Buducnost cruises past Cedevita

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica roared into the quarterfinals in the best possible fashion with a thumping 84-52 home win over Cedevita Zagreb, which exits the Top 16 with a 0-6 record. Buducnost improved to 4-2 to place second in G and will face Darussafaka Istanbul in the quarterfinals. The Montenegrin champion quickly established a big lead and never looked back en route to a no-doubt-about-it victory. Eleven different players got on the scoreboard for the hosts, led by Suad Sedovic with 14 points. Kyle Gibson added 10 points and 5 assists, with Kyle Landry pairing 10 points with 7 rebounds. Another solid showing came from Justin Doellman, who contributed 9 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Buducnost had excellent shooting percentages, making 26-of-39 two-pointers (66.7%) and 10-of-21 triples (47.6%). Cedevita made only 20 of its 58 field goal attempts (34.5%), was outrebounded 30-21, and committed 19 turnovers.

Doellman scored 5 points in a 10-0 first-quarter run to give Buducnost a dominant early lead. Six points from Nikola Ivanovic stretched the lead well into double figures as Cedevita’s offense continued to stall, and it was 21-6 at the end of the first. Cedevita missed its first 7 three-pointers before Filip Kruslin finally nailed one in a 0-7 run to narrow the gap, but Buducnost soon got moving again with consecutive baskets from Landry. Two triples Sehovic took the lead past 20 points, and it was 43-23 at half after a buzzer beater from Toni Katic. The third quarter was initially closer, but Buducnost soon turned on the jets to finish the period with an 18-2 tear featuring six different scorers, extending the lead beyond the 30-point mark. Cedevita managed to prevent further bleeding in the fourth quarter, but the outcome had long been beyond doubt.