ABA Adriatic league Game 8

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After game 8 in ABA Adriatic league, only MAccabi Electra remained undefeated. They won in fantastic game against Union Olimpija.

When no one expected Union Olimpija played fantastic game in Tel Aviv and almost surprised big Maccabi Electra.

Nokia Arena was crowded, but this wasn’t any problem for Union Olimpija players to play probably the best game in this season of ABA Adriatic league.

Finally, Maccabi Electra won by 67:66 (17:15, 16:14, 21:16, 13:21). For Maccabi Electra, Lior Eliyahu scored 19 points and added 9 rebounds, David Blu scored 13 points and Keith Langford 11. On the other side, Deon Thompson scored 15 points with 8 rebounds, Sasu Salin added 12 points for Union Olimpija.

Partizan mt:s prepared another one surprise to their fans, After fantastic game in Turkish Airlines Euroleague and win against EA7 Armani, this time they lost against Zlatorog. Zlatorog, winless in first 7 games of ABA Adriatic league, finally reached first win against one of top favorites for final 4 this season. 72:62 (23:18, 10:12, 14:14, 25:18).

Radnicki beat Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) in very exciting game in Pionir Arena in Belgrade. With final score 84:79  (24:27, 23:15, 17:20, 15:22), Radnicki pushed Red and Whites in even deeper trouble. Both teams now have score of 2 wins and 6 losses, which is pretty unexpected for both teams and their plans at the beginning of this season.

Buducnost won against Cibona 85:69  (20:9, 26:25, 22:24, 17:11), with another one fantastic performance of Nikola Vucevic. 30 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and overall value of 44, gave him another one MVP title.

Hemofarm and Siroki played another one interesting game. Hemofarm won 74:70  (21:15, 20:21, 16:19, 17:15), but Siroki proved that they play pretty good in away games in this season.

Cedevita proved their great performance with another one win, this time against Krka 89:67 (21:13, 27:19, 22:16, 19:19) . After this game, Cedevita have 7 wins and only one loss. Krka is in difficult situation since they have reached only 1 win.

Zagreb – Helios 72:57. It seems that Zagreb players finally woke up and started to played better in this season. Also, it seems that first-ever Euroleague win gave them some additional self-respect.

Standings after 8 games:

1. Maccabi (-1) 7 / 0
2. Cedevita  7 / 1
3. Olimpija  7 / 1
4. Partizan  6 / 2
5. Buducnost  5 / 3
6. Cibona  5 / 3
7. Hemofarm (-1) 4 / 3
8. Zagreb  4 / 4
9. Siroki  3 / 5
10. Zvezda  2 / 6
11. Radnicki  2 / 6
12. Krka  1 / 7
13. Helios  1 / 7
14. Zlatorog  1 / 7