Peja’s way of playing in the Balkan League is not very distinguished this year. In the game with Rilski, the team from Peja once again could not win and lost by only 2 points difference (91:93).
The result in this game was tight and both teams scored a lot of three-pointers.
First part of the game ended 41:44 and for 20 minutes the result was always very tight.
13 second before the end of the game Peja had the perfect opportunity to create a lead but Shaptahoviq missed the three-pointer shot, whereas during the final seconds of the game both teams were precise in free throws and Rilski won by two points lead.
Bulgarian team scored 17 three-pointers and 6 free throws out of 17 attempts and the efficiency in these two segments gave them the victory.
Peja scored 13 three-pointers, 6 of which were scored by Shaptahoviq who finished the game with 33 points.
Despite the fact that Peja was defeated by Rilski, Peja fans have to deal with the news that Samir Shaptahoviq is leaving basketball.
34 years old Shaptahoviq, is going back to USA to live with his family and him leaving Peja is with no doubt the biggest hit that Peja suffered in the last years.