Justin Cobbs and Kendrick Perry both had special messages for their fallen Buducnost VOLI Podgorica teammate Willie Reed who served as an inspiration in grabbing an 86-89 victory over Frutti Extra Bursaspor.
Buducnost win for Willie
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“Willie, we love you, baby,” Perry said after the game, wearing Reed’s warmup jersey for the post-game interview.
During the halftime interview, Cobbs said: “Shoutout to my brother Willie, we’re doing this for you boy.”
Reed, An All-EuroCup First Team selection last season, is Buducnost’s third-leading scorer with 11.3 points and leading rebounder with 5.8 boards per game. He went down late in the second quarter of the team’s Round 17 game against Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse with a right knee injury and had to be carried off the court.
Buducnost does not have a lot of depth in the low post and it used strength in numbers in battling on the boards against Bursaspor. The guests were outrebounded, but just 26-24 - though Bursaspor grabbed 11 offensive rebounds to just 3 for Buducnost and the hosts gave up 15 second-chance points and scored just two. Part of that is also because Buducnost converted 69.7% of its two-pointers, 47.1% on three-pointers and made all 19 of its free throws.
Buducnost will have a tough time playing without Reed, but the big man knows his teammates have him in their thoughts and will try to go deep in the post-season with him as an inspiration.