2002-03Regular SeasonRound 10
January 17, 2003 CET: 00:00
Local time: 00:00 HALA FMP

FMP Zeleznik of Yugoslavia took all the honors it could on the last night of the ULEB Cup regular season as it stomped visitng Pivovarna Lasko 81-62 to win Group B and finish with the highest record of any team. That top record, 9-1, came with only a single blemish, a road loss to second-place Pamesa, the Spanish League leader. Zeleznik's victory had the effect of dropping Lasko to 4-6, so it finished in fourth place. Zeleznik's well-known agrresive fullcourt defense disarmed the guests. Ognjen Askrabic ruled the show with 17 points and perfect ballhandling and shooting. Vanja Plisnic added 11 pointsand Ivan Zoroski 10 for Zeleznik. Primoz Kobale was Lasko's best scorer with 11 points and Ermal Kuqo finished with 10 rebounds.

Askrabic scored 9 points in the first period. Zeleznik finished its 10-0 run in the first minute of second period leading 21-11. Lasko shooters had a real bad night. They had so much troubles with Zeleznik defense, which allowed them only 38% on two-point shots before the break. In the middle of the second period Zeleznik lead 30-15, later it was 44-24 with 1 minute left. Vladimir Popovic made a triple for Lasko in the last second for 44-27 to end the first half.

Veselin Petrovic returned the triple in the very begining of the third period and Zeleznik continued with a 13-6 run to a 57-33 lead. Lasko was on their knees and Zeleznik finished third period ahead 65-38. In the begining of the last period, Vanja Plisnic dunked for the largest diference, at 68-40. After that Zeleznik head coach Aco Petrovic changed the starters and players from the bench finished the game. Lasko did not increase its two-point shooting accuracy, finishing the game with a discrete 39% (18 for 46). Each team had nice support from the bench - Zeleznik 38 points, Lasko 34 - but the visitors had got only 28 points from their starters.

Friday, January 17, 2003
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Referees: BRAZAUSKAS, ROMUALDAS; DORIZON, PASCAL; POZZANA, MAURO
Attendance: 1000
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FMP Belgrade19252116
Zlatorog Lasko11161124
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FMP Belgrade19446581
Zlatorog Lasko11273862
FMP Belgrade
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 POPOVIC, BOJAN 12:00 8 2/2 0/2 4/4   3 3     2     4 3 6
5 PETROVIC, VESELIN 16:00 9 0/1 3/3     2 2     3         7
6 ZOROSKI, IVAN 28:00 10 2/4 1/3 3/3   1 1 2 1 2     1 3 10
7 FREEMAN, REGGIE 21:00 4 2/5 0/3         3   2 1   2   -2
8 BRATIC, SASA 23:00 7 1/2 1/2 2/2   2 2 3 2 1   1 2 1 9
9 ILIC, MILE 3:00                   1         -1
10 PLISNIC, VANJA 17:00 11 1/2 2/3 3/4 1 3 4   1 1 1 1 4 4 12
12 NIKOLIC, GORAN 18:00 5 2/6   1/2 3 2 5 2         2 3 8
13 BRYSON, JAMES 19:00 2 1/3       8 8 2 3 1   2 4 1 7
14 ASKRABIC, OGNJEN 23:00 17 7/8 1/1   1 3 4 3 2 3 2   3 2 23
15 MARKOVIC, MIROSLAV 14:00 8 2/2 1/1 1/2           1     2 2 6
16 POPOVIC, SLOBODAN 6:00     0/1                   1   -2
Team                                
Totals 200:00 81 20/35 9/19 14/17 5 24 29 15 9 17 4 4 25 19 83
        57.1% 47.4% 82.4%
Head coach: PETROVIC, ACO
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Zlatorog Lasko
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 NECAS, RADEK 13:00 4 1/3   2/4 1 3 4 1         1 2 6
5 MILETIC, DRAGAN 10:00 6 1/3   4/4           2       2 4
6 KUQO, ERMAL 33:00 8 4/5 0/2   4 6 10 1 1 3     3 3 14
7 DOJCIN, DRAGAN 25:00 9 3/7   3/6 1 3 4 1   2 1 2 3 4 5
9 KOBALE, PRIMOZ 22:00 11 2/7 1/2 4/4 1   1 1         2 2 7
10 POPOVIC, VLADIMIR 16:00 7 2/3 1/1     1 1 1   1   1 3 1 4
11 BROLIH, PRIMOZ 24:00 4   0/2 4/6       3 5 1     2 7 12
12 FANTINATTO, ALJAZ DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 PAVIC, SMILJAN 17:00 7 3/8   1/1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2   3 1 6
14 RADUNOVIC, BALSA 17:00 2 0/3   2/4   3 3 1 2 4     2 2 -1
15 WEAKS, KENYAN 23:00 4 2/7 0/2   1 1 2   2 2 1 1   1  
Team                                
Totals 200:00 62 18/46 2/9 20/29 9 19 28 10 11 16 4 4 19 25 57
        39.1% 22.2% 69%
Head coach: KRUSCIC, PREDRAG
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Head Coaches

PETROVIC, ACO
FMP Belgrade
"We prepared ourselves for the game because we wanted to be first at the end of the competition. FMP is playing against the 4th placed team from group A, C or D. Now it would be a shame to let go such a good opportunity to go to the next round."
KRUSCIC, PREDRAG
Zlatorog Lasko
"We tried to play hard but Zeleznik just played a lot better than us.I tried to do everything but as soon as I saw that they played better, I sat my best players because we have a very important game in our national league."

Players

NIKOLIC, GORAN
FMP Belgrade
"This win is for our player Ninoslav Marjanovic, who became father two days ago. We just played very good from the start and that was the reason of our win."
DOJCIN, DRAGAN
Zlatorog Lasko
"I am ashamed because of the way we played. We should do this much better."
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