First Balkan League final for KB Peja, after 3-point masterclass by David Joseph

KB Peja will appear in its first Delasport Balkan League Final, after destroying Beroe 124-82 in the second semi-final match, played in the Final 4 in Stara Zagora.

The Kosovo team denied the hosts with 18 three-pointers against only 4 and shot a phenomenal 81.6% 2pt FGs.

In the Sunday final, Peja will face Israeli Hapoel Beer Sheva, while Beroe will compete with KK Milenijum. 

The match for 3rd place will be played on Sunday at 17:00 and the final will start at 19:30 CET +1.

Peja started the match stronger and built an early lead. The visitors were deadly from shooting and their big men also felt fine in the paint. At the same time, Beroe was nowhere near its good performance from the last weeks.

Kosovars looked prepared for every scenario and with fast breaks and three-pointers kept raising the bar. 

David Joseph was shooting lights out with 30 points before the break, where Peja had a comfortable lead at 69:40.

After the game resumed Peja continued with renewed strength and increased its lead even more drastically, up to 53 points. Nothing changed in the final quarter and only the result of the match remained to be determined. 

Joseph led the way for the winners with 36 points, including 9 3-pointers. Jalen Tate had 19 points.

For Beroe, Darius Hall finished with 29 points, Aleksandar Todorovic added 17.