BC Mures suffered their 9th defeat of the season tonight in an important game in the race for the playoffs. Coach Sekulovic's outfit couldn't take advantage of two important absences from the Timisoara squad and lost after a low scoring game, 67-77.
BC Mures took a flying start and forced coach Petricevic to call a time out after an 8-0 run. Timisoara got back into the game slowly but surely and at the halftime buzzer the score was 44-39.
The third quarter was a close one, but BC Mures stretched their lead to six. The fourth quarter proved to be a nightmare for the hosts, it was not enough that they couldn't score for 7 minutes and 5 seconds, but they had allowed 18 points in this interval, giving Timisoara a 12 point lead with 3:10 remaining of the game.
From here on was catch me if you can for Timisoara and BC Mures proved unable to up their game. The final whistle found the visitors' bench on their feet celebrating a hard fought and deserved victory, while the BC Mures fans booed their favorites for the first time in a long time.
In Jovanovic's absence Pilcevic took on the leading role successfully and put his teammates in clear scoring positions. Kelvin Lewis sat out the game against Energia and was full of energy tonight being the top scorer for his team in Persic's absence.
BC Mures relied heavily on Dykes and Adamovic, and if the latter had a decent game offensively, the american couldn't deliver his usual fireworks, being limited to 10 point by the Timisoara defense. Peciukas didn't receive many usable balls in offense, while Barro continued his poor form of late. Ivanovic had one of his worse games in Tirgu Mures with only six points. Lazar and Capusan were useful while on the field and Polyak gave Adamovic some needed breathing time in defense. Gajovic played 20 minutes but couldn't step into the limelight.
Scorers:
BC Mures: Adamovic 19 points, 8 assists, Peciukas 10 points, Dykes 10 points, 6 rebounds.
BC Timisoara: Kelvin Lewis 19 points, 7 rebounds, Vladimir Tica 19 points, 6 rebounds, Radenko Pilcevic 17 points, 8 assists.
After this game BC Timisoara consolidated their playoff position, while BC Mures made their life miserable, and can't afford another slip up in the regular season.
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