1990–91 Yugoslav First Basketball League

1990–91 Yugoslav First Basketball League
1990–91 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Regular season
Season champions	POP 84
Playoffs
Finals champions	POP 84
Runners-up	Partizan
Yugoslav First Basketball League seasons
	← 1989–90 1991–92 (YUBA) →

The 1990–91 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 47th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

Teams

SR Croatia

SR Serbia

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosna
Čelik

SR Montenegro

Budućnost

SR Slovenia

Smelt Olimpija

Regular season

Classification

	Regular season ranking 1990-91	G	V	P	PF	PS	Pt
1.	POP 84	22	19	3	1947	1679	41
2.	Partizan	22	18	4	2148	1901	40
3.	Cibona	22	15	7	1971	1853	37
4.	Zadar	22	13	9	1924	1885	35
5.	Vojvodina	22	10	12	1888	1902	32
6.	IMT	22	10	12	1857	1892	32
7.	Smelt Olimpija	22	10	12	1944	1986	32
8.	Bosna	22	8	14	1882	1990	30
9.	Crvena Zvezda	22	8	14	1943	2047	30
10.	Budućnost	22	7	15	1771	1943	29
11.	Šibenka	22	7	15	1821	1907	29
12.	Čelik	22	7	15	1785	1930	29

Results

Home \ Away	POP	PAR	CIB	ZAD	VOJ	IMT	OLI	BOS	CZV	BUD	ŠIB	ČEL
POP 84	—	94–69	85–81	90–68	90–78	91–69	99–76	115–73	95–88	98–75	83–70	88–70
Partizan	106–93	—	107–87	110–98	81–67	105–87	115–87	104–98	108–79	121–79	90–79	93–75
Cibona	63–75	98–95	—	98–87	97–91	98–82	84–78	113–97	99–76	109–77	91–87	93–72
Zadar	81–72	73–66	70–72	—	89–61	94–77	96–89	92–89	105–76	93–78	94–87	87–62
Vojvodina	69–79	75–84	82–80	114–95	—	108–87	100–79	93–82	98–101	95–75	89–87	91–69
IMT	76–81	89–109	75–83	82–77	101–107	—	96–92	70–63	91–81	95–69	86–92	88–91
Smelt Olimpija	77–85	104–98	98–95	82–77	93–75	89–94	—	85–84	104–119	114–103	81–84	80–67
Bosna	76–69	89–101	96–94	78–82	89–83	94–91	99–91	—	105–88	84–104	83–77	87–80
Crvena Zvezda	87–97	95–100	74–82	111–99	93–94	66–90	86–102	87–76	—	93–68	78–76	104–76
Budućnost	76–90	89–98	80–74	82–89	71–60	82–89	58–74	84–70	82–68	—	80–72	97–75
Šibenka	74–93	89–100	89–90	74–88	79–72	57–68	77–74	105–99	100–103	98–96	—	99–96
Čelik	79–85	88–94	80–90	101–89	102–85	71–79	94–96	81–79	100–89	84–66	73–71	—

Source: KOŠ magazin
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoff

Semifinals			Finals

1	POP 84	2

4	Zadar	1
			1	POP 84	3

			2	Partizan	0
2	Partizan	2

3	Cibona	1

SEMIFINALS

POP 84-Zadar 86-75, 68-70, 71-66

Partizan-Cibona 105-98, 77-94, 77-75

FINALS

POP 84-Partizan 85-74, 95-91, 86-64

GROUP KORAC

Bosna-Rabotnicki 105-98, 84-87, 109-86

Olimpija-Oveko 87-89, 92-99, 89-85

Vojvodina-Bosna 92-77, 81-63

IMT-Olimpija 100-89, 83-103, 82-93

Bosna-Oveko 84-71, 93-82

The winning roster of POP 84:^[1]

Coach: Željko Pavličević

Qualification in 1991-92 season European competitions

FIBA European League

POP 84 (champions)
Partizan (2nd)
Cibona (3rd)

FIBA European Cup

Smelt Olimpija (playoffs)

FIBA Korać Cup

Zadar (4th)
Vojvodina (playoffs)
Bosna (playoffs)

All-Star Game

The season saw the first ever Yugoslav Basketball League All-Star Game take place in Sarajevo's Skenderija Hall on Tuesday, 7 May 1991 after the league playoffs ended. The event was not organized by the Yugoslav Basketball Federation (KSJ), but rather as an exhibition showcase put together by the host club KK Bosna and Sarajevo-based Večernje novine daily newspaper.^[2]

Due to not being sanctioned by the KSJ and FIBA, the organizers decided to time the game in accordance with the NBA rules: four quarters of twelve minutes each rather than the then FIBA customary two halves of twenty minutes each. Divided among the arbitrarily created Red team coached by Duško Vujošević and the White team coached by Željko Pavličević, the 1990-91 Yugoslav League twenty-four best players contested a game that ended 125-114 for the White team.^[2]

The Reds (Crveni) consisted of: 4. Željko Obradović, 5. Zdravko Radulović, 6. Velimir Perasović, 7. Jure Zdovc, 8. Radisav Ćurčić, 9. Danko Cvjetićanin, 10. Mario Primorac, 11. Samir_Avdić 12. Andro Knego, 13. Zoran Savić, 14. Žarko Paspalj, and Ivica Marić.

The Whites (Bijeli) consisted of: 4. Aleksandar Đorđević, 5. Predrag Danilović, 6. Zoran Sretenović, 7. Toni Kukoč, 8. Zoran Čutura, 9. Sejo Bukva [it], 10. Zoran Jovanović, 11. Miroslav Pecarski, 12. Saša Radunović [es], 13. Arijan Komazec, Žan Tabak, and 15. Ivo Nakić.^[2]

In addition to the All-Star game, a three-point shootout competition and a dunk contest were held during the game's halftime.

3-point shootout

Total of 19 players signed up for the shootout that consisted of 25 shots from five different positions in 60 seconds — five racks of five balls each — with each regular ball made worth one point and the last ball in each rack (moneyball) worth two points. In the preliminary qualification, the best five were chosen for the final that took place during the All-Star Game halftime.

The 3-point shootout finalists were:

The final's first elimination stage was played in two rounds with each player's best score taken for classification. The two best scores posted were Komazec's and Cvjetićanin's — Komazec had 25 points in his second round while Cvjetićanin had 20 points in his first.

The two thus went head-to-head for the title in an additional two rounds. In the first additional round, Cvjetićanin had 19 points while Komazec had 14. In the second additional round, Cvjetićanin posted 23 points while Komazec also had 23.

Komazec won due to the better first additional round. In addition to the trophy, he received a money prize of YUD30,000.

Dunk contest

Four players made the final:

Toni Kukoč (winner)
Miroslav Pecarski
Samir Avdić [it]
Zoran Bacalja, 18-year-old KK Zadar junior player

Five judges for the dunk competition were: Žarko Varajić, Mirza Delibašić, Branko Macura [hr], Mišo Ostarčević [hr], and Vinko Jelovac.

In the first round, Avdić's dunk earned 41 points, Kukoč's 48, Bacalja's 44, and Pecarski's 43. In the second round, Avdić had 46 points, Kukoč 46, Bacalja 50 (behind the back dunk on the second try), and Pecarski 45. In the third round, Avdić had 46 points, Kukoč 50 (one-handed dunk from the free-throw line), Bacalja 50 (behind the back dunk after a bounce), and Pecarski 46.

Kukoč and Bacalja made the two-man final. In the first round, Kukoč had 47 while Bacalja also had 47. In the second round, Kukoč had 50 (dunked with two balls) while Bacalja had 48. In the third round, Kukoč had 50 (another one-handed dunk from the free-throw line) while Bacalja had 47.