Kalinic issues an apology to Trifunovic for his actions after the ABA final / News - Basketnews.com

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After the ABA League's finals Game 5, where Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade defeated Partizan NIS Belgrade 80-77 (18-20, 15-17, 26-21, 21-19), Nikola Kalinic apologized for his actions at the end of the game.

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At the end of the game, Kalinic celebrated in front of the Partizan bench, wanting to respond to Trifunovic.

"I apologize to Trifunovic. This action on my part was unsportsmanlike, but I wanted to remind you what he did in the previous game," Kalinic said."I do not know how many times we have to say certain things," Kalinic continued. "I understand the banners, but we can not endanger the safety of the teams. It makes no sense! How long do we have to talk about it?"

Partizan coach Zeljko Obradovic reacted by delivering a respect lesson and sent his player to apologize to the Crvena Zvezda coach.

Despite unhappiness about what was happening off-court, Kalinic was happy that his team achieved the victory.

"Despite what happened, we managed to keep our concentration and get the victory," Kalinic said. "We had a problem with our confidence in shooting the ball throughout the game, but then Wolters hit a 3-pointer."

We won, and that counts, we got what we wanted," Kalinic concluded.

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