Historical success of TFT, through MZT Skopje to triumph in the Cup
The basketball players of TFT tonight won the first club trophy after they defeated MZT Skopje with 80:66 in the final of the Cup "Blagoja Georgievski-Bustur".
The final match of the 29th edition of the National Cup "Blagoja Georgievski-Bustur" brought great excitement organized by the teams of MZT Skopje Aerodrom, which defended the trophy, and the team of TFT, which played in the final for the first time.
What they announced with the convincing victories in the quarterfinals and semifinals, the TFT players achieved in the finals and came to the trophy with a great game.
Smilkovski's team started the match well, in the sixth minute they had an advantage of 17:11, and they finished the quarter with a plus four (21:17).
In the same rhythm, the TFT basketball players continued and in the second quarter after Horton scored, they took the lead with 35:28. "Metalci" in the finish of the second quarter managed to find their rhythm and came to minus two (39:37), went on vacation with 41:37.
The start of the third quarter passed in the sign of MZT Skopje who managed to make a turn and lead with 44:48. TFT responded with a series of (9: 0) with which they regained the lead, and then increased it to 60:51.
In the last quarter, TFT after Tashkovski's triple for the first time gained a double-digit advantage (63:53), and then their job was facilitated by the captain of MZT Skopje, Damjan Stojanovski who was excluded due to two technical errors.
Smilkovski's team knew how to use that and with a patient game in the attack they not only kept it but also increased the advantage and in the end they celebrated with 80:66 for the first trophy in the club's history.
Horton was the most efficient with 23 points, Kostoski gave 13 points, while Smith had 17 rebounds for TFT. In the ranks of MZT Skopje Rikic scored 13.