The dominance of MZT Skopje continues, the ninth championship title of the "throwers"
The basketball players of MZT Skopje defended the championship title in the domestic championship and confirmed their dominance in NFL basketball after they were better than Pelister in the final of the play-off with 3: 1 in victories.
The victory that brought them the ninth championship title in the last ten seasons, the basketball players of MZT Skopje achieved in Bitola with 102: 93.
The fourth match of the final series of the playoffs, second in Bitola brought a lot of excitement, similar to the second match in the final, but this time the "metalists" rejoiced in the end and thus confirmed the dominance of domestic basketball.
"Metalci" did not repeat the mistakes this time, they controlled the game and the result and in the end they deservedly lifted the championship cup.
The match started with a level game, and that was best shown by the result, 29:28 for MZT Skopje after the first quarter. Aleksandar Petroviрите's basketball players were the first to gain a bigger advantage, took the lead with 45:38 and went on a five-point advantage at the break (56:51).
In the third quarter, MZT Skopje took the lead for the first time with a double-digit advantage (63:52) but the home team fought back with a series of 2:13 and returned the result uncertainty. The Metalurgs quickly made a series of 6: 0 and broke away again (71:63) and did not miss the advantage until the end, which meant the ninth championship title.
Milosevic with 31 points, was the best in the ranks of MZT Skopje and in the end was named MVP of the final, and a great game was shown by Vojdan Stojanovski and Rikic who gave 17 points each. At Pelister, the best were Malesevic with 21 and Kesar with 19 points.