The winning streak of "Sabah"'s men's basketball team has been broken.
Idman.biz reports that Rimas Kurtinaitis's trainees lost to "Neftchi" in the 3rd match of the final series.
This was "Sabah"'s first defeat in the playoffs. The team, which defeated "Sarhadchi" in the 1/4 finals and "Shaki" in the semi-finals with a score of 2:0 in the series, also won the first two duels of the final.
Even before these 6 victories, "Sabah" had a successful series. The capital representative was happy in the last 5 meetings of the regular championship.
The last champion, who had 11 consecutive victories, lost to "Nakhchivan" on February 28. Baku residents were disappointed after 67 days.
Regular championship
"Nakhchivan" - "Sabah" - 85:82
"Sarhadchi" - "Sabah" - 73:89
"Sabah" - "Neftchi" - 105:77
"Sabah" - "Absheron" - 99:64
NTD - "Sabah" - 79:105
"Sabah" - "Nakhchivan" - 111:89
1/4 final
"Sabah" - "Sarhadchi" - 90:64
"Sarhadchi" - "Sabah" - 77:104
Semifinal
"Sabah" - "Shaki" - 86:73
"Shaki" - "Sabah" - 72:96
Final
"Sabah" - "Neftchi" - 94:89
"Neftchi" - "Sabah" - 77:86
"Sabah" - "Neftchi" - 76:79
Vugar Khayrullayev
Idman.biz
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