By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Not only is Crvena Zvezda unwilling to lose a game in ABA League but grabs one victory after the other in a stylish manner.
The defending champs became the recent victim of the defending champs that won 93 – 62, increasing their spotless record to 12 – 12!
Six players wearing Red Star jerseys scored in double-digit numbers. Charles Jenkins led the way with 16 (plus 4 assists), Marko Guduric dropped 15, Nemanja Dangubic 12 (along with 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals), Milko Bjelica and Ognjen Dobric 11 apiece, while Nate Walters had 10 and 6 assists.
For an unable to be competitive FMP, Dragan Apic scored 13 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.
With this victory, Crvena Zvezda didn’t only remain the sole holder of the first place in the standings but also increased its distance from second Buducnost (10-2). The Montenegrins suffered a rather surprising defeat in the hands of MZT Skopje (4-8) on the road, which their second loss of the season in ABA.
Partiza Belgrade (9-3) remains third via its victory against KRKA Novo Mesto (5-7) while Cedevita (8-4) and Cibona are tied in the fourth place after beating Union Olimpija (4-8) and Mega Leks (4-8) respectively.
Of course, the talk of the town was Ante Zizic thanks to his new sensational performance and the hot output of superprospect Dzanan Musa.
ABA League 2016/2017 – Week 12
Zadar – Karpos Sokoli 93 – 74 (Ivan Marinkovic 19 p. 4 r.)
Igokea – Mornar Bar 74 – 69 (Drasko Albjanic 13 p. 6 r.)
KRKA Novo Mesto – Partizan Belgrade 70 – 82 (Novica Velickovic 18 p. 5 r.)
Cedevita – Union Olimpija 102 – 87 (Dzanan Musa 26 p. 4 r.)
MZT Skopje – Buducnost 96 – 90 (Josh Scott 15 p. 11 r.)
Mega Leks – Cibona 71 – 82 (Ante Zizic 35 p. 12 r.)
Crvena Zvezda – FMP 93 – 62 (Charles Jenkins 16 p. 4 a.)