1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League
The 1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 33rd season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.
| 1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League | |
|---|---|
| League | Yugoslav First Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| 1976-77 | |
| Season champions | Jugoplastika |
Notable events Edit
Dalipagić knocking out assistant coach Vlade Đurović Edit
Week 13 of the league season, played on 15 January 1977, featured an ill-tempered contest at SC Šumice between the home team, OKK Beograd (playing under their sponsor's name, Beko), and cross-town visitors KK Partizan.[1] Involved in a title chase, league-leaders Partizan (sharing a spot at the top of the table with KK Bosna, both with an 11-1 record) came to Šumice looking for an away win against mid-table opposition OKK Beograd with a 7-5 record.[1] However, OKK managed an upset 89-85 win in a game that featured no shortage of physicality and verbal antagonism between the two sets of players and even respective coaching staffs.[1]
The game-long duel between Partizan's star shooting guard Dragan Kićanović and OKK's Nikolić continued after the game as Kićanović punched Nikolić while the players were leaving the court, causing mass confrontation as players began pushing and shoving.[1] Among the fracas, OKK's assistant coach Vlade Đurović aggressively ran up on Kićanović, seemingly in an effort of assaulting him in response for his earlier punch of Nikolić, at which point Kićanović's teammate Dražen Dalipagić got involved, punching, and effectively knocking out, Đurović who ended up on the floor.[1]
Classification Edit
| Regular season ranking 1976-77 | Pt | G | V | P | PF | PS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jugoplastika | 46 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2647 | 2252 |
| 2. | Bosna | 46 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2549 | 2257 |
| 3. | Partizan | 44 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2649 | 2456 |
| 4. | Cibona | 32 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 2193 | 2186 |
| 5. | Beko Beograd | 30 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2478 | 2451 |
| 6. | Crvena Zvezda | 30 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2416 | 2267 |
| 7. | Radnički Belgrade | 26 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2401 | 2287 |
| 8. | Kvarner | 24 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2688 | 2697 |
| 9. | Metalac Valjevo | 22 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2199 | 2382 |
| 10. | Brest Olimpija | 18 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2445 | 2403 |
| 11. | Zadar | 18 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2219 | 2309 |
| 12. | Rabotnički | 16 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 2268 | 2533 |
| 13. | Industromontaža | 10 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 2152 | 2394 |
| 14. | Igman Ilidža | 2 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1911 | 2340 |
Due to a tie at the top between Jugoplastika and Bosna after the end of the regular season, the season champion was decided in a one-game playoff between the two teams at a neutral venue. The game was played in Belgrade's Hala Pionir.
One-game playoff for the championship Edit
Jugoplastika vs Bosna: 98-96
The winning roster of Jugoplastika:[2]
- Mlađan Tudor
- Željko Jerkov
- Slobodan Bjelajac
- Branko Macura
- Ratomir Tvrdić
- Ivica Dukan
- Damir Šolman
- Duje Krstulović
- Mirko Grgin
- Mihajlo Manović
- Mladen Bratić
- Ivan Sunara
- Deni Kuvačić
Coach: Petar Skansi
Scoring leaders Edit
- Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - ___ points (34.8ppg)[3]
Qualification in 1977-78 season European competitions Edit
- Jugoplastika (champions)
- Kvarner (Cup finalist)
- Bosna (2nd)
- Partizan (3rd)
- Cibona (4th)
- Beko Beograd (5th)
References Edit
- ^ a b c d e "Šibanja koja se pamte: Praja "zakucao" Đurovića". Sportska kupusara: Brišemo prašinu sa starih novina. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ . nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Martinović, Dragan (22 January 2017). "DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ ILI RADIVOJ KORAĆ?". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 February 2017.