2. SKL PLAY-OFF PORTOROŽ DEFEATED IN CELJU

SEMI-FINAL PAIR:

Zlatorog Laško - Ipros Vrhnika

Plama Pur Ilirska Bistrica - Celje


Portorož were in the 3rd quater leading by 13 points in the quarter, Portorož was still in the lead 74:77 with 3:45 minutes to go,
and then shooting black out until the end of the game, the ball simply did not want to go through the ring (not from free throws (0:4, not from under the basket 0:2 and not for 3 points 0:5) and a series of home team 12:0 followed, for the final 86: 77.
In the second half, the locals took the lead for the first time with a three-pointer 2:17 before the end - for 79: 77. From this result to the end, the home team scored all the baskets from free throws after tactical personal mistakes by the Portorož players.
For Portorož, unfortunately, a similar scenario as in the first match of the regular season in Celje, when they lost the match in the playoffs, even though they led by +18 points in the third quarter, then in the second match of the playoffs, when they staged a turnaround after (-17) they came close to -3 points and then didn't score a basket in the last two minutes. The Celje team qualified for the semi-finals.

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