After five years of plying his trade in the 7DAYS EuroCup – with a one-year hiatus in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague – Petar Popovic of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica picked a perfect night to have his career-best performance. Buducnost's 62-68 win on the floor of Vitrus Segafredo Bologna not only preserved the team's third-place spot in Group B, but gave the Montenegrins a sweep over their hosts that could pay dividends when the final third of the regular season is over.
Popovic counted by threes until Buducnost had the win in Bologna
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Round 12 of 18
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Popovic finished with a trio of career highs: 23 points, 5 three-pointers made and a performance index rating of 22. He single-handedly drained more shots from the arc than the entire Virtus team, which managed to make just 4 of 26 three-point attempts on its own floor. In fact, Popovic made 4 of his in the second quarter alone! His fifth one broke a 47-47 tie in the last minute of the third quarter, after which Buducnost did not trail again.
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Popovic liked threes so much that even when he went to the basket he made sure to get an extra point out of it. Among his 3 two-pointers made on the night, 2 were and-ones. The first came at the end of the first quarter and the other at the beginning of the fourth. Of course, Popovic converted the three-point plays in both cases. It was a given, really, since he is 15-for-15 at the foul line this season.
Having spent the evening counting by threes, the 25-year-old guard could be proud of the fact that his team stayed in third place with an 8-4 record and won't be challenged there soon. Tuesday's win meant a sweep over Virtus (6-4) which fell to fifth behind ratiopharm Ulm (6-4). If Popovic has more triples in him, there might be nowhere to go but up for Buducnost in the final third of the season.
