came within half a basket (55:51), but Bosna then stepped up. At the end of the third quarter, the scoreboard showed 63:57.

However, it was far from over. The visitors, with a 5:0 run, came within half a basket of tying (63:62). Then the Students woke up again and with an 18:2 run, with four minutes left, they went up by a maximum of 17 points (81:64).


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Delalić (22 points) and Kovačević (18) shone for Bosna tonight, against whom the Slovenian team's defense had no answers.