Buducnost survived scare with late aggressiveness
It was a tale of two halves on Wednesday as Buducnost VOLI Podgorica rallied to down pesky Slask Wroclaw 82-71 avoid avoid a potential step-back in the Group B standings.
Buducnost could do nothing right in the first half, after which it trailed 29-33 to the same team it had beaten by 40 points on the road back in Round 2. Not only had that been Slask's worst loss ever in the competition, but it was also the worst by any 7DAYS EuroCup team in more than five seasons.
In the first half, however, Slask out-shot its hosts 1-4 from the three-point arc and 6-9 at the foul line while holding its own (21-20) against the league's top rebounders.
"Buducnost is going to come out more aggressive in the second half and we have to match their energy," visiting head coach Andrej Urlep predicted at halftime.
His team still held a 49-51 edge going into the final minute of the third quarter, but that's when Buducnost struck. A 9-0 run quickly stretched to 21-5, giving the hosts a sudden 70-56 lead from which Slask could not recover. Guards Tre Bell-Haynes and Petar Popovic accounted for 13 of those points.
Having missed 14 of its first 15 three-point tries, Buducnost found the mark on 4 in the last 14 minutes and used 10 second-half offensive rebounds and 11 total steals, of which Popovic had 4, to tilt the balance.
The turnaround lifted Buducnost into a three-way tie for third place at 7-4, just one victory away from second place, setting up an interesting battle going forward near the top of Group B.
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Campazzo magic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kamenjas drives for a dunk! Magic Moment
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Sulaimon and Kamenjas combines for the dunk! Magic Moment
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Magic Moment: Juwan Morgan with a big dunk!
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Magic Moment: Kenan Kamenjas rocks the rim!
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Magic Moment: Makoundou punishes the rim again!
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Magic Moment: Makoundou finishes the quarter with authority!
