MZT beats Rabotnicki to lift Cup trophy


MZT Skopje beat city rivals Rabotnicki to lift the basketball Cup trophy late on Sunday.

MZT held a slight lead at halftime (33:31), but Rabotnicki came back and took the advantage in the third quarter. However, the Macedonian champions held a steady lead in the final quarter before closing the match in the final minutes.

Bojan Trajkovski was MZT's best player with 18 points, followed by Darko Sokolov with 17 and Damjan Stojanovski with 15.

Rabotnicki's Mirakovski was the match's highest scorer with 24 points.

This is MZT's ninth cup trophy, the same as Rabotnicki.