An extremely important victory for the members of KK Portorož against the Litija team. The visitors have won the series in their last 4 games, with two big wins coming against Ježica and Slovan, teams from the top of the league table. On the other hand, the Sailors came into the game from a series of three consecutive defeats, the last of which was particularly painful in Ljubljana against Janče. The match was also important because of the position in the standings, as Litija was one place ahead of Portorož with the victory and won the first game in Litija with a score of 96:91.  

With the victory, Portorož equalized with Litija after victories and also overtook them in the standings due to a better mutual basket difference.

The Litians arrived in Portorož without three standard players (injuries), while captain Cvetičanin and pillar of defense Kavgic returned to Portorož after a one-month absence. The latter had a strong positive effect on the Mariners’ game.

In the first quarter, the score was very even, most of the time Portorož was in the lead and won the quarter after an assist from Škerbec and a basket by Svit Rogelja in the last second (26:24). In the second quarter, the balance of power was similar, Portorož was in the lead, Litija was chasing, the unsolvable puzzle for the sailors was the visiting center Jaka Štemberger, sniper Pušič and game organizer Jaka Zagorc (ex. Portorožan) added their own. Portorož won the quarter for a point and led 49-46 at halftime.

The Sailors entered the second half even more eagerly, determined not to repeat the scenario from Janč, and in the middle of the third quarter, the Portorožani played their first significant lead in the 27th minute +10 (67:57). They maintained the lead until the end of the quarter and went into the final 10 minutes with +10 (76:66). With a lack of rotation and a solid and combative defense from the home side, the visitors scored just 1 point from free throws in seven minutes of the final quarter and the Portorožan lead grew to 96-67 after a 20-1 run.   By the end of the game, Portorož scored another 4 points (Luka Krmac scored a hundred), and the guests scored 5 points for the final high 100:72.

For the home team, it is worth praising everyone who entered the game, the best Portorož individuals Tim Škerbec stood out again with a double double (25 points, 11 rebounds, valorization: 34), and Andraž Rogelja 27 points, 5 assists and valorization: 32.
For Litija, Jaka Štemberger was again the most effective with a double double, 29 points, 11 rebounds, valorization: 27, the second scorer of the guests was Pušič 16 points (4 three-pointers). Jaka Zagorc contributed 9 points and 7 assists.

Next Saturday, the members are guests at the favored team of Mesarija Prunk in Sežana, which with two more wins than Portorož occupies 4th place in the 2nd ranking. SKL.