Sigal Prishtina won the first final game of the ETC Super League Play-Offs. Prishtina defeated Peja 92:73 (30:14, 23:29, 23:17, 16:13), on Sunday, at the Youth Center, in Prishtina.
The hosts dominated the game from the beginning ‘til the end and without difficulty managed to create a lead in the finals series. Sigal Prishtina won the game without its main player, Dardan Berisha, who because of a stomach virus, couldn’t play. However, the other players managed to compensate the absence of the player number 11, which have entered the game with the utmost seriousness and managed to win. However, this is only the first game of the finals and there is a lot to be seen until the end.
Finals system for this season is 1-1-1-1-1, where the advantage of the home team goes to Prishtina after it got ranked in the first place on board during the regular edition. The winner of the title will be the team that reaches 3 wins out of 5 possible games.
Prishtina’s most efficient players were Bojan Trajkovski with 22 points, Edmond Azemi with 18, Blerim Mazreku with 17 and Jordan Hulls with 15 points.
Peja’s most efficient players were Janou Rubin with 23 points and Drilon Hajrizi with 17 points.
Marjan Ilievski, Head Coach of Sigal Prishtina: “After losing twice to Peja, we have analyzed those games in details and tried our best to improve where we didn’t function properly. In this game, we proved that we had success in that direction. We played good defense, and in offense we used our tallest players in the best possible way, which made the difference in this game. Now we have a 1:0 advantage in the series, it is easier for us, but regardless we will still give our best for the second game, in Karagac”.
Boris Kurtovic, Head Coach of Peja: “We started off bad and we couldn’t recuperate. However, we are not disappointed, because there are still a lot games left to be played. We didn’t play good defense and in offense we didn’t have enough patience. Starting from Monday, we will begin working on eliminating the mistakes that were made in this game and prepare for the second game, in Peja”.