Crvena zvezda beat Buducnost in five games, win ABA Liga

In the Game 5 of the ABA League Finals, Crvena zvezda mts have prevailed over Budućnost VOLI, won the series and grabbed their fifth regional league trophy in the club’s history

Game recap: In the Game 5 of the ABA League Finals, Crvena zvezda mts have prevailed over Budućnost VOLI, won the series and grabbed their fifth regional league trophy in the club’s history. And the red and white of Belgrade have done it in a great atmosphere in nearly packed Aleksandar Nikolić Hall fully deservedly, as they have been in front for the majority of the game, even though they haven’t managed to pull away decisively all until the final minutes of the decisive clash of the Finals, when they have finally prevailed over their opponents.

This is the fifth regional league title for Crvena zvezda mts, after they have previously lifted the trophy in the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019.


Key moments: Crvena zvezda mts have won the first quarter by a point and first half by five points. After the big break, they have managed to control the flow of the game and were ahead throughout the third and fourth quarter. However, they never really managed to create themselves a decisive advantage, all until the final minute. Jordan Loyd scored a three-pointer with 28 seconds remaining on the game-clock to put his team up by 8 points (66:58) and that’s when the battle for the triumph was over.


Man of the match: It has been Landry Nnoko, who dominated the court in the decisive Game 5 of the ABA League Playoffs, as he led his Crvena zvezda mts to the win with 17 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and a valuation of 28. He is Zvezda’s hero and our man of the match!


Can’t trick the stats: Field goal percentage and turnovers were the reasons why Crvena zvezda mts have prevailed over Budućnost VOLI this time around. Crvena zvezda mts have been shooting from the field 42.4% and Budućnost VOLI only 37.3%. And while Zvezda had only 9 turnovers, Budućnost VOLI had 13.


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