1985–86 Yugoslav First Basketball League

Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Regular season
Season champions	Cibona
Playoffs
Finals champions	Zadar
Runners-up	Cibona

Notable events

The first week of fixtures on 5 October 1985 included a game in Zagreb at Dom Sportova's small hall between Cibona and visiting Smelt Olimpija — a contest that would go down in history for Dražen Petrović's Yugoslav Basketball League single-game scoring record as well as the strange circumstance that allowed it to happen. Since the visiting team failed to fulfill their player registration administrative obligations in time (Olimpija general manager Radovan Lorbek was reportedly late with sending a registration letter to the Yugoslav Basketball Federation (KSJ) headquarters in Belgrade),^[1] it rendered their entire first team roster ineligible for the regular season opening game. They thus had to field players from their youth system. Sending out juniors (age 18 and under) would've been the first option; however, since Olimpija had no junior team within their youth system that year, they had to make do with cadets (16 and under).^[1] In the end, the team they took to Zagreb consisted of players born in 1968 and younger, including Igor Đurović, Matjaž Strmole, Jože Maček, Dag Kralj, Tine Erjavec, Jure Zorčič, Gregor Stražiščar, Andrej Novina, and Tine Merzelj.^[1]^[2] Cibona for their part decided to send out a mixed roster consisting of players from their youth system plus their 21-year-old superstar Dražen Petrović who used the opportunity to shatter Radivoj Korać's single-game Yugoslav League scoring record from 1962 when Korać scored 74 points for OKK Beograd versus Mladost Zagreb. In a 158–77 blowout in front of 2,000 people against the hapless Ljubljana team, Petrović scored 112 points on 40 for 60 field goal shooting that included 10 for 20 three-point shooting.^[3] He did so despite reportedly announcing his intention of leaving the floor once he reached Korać's 74 points.^[1] Petrović was one of only five Cibona players to get on the score sheet that day, the other four were eighteen-year-old Dražen Anzulović with 16 points, eighteen-year-old Vladimir Rizman with 14, nineteen-year-old Ivo Nakić with 12, and Ivan Šoštarec with 4.^[1]

Cibona dominated the regular season with only a single loss in 22 games, thus equaling a feat of one regular-season loss that had previously been managed only by Zadar in 1974–75 and Crvena Zvezda in 1949. Behind young Dražen Petrović's scoring exploits (his regular-season scoring average was 43.3 points per game), the Zagreb club opened the campaign 20–0 before losing, 102–100, away to Šibenka (Petrović's old team) in the second last game of the regular season — a contest in which Petrović recorded 52 points, but Šibenka still eked out a win led by Predrag Šarić's (Dario Šarić's father) 36 points.^[3]

Budućnost was the season's biggest surprise package. The unfancied side from Titograd was almost unbeatable at home, losing only one game in front of its home fans, against Cibona. Led by veterans Duško Ivanović (28.5 ppg season average), Dragan Ivanović, Nikola Antić, Milatović, and Jadran Vujačić, the team also received a great contribution from its rising star Žarko Paspalj who turned 20 years of age over the course of the season.^[3]

Regular season

Classification

	Regular-season ranking 1985–86	Pt	G	V	P	PF	PS
1.	Cibona	43	22	21	1	2474	2074
2.	Zadar	37	22	15	7	2050	1921
3.	Budućnost	35	22	13	9	1990	2002
4.	Šibenka	34	22	12	10	2069	2066
5.	Partizan	34	22	12	10	2165	2119
6.	Jugoplastika	34	22	12	10	2013	1979
7.	Bosna	32	22	10	12	1979	2046
8.	Crvena Zvezda	32	22	10	12	2098	2114
9.	Borac Čačak	30	22	8	14	1901	1964
10.	Rabotnički	29	22	7	15	1884	2058
11.	Smelt Olimpija	29	22	8	14	2058	2142
12.	Sloga	26	22	4	18	2028	2193

Playoff

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals


1	Cibona

8	Crvena Zvezda
		1	Cibona

		4	Šibenka
4	Šibenka

5	Partizan
				1	Cibona	1

				2	Zadar	2
2	Zadar

7	Bosna
		2	Zadar

		3	Budućnost
3	Budućnost

6	Jugoplastika

( Cibona vs Zadar: 84-70, Zadar vs Cibona: 84-73 & Cibona vs Zadar: 110-111 )

The winning roster of Zadar:

Darko Pahlić
Petar Popović
Milan Mlađan
Ante Matulović
Drago Čiklić
Ivan Sunara
Zdenko Babić
Dražen Blažević
Stojko Vranković
Veljko Petranović
Ivica Obad
Boris Hrabrov
Samir Žuža

Coach: Vlade Đurović

Scoring leaders

Dražen Petrović (Cibona) – 906 points (43.1 ppg)^[4] — the highest ever per game scoring average over the course of a single season in the history of the Yugoslav First Basketball League.^[5]
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Duško Ivanović (Budućnost) – ___ points (28.5ppg)^[3]

Qualification in 1986-87 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

Zadar (Champions)

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

Cibona (Cup finalist)

FIBA Korać Cup

Budućnost (3rd)
Šibenka (4th)
Partizan (5th)
Jugoplastika (6th)

References

1 2 3 4 5 Đurović, Igor (27 December 2016). "KAKO NAM JE DRAŽEN DAO 112 POENA". Koš magazin. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
↑ "Privilegij je bilo na parketu doživeti Dražena, čeprav ti je nasul 112 točk". RTV Slovenija. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
1 2 3 4 Bjelobaba, Darko (26 October 2014). "Sezona 1985-86: Vlade Đurović, heroj Jazina". Koš magazin. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
↑ Martinović, Dragan (3 January 2017). "PRIČA O STRELCIMA: PRVE I DRUGE VIOLINE". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
↑ Martinović, Dragan (22 January 2017). "DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ ILI RADIVOJ KORAĆ?". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League (1945–1992)
Teams	Bosna Borac Čačak Budućnost Cibona Crvena zvezda Čelik Dalvin Dinamo Pančevo Eđšeg Igman IMT Industromontaža Ivangrad Jugoplastika Jugoslovenska armija Kvarner Lesonit Lokomotiva Rijeka Makedonija Maribor 66 Metalac Milicionar Mladost MZT Skopje Novi Zagreb OKK Beograd Olimpija Oriolik Partizan Proleter Zrenjanin Rabotnički Radnički Belgrade Slavija Sloboda Tuzla Sloboda Užice Sloga Slovan Spartak Subotica Šibenka Vojvodina Zadar Zastava Kragujevac Zorka Šabac Železničar Belgrade Željezničar Karlovac Željezničar Sarajevo ŽKK Ljubljana ŽKK Maribor
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Other	Yugoslav clubs in international competitions Yugoslav First B Federal League

Basketball in Yugoslavia

National teams

Men	Yugoslavia U20 & U21 U18 & U19 U16 & U17 University
Women	Yugoslavia U20 & U21 U18 & U19 U16 & U17 University

League competitions

Men	Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League Yugoslav 1. B Federal Basketball League
Women	Yugoslav Women's Basketball League Yugoslav Women's Second Basketball League

Cup competitions

Men	Yugoslav Basketball Cup
Women	Yugoslav Women's Basketball Cup

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