ABA League

BELGRADE - Serbian basketball champions Red Star Belgrade beat arch-rivals Partizan 80-73 at home on Wednesday evening to extend their lead in the playoffs final series of the regional ABA League to 2-0.

BELGRADE - Serbian basketball champions Red Star Belgrade have become the first team to qualify for the final of the regional ABA League after a 2-0 win over Serbian outfit Mega in the semi-final series.

In the second game of the series, Red Star won 94-69 at Belgrade's Ranko Zeravica Sports Hall on Tuesday evening to advance to their ninth consecutive final in the competition.

Partizan defeated Red Star in a turbulent Euroleague derby in a dramatic final 88:86.
The black and whites dropped +15 in the first half, and then trailed by 11 points about five minutes before the end of the match.
It was then that Obradovi performed his "magic" and turned the situation around with a move he had not made in the current season.

PODGORICA - Studentski centar Podgorica won the Super Cup of the regional ABA basketball league by defeating Partizan Belgrade 83-81 (25-22, 17-18, 21-26, 20-15) in the final in Podgorica on Wednesday evening.

Studentski centar claimed their first ABA League Super Cup trophy in club history.

Kevin Punter led the scoring for Partizan with 23 points and Zach LeDay added 13.

Partizan basketball players beat Red Star in the "eternal" derby for the leading position in the ABA league in "Stark Arena" in front of more than 17,000 fans.
Mathias Lessort played a fantastic match and scored 27 points with 8 rebounds and an index of 38, but this brilliant game was overshadowed by the incident when he hit Filip Petrusev at the end of the game.

The officials from Red Star pointed out that in the previous week, a large number of offers arrived at the club's address, but that the Argentinian playmaker will remain part of the club.

"Sportando" reports that these teams received an invitation on the same day when it was announced that Darussafaka, Ritas and Bilbao had officially transferred from the Eurocup to the FIBA competition.
Partizan is currently a member of the Eurocup and the only representative of Serbia, i.e. the ABA league, in the quarterfinals of the competition that may be played in our country.

The experts suggest the ban of all indoor rallies more than 100 people to prevent the spreading of coronavirus, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters on the press conference, adding the Government will adopt the measure at its session after the news conference related to coronavirus outbreak.

Red Star basketball players have been notified to leave the plane shortly before taking off for a regional league match against Montenegro's Basketball Club Buducnost.
Buducnost basketball players were to play with the Red Star in Podgorica today in the 13th round of the ABA League.

"This is my personal opinion and I speak on my behalf. I know that there is some initiative for Pristina to enter the competition, but I know that such an idea does not have the support of the clubs," Dodik said.