Mornar arrived in Herceg Novi with a 12-point lead from the first match, but despite that, they opened the game better and in the second quarter they reached an 18-point lead (40:58), and after the first half it was plus 12 for the guests (49:61). The team from Novi played better and managed to tie the score by the end of the third quarter (76:76). In the even last quarter, the teams exchanged the lead, but Mornar managed to control the deficit from the first game, and in the end, to win.
Alston Mason had a double-double for the Mariners with 25 points and 11 assists, and Chris Austin finished with 23 points. Aleksandar Danilović had a double-double for Primorje with 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Nikola Rakočević added a point.
Sutjeska brought a 25-point lead from the first match against Cetinje, but was relentless in the second leg against Lovćen – after the first half they reached a convincing lead (54:31), and in the second half they managed to increase it, at the end 109:79. Vučurović and Otašević scored 16 points each, and Bojić scored one point less for Sutjeska, while Kingsley Perkins was the most efficient player for Lovćen with 18, and Mašan Jovanović scored 14 points.
In the semi-finals of the playoffs, Mornar will face Buducnost, while Sutjeska will face SC Derby. The semi-final series is played to the best of two.
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