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2021 ABA League First Division Playoffs

2021 ABA League First Division Playoffs

Tournament details
Dates	3–28 May 2021
Season	2020–21
Teams	4
Defending champions	Crvena zvezda mts
Final positions
Champions	Crvena zvezda mts (5th title)
Runner-up	Budućnost VOLI
Semifinalists	Mornar Igokea
Tournament statistics
Best player	Landry Nnoko[1]
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The 2021 ABA League First Division Playoffs will be the play-off tournament that decides the winner of the 2020–21 ABA League First Division season.

Qualified teams[edit]

Round	Team	Ref.
24	Budućnost VOLI	[2]
	Crvena zvezda mts
25	Igokea
26	Mornar	[3]

Bracket[edit]

	Semifinals				Finals
	1 Crvena zvezda mts	2
	4 Igokea	1
					1 Crvena zvezda mts	3
					2 Budućnost VOLI	2
	2 Budućnost VOLI	2
	3 Mornar	0

Semifinals[edit]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts	2–1	Igokea	76–61	68–81	76–53
Budućnost VOLI	2–0	Mornar	97–88	92–81	—

Game 1[edit]

Crvena zvezda v Igokea[edit]

Crvena zvezda mts v Igokea

3 May 2021	Crvena zvezda mts	76–61 (Series: 1–0)	Igokea	Belgrade
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 19–22, 17–13, 20–6
Arena Sport	Pts: Loyd21 Rebs: Dobrić, Nnoko9 Asts: three players3 PIR: Walden20	Boxscore	Pts: Atić15 Rebs: Jovanović5 Asts: Carmichael5 PIR: Atić16	Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Referees: Saša Pukl, Miloš Koljenšić, Mario Majkić

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 2 Corey Walden 13 4 3 SG 3 Jordan Loyd 21 1 1 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 10 1 0 G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 7 4 3 C 35 Landry Nnoko 4 9 0 Reserves: PG 1 Langston Hall 6 4 2 PG 4 Aleksa Uskoković 0 0 0 F/C 11 Duop Reath 0 0 0 SG 12 Aleksa Radanov DNP G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 12 9 0 F 19 Marko Simonović 2 3 3 C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 1 3 1 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

Crvena zvezda Igokea 0 CZV Statistics IGO 18/33 (54.5%) 2-pt field goals 13/32 (40.6%) 9/21 (42.9%) 3-pt field goals 9/29 (31%) 13/19 (68.4%) Free throws 8/12 (66.7%) 12 Offensive rebounds 10 26 Defensive rebounds 14 38 Total rebounds 24 13 Assists 20 12 Turnovers 11 2 Steals 8 3 (2) Blocks 2 (3) 18 (22) Fouls 22 (18)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Anthony Clemmons 6 2 3 G/F 7 Edin Atić 15 2 4 F 16 Marko Jošilo 8 1 1 SF 22 Dalibor Ilić 4 3 1 F/C 32 Jackie Carmichael 7 4 5 Reserves: G 4 Milan Vulić DNP F/C 8 Nikola Jovanović 9 5 1 SG 9 Steven Gray 6 1 0 PG 19 Darko Talić 0 1 3 PG 23 Stefan Pot 6 2 1 F/C 42 Stefan Fundić 0 3 1 PG 77 Kosta Kondić DNP Head coach: Dragan Bajić

Budućnost v Mornar[edit]

Budućnost VOLI v Mornar

3 May 2021	Budućnost VOLI	97–88 (Series: 1–0)	Mornar	Podgorica
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 28–31, 24–20, 25–18, 20–19
Arena Sport	Pts: Cobbs22 Rebs: Mitrović7 Asts: Cobbs, Ivanović7 PIR: Cobbs34	Boxscore	Pts: Pullen24 Rebs: Smith7 Asts: Needham, Pullen5 PIR: Pullen19	Arena: Morača Sports Center Referees: Damir Javor, Milivoje Jovčić, Uroš Obrknežević

Starters: Pts Reb Ast SG 44 Fedor Žugić 0 1 0 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 0 0 0 SF 3 Melvin Ejim 10 2 1 PF 9 Luka Mitrović 4 7 1 C 33 Willie Reed 13 6 0 Reserves: PG 1 Justin Cobbs 22 4 7 PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 18 3 7 PF 7 Danilo Nikolić 11 6 0 F/C 8 Dragan Apić DNP SG 11 Amedeo Della Valle 7 4 0 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 2 2 0 G 30 Petar Popović 10 1 0 Head coach: Dejan Milojević

Budućnost Mornar 0 BUD Statistics MOR 23/39 (59%) 2-pt field goals 24/49 (49%) 10/25 (40%) 3-pt field goals 8/16 (50%) 21/31 (67.7%) Free throws 16/21 (76.2%) 9 Offensive rebounds 7 27 Defensive rebounds 23 36 Total rebounds 30 16 Assists 14 9 Turnovers 9 5 Steals 2 4 (1) Blocks 1 (4) 20 (28) Fouls 28 (20)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Jacob Pullen 24 0 5 PG 5 Derek Needham 12 2 5 SG 8 Sead Šehović 0 1 0 PF 2 Kenny Gabriel 2 3 0 C 55 Uroš Luković 9 2 0 Reserves: SG 6 Marko Jeremić 3 2 0 PG 7 Nemanja Gordić 6 1 1 F/C 9 Taylor Smith 8 7 2 PG 11 Isaiah Whitehead 12 3 1 F 13 Aleksandar Lazić 0 4 0 SG 41 Nemanja Vranješ 0 0 0 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 12 5 0 Head coach: Mihailo Pavićević

Game 2[edit]

Igokea v Crvena zvezda[edit]

Igokea v Crvena zvezda mts

7 May 2021	Igokea	81–68 (Series: 1–1)	Crvena zvezda mts	Laktaši
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 22–18, 20–17, 16–20
Arena Sport	Pts: Clemmons18 Rebs: Ilić6 Asts: four players2 PIR: Clemmons, Pot19	Boxscore	Pts: Dobrić17 Rebs: Nnoko8 Asts: Walden6 PIR: Davidovac15	Arena: Laktaši Sports Hall Referees: Sreten Radović, Tomislav Hordov, Igor Dragojević

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Anthony Clemmons 18 1 2 G/F 7 Edin Atić 17 2 1 F 16 Marko Jošilo 9 2 1 SF 22 Dalibor Ilić 6 6 2 F/C 32 Jackie Carmichael 0 3 2 Reserves: G 4 Milan Vulić DNP F/C 8 Nikola Jovanović 2 2 1 SG 9 Steven Gray 11 2 1 PG 19 Darko Talić 4 0 1 PG 23 Stefan Pot 14 4 2 F/C 42 Stefan Fundić 0 1 0 PG 77 Kosta Kondić 0 0 0 Head coach: Dragan Bajić

Igokea Crvena zvezda 0 IGO Statistics CZV 13/24 (54.2%) 2-pt field goals 16/35 (45.7%) 11/21 (52.4%) 3-pt field goals 7/23 (30.4%) 22/29 (75.9%) Free throws 15/20 (75%) 3 Offensive rebounds 10 20 Defensive rebounds 14 23 Total rebounds 24 13 Assists 11 12 Turnovers 12 7 Steals 4 2 (2) Blocks 2 (2) 26 (23) Fouls 25 (26)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 2 Corey Walden 2 4 6 SG 3 Jordan Loyd 11 1 1 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 2 1 0 G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 12 3 0 C 35 Landry Nnoko 7 8 0 Reserves: PG 1 Langston Hall 2 0 3 PG 4 Aleksa Uskoković DNP F/C 11 Duop Reath 2 3 0 SG 12 Aleksa Radanov 0 0 0 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 17 2 1 F 19 Marko Simonović 11 0 0 C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 2 2 0 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

Mornar v Budućnost[edit]

Mornar v Budućnost VOLI

7 May 2021	Mornar	81–92 (Series: 0–2)	Budućnost VOLI	Bar
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 30–25, 17–27, 14–13
Arena Sport	Pts: Needham16 Rebs: Smith6 Asts: Pullen5 PIR: Smith16	Boxscore	Pts: Cobbs21 Rebs: Mitrović, Reed9 Asts: Ivanović7 PIR: Cobbs28	Arena: Topolica Sport Hall Attendance: 500 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Uroš Nikolić, Josip Radojković

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Jacob Pullen 10 1 5 PG 5 Derek Needham 16 4 4 SG 6 Marko Jeremić 7 3 0 PF 2 Kenny Gabriel 6 3 1 C 55 Uroš Luković 4 3 0 Reserves: PG 7 Nemanja Gordić 0 4 1 SG 8 Sead Šehović DNP F/C 9 Taylor Smith 12 6 0 PG 11 Isaiah Whitehead 6 2 2 F 13 Aleksandar Lazić 7 4 1 SG 41 Nemanja Vranješ 11 5 0 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 2 2 1 Head coach: Mihailo Pavićević

Mornar Budućnost 0 MOR Statistics BUD 16/43 (37.2%) 2-pt field goals 20/41 (48.8%) 10/26 (38.5%) 3-pt field goals 11/24 (45.8%) 19/24 (79.2%) Free throws 19/29 (65.5%) 10 Offensive rebounds 11 27 Defensive rebounds 31 37 Total rebounds 42 15 Assists 14 9 Turnovers 9 7 Steals 7 4 (6) Blocks 6 (4) 28 (22) Fouls 22 (27)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Justin Cobbs 21 4 3 SG 44 Fedor Žugić 0 0 0 SF 3 Melvin Ejim 2 4 1 PF 9 Luka Mitrović 9 9 1 C 33 Willie Reed 14 9 0 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 10 4 7 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 0 0 0 PF 7 Danilo Nikolić 8 4 0 F/C 8 Dragan Apić 0 0 0 SG 11 Amedeo Della Valle 17 3 1 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 2 4 0 G 30 Petar Popović 9 1 1 Head coach: Dejan Milojević

Game 3[edit]

Crvena zvezda v Igokea[edit]

Crvena zvezda mts v Igokea

11 May 2021	Crvena zvezda mts	76–53 (Series: 2–1)	Igokea	Belgrade
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 24–23, 9–16, 19–2
Arena Sport	Pts: Davidovac22 Rebs: Davidovac8 Asts: Loyd5 PIR: Davidovac33	Boxscore	Pts: Clemmons15 Rebs: Jošilo6 Asts: Atić4 PIR: Clemmons19	Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 383 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Matej Boltauzer, Sašo Petek

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 2 Corey Walden 7 1 4 SG 3 Jordan Loyd 15 5 5 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 0 0 0 F 19 Marko Simonović 2 2 0 C 35 Landry Nnoko 11 7 0 Reserves: PG 1 Langston Hall 4 1 1 PG 4 Aleksa Uskoković 0 0 0 G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 22 8 3 F/C 11 Duop Reath 0 1 0 SG 12 Aleksa Radanov 2 1 0 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 11 1 2 C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 2 3 0 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

Crvena zvezda Igokea 0 CZV Statistics IGO 16/37 (43.2%) 2-pt field goals 16/31 (51.6%) 10/24 (41.7%) 3-pt field goals 4/20 (20%) 14/16 (87.5%) Free throws 9/20 (45%) 8 Offensive rebounds 4 22 Defensive rebounds 23 30 Total rebounds 27 15 Assists 15 10 Turnovers 12 8 Steals 7 2 (3) Blocks 3 (2) 25 (19) Fouls 19 (24)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Anthony Clemmons 15 3 3 G/F 7 Edin Atić 1 5 4 F 16 Marko Jošilo 6 6 2 SF 22 Dalibor Ilić 5 4 1 F/C 32 Jackie Carmichael 12 3 0 Reserves: G 4 Milan Vulić DNP F/C 8 Nikola Jovanović 7 3 0 SG 9 Steven Gray 3 1 0 PG 19 Darko Talić 0 2 3 PG 23 Stefan Pot 2 0 2 F/C 42 Stefan Fundić 2 0 0 PG 77 Kosta Kondić DNP Head coach: Dragan Bajić

Finals[edit]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Crvena zvezda mts	3–2	Budućnost VOLI	82–78	85–79	71–75	80–81	67–60

Game 1[edit]

Crvena zvezda mts v Budućnost VOLI

16 May 2021	Crvena zvezda mts	82–78 (Series: 1–0)	Budućnost VOLI	Belgrade
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 24–18, 19–17, 19–23
Arena Sport	Pts: Dobrić, Loyd23 Rebs: Kuzmić11 Asts: Hall7 PIR: Loyd23	Boxscore	Pts: Reed26 Rebs: Reed10 Asts: Ivanović10 PIR: Reed35	Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 987 Referees: Saša Pukl, Tomislav Hordov, Josip Radojković

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Langston Hall 4 2 7 SG 3 Jordan Loyd 23 6 5 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 6 4 1 G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 12 3 1 C 35 Landry Nnoko 4 4 0 Reserves: PG 4 Aleksa Uskoković 0 1 2 F/C 11 Duop Reath 5 2 0 SG 12 Aleksa Radanov DNP G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 23 6 1 F 19 Marko Simonović 0 0 0 PF 21 Marko Jagodić-Kuridža DNP C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 5 11 0 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

Crvena zvezda Budućnost 0 CZV Statistics BUD 25/49 (51%) 2-pt field goals 21/40 (52.5%) 5/26 (19.2%) 3-pt field goals 5/12 (41.7%) 17/22 (77.3%) Free throws 21/30 (70%) 18 Offensive rebounds 7 21 Defensive rebounds 26 39 Total rebounds 33 17 Assists 18 13 Turnovers 17 10 Steals 8 1 (1) Blocks 1 (1) 28 (26) Fouls 27 (28)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Justin Cobbs 8 6 4 SG 44 Fedor Žugić 0 1 0 SF 3 Melvin Ejim 0 1 1 PF 9 Luka Mitrović 6 3 1 C 33 Willie Reed 26 10 1 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 16 2 10 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 0 0 0 PF 7 Danilo Nikolić 7 7 0 F/C 8 Dragan Apić DNP SG 11 Amedeo Della Valle 6 1 1 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 2 1 0 G 30 Petar Popović 7 1 0 Head coach: Dejan Milojević

Game 2[edit]

Crvena zvezda mts v Budućnost VOLI

18 May 2021	Crvena zvezda mts	85–79 (Series: 2–0)	Budućnost VOLI	Belgrade
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 30–17, 25–24, 8–29, 22–9
Arena Sport	Pts: Dobrić27 Rebs: Nnoko7 Asts: Loyd6 PIR: Dobrić27	Boxscore	Pts: D. Nikolić26 Rebs: Reed11 Asts: Ivanović5 PIR: D. Nikolić30	Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 1,375 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Miloš Koljenšić, Milan Nedović

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Langston Hall 2 1 2 SG 3 Jordan Loyd 16 5 6 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 2 4 1 F 19 Marko Simonović 10 3 1 C 35 Landry Nnoko 15 7 1 Reserves: PG 4 Aleksa Uskoković 3 1 5 G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 6 4 1 F/C 11 Duop Reath 0 0 0 SG 12 Aleksa Radanov DNP G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 27 5 3 PF 21 Marko Jagodić-Kuridža DNP C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 4 4 0 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić

Crvena zvezda Budućnost 0 CZV Statistics BUD 24/44 (54.5%) 2-pt field goals 17/41 (41.5%) 4/22 (18.2%) 3-pt field goals 8/23 (34.8%) 25/27 (92.6%) Free throws 21/24 (87.5%) 11 Offensive rebounds 13 23 Defensive rebounds 23 34 Total rebounds 36 20 Assists 13 6 Turnovers 12 5 Steals 2 4 (4) Blocks 4 (4) 20 (24) Fouls 24 (20)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Justin Cobbs 14 2 1 SG 44 Fedor Žugić 0 0 0 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 0 1 0 SF 3 Melvin Ejim 12 8 3 C 33 Willie Reed 10 11 1 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 12 2 5 PF 7 Danilo Nikolić 26 8 0 F/C 8 Dragan Apić DNP PF 9 Luka Mitrović 0 0 1 SG 11 Amedeo Della Valle 5 0 0 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 0 2 1 G 30 Petar Popović 0 2 1 Head coach: Dejan Milojević

Game 3[edit]

Budućnost VOLI v Crvena zvezda mts

22 May 2021	Budućnost VOLI	75–71 (Series: 1–2)	Crvena zvezda mts	Podgorica
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 20–13, 16–15, 24–24
Arena Sport	Pts: Della Valle19 Rebs: D. Nikolić8 Asts: Ivanović6 PIR: Ivanović19	Boxscore	Pts: Loyd19 Rebs: Nnoko11 Asts: Loyd7 PIR: Nnoko20	Arena: Morača Sports Center Referees: Sreten Radović, Matej Boltauzer, Damir Javor

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Justin Cobbs 6 2 3 SG 11 Amedeo Della Valle 19 0 1 SF 3 Melvin Ejim 9 4 2 PF 7 Danilo Nikolić 11 8 0 C 33 Willie Reed 7 6 0 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 11 2 6 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 0 0 0 F/C 8 Dragan Apić DNP PF 9 Luka Mitrović 8 7 1 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 2 1 0 G 30 Petar Popović 2 1 1 SG 44 Fedor Žugić DNP Head coach: Dejan Milojević

Budućnost Crvena zvezda 0 BUD Statistics CZV 13/31 (41.9%) 2-pt field goals 21/42 (50%) 7/22 (31.8%) 3-pt field goals 6/27 (22.2%) 28/34 (82.4%) Free throws 11/14 (78.6%) 7 Offensive rebounds 13 24 Defensive rebounds 22 31 Total rebounds 35 14 Assists 12 8 Turnovers 10 5 Steals 4 4 (4) Blocks 4 (4) 22 (26) Fouls 26 (21)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Langston Hall 4 3 2 SG 3 Jordan Loyd 19 0 7 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 5 4 0 F 19 Marko Simonović 2 2 0 C 35 Landry Nnoko 10 11 0 Reserves: G 2 Corey Walden 3 1 0 PG 4 Aleksa Uskoković 0 1 1 G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 10 8 1 F/C 11 Duop Reath 0 0 0 SG 12 Aleksa Radanov DNP G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 17 4 1 C 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 1 1 0 Head coach: Dejan Radonjić