2017 ABA League Playoffs

The 2017 ABA League Playoffs is the play-off tournament that decides the winner of the 2016–17 ABA League season. The playoffs started on March 18, 2017, and ended on April 13, 2017. The winner of the play-offs qualifies for the 2017–18 EuroLeague.

Bracket

	Semifinals 18 March – 4 April				Finals 10 April – 13 April
	Crvena zvezda mts	2
	Budućnost VOLI	1
					Crvena zvezda mts	3
					Cedevita	0
	Cedevita	2
	Partizan NIS	1

Semifinals

Game 1

Cedevita v Partizan NIS

18 March 2017	Cedevita	83–76 (Series: 1–0)	Partizan NIS	Zagreb
19:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 29–18, 16–24, 13–17
	Pts: Shurna 15 Rebs: Begić 10 Asts: Boatright 4 PIR: Begić 20	Report	Pts: Hatcher 18 Rebs: Veličković 8 Asts: Hatcher 7 PIR: Veličković 20	Arena: Dom Sportova 2 Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Matej Boltauzer Miloš Koljenšić Igor Mitrovski

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 3 Ryan Boatright 11 2 4 PG 0 Ra'Shad James 9 2 3 F 33 Marko Tomas 2 2 1 PF 11 Karlo Žganec 7 1 0 C 15 Miro Bilan 13 9 2 Reserves: SG 2 Filip Krušlin 7 1 1 PG 6 Toni Katić 11 0 1 SG 9 Luka Babić 1 3 2 SF 13 Džanan Musa DNP F 22 John Shurna 15 6 0 C 25 Mirza Begić 7 10 0 F/C 35 Marko Arapović DNP Head coach: Veljko Mršić

Cedevita Partizan

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 25 Will Hatcher 18 0 7 SG 44 Jamont Gordon 11 2 0 SG 9 Vanja Marinković 4 1 0 PF 14 Stefan Birčević 8 4 1 C 55 Uroš Luković 0 0 0 Reserves: SF 5 Frank Robinson 7 4 1 PG 6 Branislav Ratkovica 7 2 0 SF 7 Adin Vrabac 3 2 0 PF 12 Novica Veličković 14 8 2 C 13 Đorđe Majstorović 4 1 0 C 15 Miloš Koprivica DNP SF 21 Mihajlo Andrić 0 0 2 Head coach: Aleksandar Džikić

Crvena zvezda mts v Budućnost VOLI

19 March 2017	Crvena zvezda mts	82–67 (Series: 1–0)	Budućnost VOLI	Belgrade
19:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 22–14, 19–18, 20–18
	Pts: Simonović, Gudurić 18 Rebs: Dangubić 5 Asts: Jenkins 6 PIR: Simonović, Kuzmić 21	Report	Pts: Klassen 12 Rebs: Savović 7 Asts: Gordić 7 PIR: Vranješ 14	Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić Attendance: 5,978 Referees: Sreten Radović Siniša Herceg Marko Juras

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Charles Jenkins 8 3 6 G/F 23 Marko Gudurić 18 2 2 G/F 6 Nemanja Dangubić 5 5 1 PF 9 Luka Mitrović 0 2 3 C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 14 3 2 Reserves: PG 0 Nate Wolters 7 1 5 F/C 2 Deon Thompson 2 2 0 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 2 3 3 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 0 0 0 F 19 Marko Simonović 18 2 1 G/F 20 Petar Rakićević 0 0 0 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 8 1 3 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

Crvena zvezda Budućnost

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 3 Marcus Williams 4 2 2 PG 30 Petar Popović 5 0 3 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 7 6 1 F/C 14 Boris Savović 7 7 0 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 4 1 0 Reserves: PG 2 J. R. Reynolds 3 0 3 F/C 7 Bojan Subotić 5 2 0 G/F 8 Sead Šehović 2 3 1 PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 4 2 7 F 13 Aleksa Ilić 3 3 0 PF 15 Owen Klassen 12 6 0 G 41 Nemanja Vranješ 11 3 0 Head coach: Ilias Zouros

Game 2

Partizan NIS v Cedevita

25 March 2017	Partizan NIS	74–73 (Series: 1–1)	Cedevita	Belgrade
20:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 19–21, 17–17, 18–22
	Pts: Hatcher 23 Rebs: Birčević 11 Asts: Hatcher, Gordon 4 PIR: Birčević 29	Report	Pts: Boatright 25 Rebs: Bilan 10 Asts: Babić 5 PIR: Boatright 23	Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Milivoje Jovčić Sašo Petek Mario Majkić

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 25 Will Hatcher 23 1 4 SG 44 Jamont Gordon 3 2 4 SG 9 Vanja Marinković 5 1 1 PF 14 Stefan Birčević 18 11 0 C 55 Uroš Luković 6 4 0 Reserves: SF 5 Frank Robinson 0 0 0 PG 6 Branislav Ratkovica 2 0 1 SF 7 Adin Vrabac 2 1 1 PF 12 Novica Veličković 8 10 2 C 13 Đorđe Majstorović 0 2 0 C 15 Miloš Koprivica 4 1 0 SF 21 Mihajlo Andrić 3 0 1 Head coach: Aleksandar Džikić

Partizan Cedevita

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 3 Ryan Boatright 25 3 2 SG 9 Luka Babić 0 1 5 F 33 Marko Tomas 5 2 2 PF 11 Karlo Žganec 2 1 1 C 15 Miro Bilan 16 10 2 Reserves: PG 0 Ra'Shad James 8 2 0 SG 2 Filip Krušlin 3 1 1 PG 6 Toni Katić 2 0 2 F 22 John Shurna 10 3 1 C 25 Mirza Begić 2 7 0 F/C 35 Marko Arapović 0 0 0 Head coach: Veljko Mršić

Budućnost VOLI v Crvena zvezda mts

28 March 2017	Budućnost VOLI	63–57 (Series: 1–1)	Crvena zvezda mts	Podgorica
20:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 20–10, 9–14, 21–20
	Pts: Savović 15 Rebs: Savović 11 Asts: three players 2 PIR: Savović 13	Report	Pts: Gudurić 17 Rebs: Dangubić, Lazić 5 Asts: Gudurić 2 PIR: Gudurić 17	Arena: Morača Sports Center Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Saša Pukl Tomislav Hordov Uroš Obrknežević

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 12 5 0 G/F 8 Sead Šehović 6 2 2 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 6 4 1 F/C 14 Boris Savović 15 11 2 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 3 2 1 Reserves: PG 2 J. R. Reynolds 7 3 1 F/C 7 Bojan Subotić 2 1 1 F/C 11 Vasilije Baćović DNP F 13 Aleksa Ilić 3 3 1 PF 15 Owen Klassen 5 7 2 PG 30 Petar Popović 4 2 0 G 41 Nemanja Vranješ DNP Head coach: Ilias Zouros

Budućnost Crvena zvezda

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 24 Stefan Jović 0 2 1 G 22 Charles Jenkins 5 2 1 G/F 6 Nemanja Dangubić 2 5 1 PF 9 Luka Mitrović 4 3 1 C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 4 4 0 Reserves: PG 0 Nate Wolters 11 2 1 F/C 2 Deon Thompson 2 2 1 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 9 5 0 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić DNP F 19 Marko Simonović 3 3 1 G/F 23 Marko Gudurić 17 2 2 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 0 1 0 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

Game 3

Cedevita v Partizan NIS

2 April 2017	Cedevita	87–78 (Series: 2–1)	Partizan NIS	Zagreb
19:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 27–22, 22–27, 18–15
	Pts: Musa, Bilan 16 Rebs: Bilan 7 Asts: Katić 7 PIR: Bilan 21	Report	Pts: Hatcher 16 Rebs: Birčević 11 Asts: Hatcher 7 PIR: Hatcher 18	Arena: Dom Sportova 2 Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Saša Pukl Miloš Koljenšić Igor Dragojević

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 3 Ryan Boatright 0 0 0 PG 0 Ra'Shad James 6 3 1 SG 9 Luka Babić 14 3 4 PF 11 Karlo Žganec 2 2 0 C 15 Miro Bilan 16 7 3 Reserves: SG 2 Filip Krušlin 3 1 1 PG 6 Toni Katić 5 2 7 SF 13 Džanan Musa 16 2 1 F 22 John Shurna 8 5 2 C 25 Mirza Begić 4 5 0 F 33 Marko Tomas 7 3 0 F/C 35 Marko Arapović 6 1 1 Head coach: Veljko Mršić

Cedevita Partizan

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 25 Will Hatcher 16 0 7 SG 44 Jamont Gordon 8 6 0 SF 9 Vanja Marinković 10 1 0 PF 14 Stefan Birčević 7 11 0 C 55 Uroš Luković 13 6 0 Reserves: SF 5 Frank Robinson DNP PG 6 Branislav Ratkovica 3 0 2 SF 7 Adin Vrabac 0 1 0 PF 12 Novica Veličković 9 6 2 C 13 Đorđe Majstorović 0 1 0 C 15 Miloš Koprivica 2 0 1 SF 21 Mihajlo Andrić 10 3 2 Head coach: Aleksandar Džikić

Crvena zvezda mts v Budućnost VOLI

4 April 2017	Crvena zvezda mts	82–59 (Series: 2–1)	Budućnost VOLI	Belgrade
19:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 14–14, 32–22, 15–8
	Pts: Jenkins 17 Rebs: Mitrović 12 Asts: Jenkins 6 PIR: Jenkins 24	Report	Pts: Reynolds, Savović 16 Rebs: Ilić 6 Asts: Gordić 4 PIR: Savović 15	Arena: Železnik Hall Attendance: 3,209 Referees: Matej Boltauzer Sašo Petek Josip Radojković

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Charles Jenkins 17 2 6 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 2 0 1 G/F 6 Nemanja Dangubić 5 2 1 PF 9 Luka Mitrović 6 12 0 C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 13 10 0 Reserves: PG 0 Nate Wolters 7 0 2 F/C 2 Deon Thompson DNP G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 0 0 0 F 19 Marko Simonović 14 2 1 G/F 20 Petar Rakićević DNP G/F 23 Marko Gudurić 8 2 5 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 10 1 0 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

Crvena zvezda Budućnost

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 8 5 4 G/F 8 Sead Šehović 0 0 1 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 6 3 0 F/C 14 Boris Savović 16 5 0 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 0 1 1 Reserves: PG 2 J. R. Reynolds 16 1 2 F/C 7 Bojan Subotić 0 0 1 F/C 11 Vasilije Baćović DNP F 13 Aleksa Ilić 6 6 0 PF 15 Owen Klassen 1 2 1 PG 30 Petar Popović 6 2 0 G 41 Nemanja Vranješ 0 1 0 Head coach: Ilias Zouros

Finals

Game 1

Crvena zvezda mts v Cedevita

10 April 2017	Crvena zvezda mts	81–66 (Series: 1–0)	Cedevita	Belgrade
19:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 29–17, 21–10, 15–12
	Pts: Jenkins 20 Rebs: Wolters, Kuzmić 5 Asts: Wolters 6 PIR: Jenkins 24	Report	Pts: Tomas 14 Rebs: Bilan 6 Asts: Babić 6 PIR: Bilan 22	Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić Attendance: 5,989 Referees: Ilija Belošević Tomislav Hordov Mario Majkić

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Charles Jenkins 20 2 5 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 2 4 2 G/F 6 Nemanja Dangubić 2 2 1 PF 9 Luka Mitrović 2 2 3 C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 14 5 0 Reserves: PG 0 Nate Wolters 14 5 6 F/C 2 Deon Thompson DNP G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 0 0 0 F 19 Marko Simonović 4 4 2 G/F 20 Petar Rakićević DNP G/F 23 Marko Gudurić 10 2 1 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 13 2 1 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

Crvena zvezda Cedevita

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 6 Toni Katić 5 0 3 PG 0 Ra'Shad James 12 2 0 SG 9 Luka Babić 5 5 6 PF 11 Karlo Žganec 5 3 0 C 15 Miro Bilan 12 6 5 Reserves: F 1 Bajo, Darko DNP SG 2 Filip Krušlin 6 1 1 SF 13 Džanan Musa 2 2 1 F 22 John Shurna 2 0 0 PF 23 Buljević, Lovro DNP C 25 Mirza Begić 3 0 0 F 33 Marko Tomas 14 5 0 Head coach: Gianmarco Pozzecco

Game 2

Crvena zvezda mts v Cedevita

11 April 2017	Crvena zvezda mts	84–73 (Series: 2–0)	Cedevita	Belgrade
18:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 28–16, 15–16, 12–23
	Pts: Jenkins 16 Rebs: Lazić 8 Asts: Wolters 5 PIR: Jenkins 23	Report	Pts: Bilan 12 Rebs: Žganec 7 Asts: four players 2 PIR: Shurna 13	Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić Attendance: 5,896 Referees: Saša Pukl Miloš Koljenšić Igor Mitrovski

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Charles Jenkins 16 7 4 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 6 8 0 G/F 6 Nemanja Dangubić 12 2 2 PF 9 Luka Mitrović 10 0 0 C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 8 5 2 Reserves: PG 0 Nate Wolters 14 3 5 F/C 2 Deon Thompson 0 0 1 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 0 1 0 F 19 Marko Simonović 5 2 1 G/F 20 Petar Rakićević DNP G/F 23 Marko Gudurić 10 4 3 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 3 1 0 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

Crvena zvezda Cedevita

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 3 Ryan Boatright 10 3 2 PG 0 Ra'Shad James 11 2 1 SG 9 Luka Babić 7 5 2 PF 11 Karlo Žganec 4 7 1 C 15 Miro Bilan 12 2 0 Reserves: F 1 Bajo, Darko DNP SG 2 Filip Krušlin 2 0 1 PG 6 Toni Katić 2 0 2 SF 13 Džanan Musa DNP F 22 John Shurna 10 4 1 C 25 Mirza Begić 6 1 0 F 33 Marko Tomas 9 3 2 Head coach: Gianmarco Pozzecco

Game 3

Cedevita v Crvena zvezda mts

13 April 2017	Cedevita	61–77 (Series: 0–3)	Crvena zvezda mts	Zagreb
19:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 21–24, 9–19, 13–12
	Pts: Katić 12 Rebs: Shurna 6 Asts: Krušlin 3 PIR: James, Shurna 13	Report	Pts: Thompson 14 Rebs: Mitrović 6 Asts: Jenkins 8 PIR: Thompson 24	Arena: Dom Sportova 2 Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Sreten Radović Milivoje Jovčić Igor Dragojević

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Ra'Shad James 9 3 2 SG 9 Luka Babić 7 0 1 F 33 Marko Tomas 8 2 0 PF 11 Karlo Žganec 2 3 1 C 15 Miro Bilan 4 5 2 Reserves: SG 2 Filip Krušlin 5 3 3 PG 6 Toni Katić 12 2 2 SF 13 Džanan Musa 6 2 2 F 22 John Shurna 6 6 2 C 25 Mirza Begić 2 3 0 Head coach: Veljko Mršić

Cedevita Crvena zvezda

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Charles Jenkins 8 2 8 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 8 2 2 G/F 6 Nemanja Dangubić 6 2 0 PF 9 Luka Mitrović 5 6 0 C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 6 5 0 Reserves: PG 0 Nate Wolters 11 5 3 F/C 2 Deon Thompson 14 4 2 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 0 1 0 F 19 Marko Simonović 13 5 1 G/F 20 Petar Rakićević 0 0 0 G/F 23 Marko Gudurić 4 2 0 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 2 1 0 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

External links

• Official website
• ABA League at Eurobasket.com