Illyria stumbled in Sarajevo, but hoping for the first league
Illyrian basketball players lost to Bosnia with 74:88 in the third final match of the ABA 2 in Sarajevo (10:13, 32:38, 57:63) and won second place in this regional competition. After the final win by 2: 1, Bosnia qualified in the ABA elite league, and Illyria will play qualifying for two wins against Zagreb Cibona.
The band from Ljubljana won 84:79 in the first final match, which was in Sarajevo at the end of last month, and lost 68:77 a week ago in the second in Tivoli Hall. The second showdown in the cult hall under Rožnik was marked by a judicial trio from Serbia and Croatia, which is in the second half from the hall expelled the Slovenian basketball legend Iva Daneva, Which has caused real outrage among sports fans.
Illyria is still hoping for a breakthrough between the elite. Photo: ABA2
The buns at the crucial third game in the Sarajevo Hall of Skenderi, where more than eight thousand spectators were collapsing, were not able to cope with the hosts. In the first half, the match was completely open, and in the first half of the second half are the selections of the visiting coach Stipet Modric A few times behind nine points (41:50, 43:52, 46:55, 53:62).
The citizens of Ljubljana began their last quarter, and after the troika Mark Padjena and two points Kura Jockucha In the 32nd minute, they completely breathed for the collar Sarajevo (62:63), and then they completely stopped, so the hosts in the 36 minute escaped 17 points (64:81).
At Illyria, the most effective Slovenian national team was dropped by 18 points in the third final game, Vincent Lamont Golson and Gasper Skorjanc they scored 16 points each. If Illyria slipped toward Cibona, they can still hope for a special invitation to the first league in framework of the announced expansion of the first ABA League per 20 teams in the coming season.
