The teams of Gostivar and Rabotnicki justified their favorite roles in the matches with the teams that are in the lower part of the table.

Rabotnicki broke Kumanovo's resistance in the second half, and the visitors did the same when visiting Chair.

Kumanovci provided quite good resistance to the team that was considered the favorite before the start of the meeting. At halftime, the "red and whites" were only six points ahead (35:29).

But with the series of (7-0) which they realized in a little more than two minutes, at the beginning of the third quarter, Rabotnicki's basketball players took the lead with (42:29).

Dzeletovic Malesevic and captain Markovski worked excellently, offensively, in the visiting team. They scored 40 out of 49 points for Rabotnicki after 27 minutes of play in which the visitors from Skopje kept the lead (49:37). And by the end of that part of the game, they reached even higher (56:40).

Practically, this was the end of Kumanovo 2009 for any "return to the match". Without a real playing rotation, they couldn't count on anything more. Rabotnicki, on the other hand, continued to fill the opponent's basket. There were also plus 30 (80:50) chosen by coach Dimitar Mirakovski, who are now tied with the team of Phoenix 2010 (with a score of 11-8) in the sixth place in the table.

For Kumanovo, there is still a serious battle for survival, they have been four wins for a long time, now they recorded their 15th negative result of the season.

FIRST LEAGUE - MEN

RESULTS AND DOUBLES 19. ROUND

Kumanovo 2009 – Rabotnicki 54:82

Chair 2030 – Gostivar 93:97

Phoenix 2010 – TFT Mozart 66:76

Strumica 2022 – Naviko Academy FMP 94:99

MARCH 26 (SUNDAY)

19.00: Kozhuv – Pelister