Red Star - FMP Zeleznik 68-82

Serbia-Montenegro' Basketball Championship for men, Playoff semifinals, Game 3, Belgrade, May 19

RED STAR Belgrade - FMP ZELEZNIK Belgrade 68-82 (21-23,18-14,19-24,10-21).

Pionir Hall. Attendance: 6,000. Referees: Ljuca and Belosevic (both from Belgrade).

RED STAR: Jeretin 15, Gajic 3, Dozet 2, Koprivica 3, Bjelica, Tica 6, Bogdanovic, Cakic 3, Silobad 2, Radovic 2, Ekezie 7, Penn 25.

FMP ZELEZNIK: B. Popovic 4, Petrovic 5, Zoroski 15, Freeman 20, Marjanovic, Bratic, Plisnic 12, S. Popovic, Nikolic 13, Askrabic 11, Markovic 2.

Belgrade, May 20 - Reggie Freeman scored 20 points as the national cup title-holders advanced to playoff final with a 82-68 victory over Red Star, sweeping the best-of-five series.

Match is decided in the first minutes of the last quarter, when FMP Zeleznik went on a 15-0 run to take a 76-58 lead.