Zoran "Moka" Slavnić is a Serbian retired basketball player and current coach. He played with KK Crvena zvezda

KK Crvena zvezda

Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda is a professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Its name Crvena zvezda means Red Star and it's part of the Red Star Belgrade sports society ....

 for 10 senior seasons. One of the best European point gards of all time. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships, 3 National Cups and one Saporta Cup

Saporta Cup

Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe...

. He also won ACB with DKV Joventut

Joventut Badalona

Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, playing in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto . Known to their fans as La Penya , it is one of only three teams that have never been relegated from the top division of the Spanish League...

. During his basketball carier he played for KK Crvena zvezda

KK Crvena zvezda

Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda is a professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Its name Crvena zvezda means Red Star and it's part of the Red Star Belgrade sports society ....

 (1967–1977), DKV Joventut (1977–1979), Šibenka (1979-1981) and KK Partizan

KK Partizan

Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague....

 (1981-1982).

Slavnić was one of rare who won evrything he could in career: World Gold (1978), Olympic Gold (1980) and 3 European Golds (1973, 1975, 1977). He is one of the legends of KK Crvena zvezda

KK Crvena zvezda

Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda is a professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Its name Crvena zvezda means Red Star and it's part of the Red Star Belgrade sports society ....

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Slavnić's glorious performance against Italians

The Americans have, for four years, eagerly awaited the return game with the USSR at the basketball tournament in Montreal, after the defeat in the controversial final match at the Olympics in Munich in 1972. However, the return game never took place, thanks to the Yugoslav national team, which, in the semi-finals, after an uncertain and difficult struggle - even though they led by 19-4 in the first half - defeated the Soviet national team by 89-84. Nevertheless, the crucial match at the Olympics, the Yugoslav team played earlier on in the B group against Italy. After the first half, the semi-finals were almost unreachable for the Yugoslavs, since the Italians were leading by 15 points.

In the second half, they switched roles - the Yugoslavs started to play fantastically and gradually decreased the lead of the confused opponents. Moka took over the leading position and in this best game of his career he practically single-handedly defeated the self-confident Italians. Slavnić made flawless passes and hits, and with the scores in the last seconds of this match, he ensured the victory to his team – 88–87. Yugoslavia won a silver medal, since it was defeated in the finals by the US – 74–95.

External links

• Slavnić selektor, objavio spisak; B92, 29 May 2007