By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Quite the diversity in the results of the ABA League premiere since some comfortable victories were mixed with no small amount of thrillers.
The reigning champions were among the ones who made their job easy. Red Star faced no problem against MZT Skopje thanks great teamwork lots of scoring inside the paint.
On the other hand, last year’s finalists didn’t begin the new season ideally. Cedevita watched as Buducnost scored 29 points (!) in the fourth quarter while receiving only 16 to make a fine start in the league.
Zadar and Mega Leks at home as well as Partizan on the road took narrow victories, while Krka beat Karpos perhaps more easily than what the final score shows.
ABA League 2016/2017 – Day 1
Cedevita – Buducnost (Nemanja Vranjes 25 p.): 70 – 80
Mega Leks (Rade Zarorac 18 p. 10 r. 4 as. 4 st.) – Olimpija Lubjana: 86 – 85
Crvena Zvezda (Marko Guduric 16 p.) – MZT Skopje: 91 – 69
Zadar (Ivan Marinkovic 32 p. 8 r.) – FMP: 78 – 76
Krka Novo Mesto (Matic Rebec 14 p. 8 a.) – Karpos Sokoli: 81 – 64
Mornar Bar – Partizan Belgrade (Will Hatcher 11 p.): 57 – 58
Igokea – Cibona (Ante Zizic 17 p. 7 r.): 61 – 71