Tirana survives late drama vs Kumanovo
SK Tirana recorded a second win in SIGAL-UNIQA Balkan League after huge comeback from Kumanovo 2009.
Tirana survived at the end for the final 75-73.
Tirana played well in the second quarter and led comfortably at the halftime with 41-30.
Host team was building on that in the third quarter and increased the gap to 20 points.
At that point it seemed clear that Tirana will win the game, but Kumanovo didn′t think so.
Macedonian team had a superb fourth quarter, limiting the opponent to just 9 points and scoring 26!
The comeback was complete with 2.40 min to go, when the score was tied at 71.
There was one more tie - 73-73, before Jalil Bassit score two decisive free throws. Kumanovo was not able to utilize the last 13 seconds for offense and that left the victory for Tirana.
Gerti Shima led the scoring with 21 points, Endrit Hysenagolli has huge double-double with 20 points and 16 rebounds. Bassit added 18 more points.
Nikola Karakolev was topscorer for Kumanovo with 23 points.
FULL STATS FROM THE GAME SK TIRANA - KK KUMANOVO 2009
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