Though it carries the name of a great basketball capital, KK Zagreb had always lived a bit in the shadow of cross-town rival Cibona. But since the beginning of the Croatian League in the early 1990s, Zagreb has made a name of its own, becoming one of the consistently better teams in the country. KK Zagreb was established in 1970 and worked its way up over 19 years to join the famed first division in ex-Yugoslavia in 1989. Soon, it was part of the Croatian League, and there Zagreb joined the elite that also included Cibona, Zadar and Split. Zagreb did not win any trophies, but its diligence was rewarded with third-place finishes in the regular seasons of 1993, 1994, 1998 and 2002, plus semifinal playoff appearances in 1997 and 2002. Simultaneously, Zagreb was reaching the Final Four of the Croatian Cup tournament five different times, finishing as runner-up in 1998. Since 1992, Zagreb had been regulary participating in European competition, with its best result a quarterfinal appearance in the Korac Cup of 1993. Last season, you could say that Zagreb outdid itself, finishing sixth in a very competitive Adriatic League before going to the Croatian playoff semifinals for a second straight season. A philosophy of hard work toward continued success is why Zagreb takes an ant for its mascot, and promises that the talent will continually being nurtured to keep getting the job done right.

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2004/05		overall		FG2			FG3			FT			Rebs					Blck		Foul
		Pts	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	D	O	Ass	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	Val
1	Slovan	68	47.4	23	42	54.8	4	15	26.7	10	16	62.5	22	7	7	7	15	0	1	17	22	64
2	@Hemofarm	64	36.8	14	29	48.3	7	28	25.0	15	19	78.9	22	8	11	2	17	1	1	24	23	49
3	Partizan	103	52.5	19	34	55.9	13	27	48.1	26	37	70.3	26	8	14	12	24	3	1	31	31	101
4	@Helios	97	59.3	23	37	62.2	12	22	54.5	15	19	78.9	16	5	19	10	13	1	0	27	26	106
5	Šibenka	79	42.9	21	44	47.7	6	19	31.6	19	26	73.1	25	11	5	8	11	2	0	28	27	75
6	Bosna	92	57.1	24	40	60.0	8	16	50.0	20	25	80.0	22	9	15	5	15	2	1	18	24	106
7	@Reflex	81	52.9	17	32	53.1	10	19	52.6	17	18	94.4	12	2	6	14	17	2	2	19	23	77
8	Zadar	71	43.3	20	43	46.5	6	17	35.3	13	20	65.0	28	6	9	4	11	2	3	22	21	64
9	@Laško	54	43.8	19	38	50.0	2	10	20.0	10	17	58.8	19	7	8	13	20	2	0	23	22	48
10	Budućnost	94	51.6	22	39	56.4	10	23	43.5	20	28	71.4	14	10	13	12	6	0	3	28	24	92
11	@Zvezda	71	45.5	18	33	54.5	7	22	31.8	14	21	66.7	10	6	14	15	22	2	0	23	24	60
12	Olimpija	69	36.4	13	30	43.3	7	25	28.0	22	23	95.7	17	6	6	7	12	2	3	25	25	56
13	@Cibona	78	42.9	19	35	54.3	8	28	28.6	16	25	64.0	13	6	13	12	11	1	0	22	24	69
14	Široki	95	51.6	23	37	62.2	9	25	36.0	22	29	75.9	20	11	19	5	12	1	0	26	27	103
15	@Split	80	55.6	21	37	56.8	9	17	52.9	11	17	64.7	18	2	11	6	10	2	7	20	20	72
16	@Slovan	85	45.8	9	20	45.0	13	28	46.4	28	34	82.4	23	5	2	4	10	1	2	21	28	83
17	Hemofarm	98	52.6	13	29	44.8	17	28	60.7	21	25	84.0	19	8	9	4	10	2	0	26	27	100
18	@Partizan	86	55.3	17	26	65.4	9	21	42.9	25	41	61.0	9	2	8	13	16	1	0	31	36	71
19	Helios	80	51.9	21	32	65.6	6	20	30.0	20	26	76.9	27	5	11	8	16	3	1	23	29	92
20	@Šibenka	76	48.0	13	25	52.0	11	25	44.0	17	21	81.0	22	5	15	7	17	2	1	23	26	82
21	@Bosna	92	48.1	16	26	61.5	9	26	34.6	33	41	80.5	21	6	12	9	17	0	3	31	33	87
22	Reflex	72	37.3	12	34	35.3	7	17	41.2	27	37	73.0	20	10	10	5	14	1	5	28	30	59
23	@Zadar	82	40.0	18	42	42.9	8	23	34.8	22	35	62.9	19	9	14	13	10	4	1	21	29	86
24	Laško	63	37.0	17	41	41.5	3	13	23.1	20	24	83.3	17	6	9	7	11	3	2	20	25	59
25	@Budućnost	89	51.0	13	21	61.9	13	30	43.3	24	29	82.8	16	7	7	7	11	1	1	20	23	88
26	Zvezda	88	52.6	20	32	62.5	10	25	40.0	18	25	72.0	19	7	19	9	16	0	1	23	22	90
27	@Olimpija	82	53.4	22	34	64.7	9	24	37.5	11	18	61.1	22	11	12	7	10	1	0	21	19	89
28	Cibona	75	41.4	14	27	51.9	10	31	32.3	17	25	68.0	12	11	14	9	17	3	1	28	23	59
29	@Široki	65	41.8	14	23	60.9	9	32	28.1	10	12	83.3	21	6	5	3	10	2	1	26	19	50
30	Split	75	39.7	13	33	39.4	12	30	40.0	13	17	76.5	25	10	14	3	5	3	4	16	20	83
30	11:19 Total	2404	47.1	528	995		264	686		556	750		576	212	331	240	406	50	45	711	752	2320
	Average	80.1	47.1	53.1			38.5			74.1			19.2	7.1	11.0	8.0	13.5	1.7	1.5	23.7	25.1	77.3
	Season max	103	59.3	65.6%			60.7%			95.7%			28	11	19	15	24	4	7	31	36	106

2004/05				overall		FG2			FG3			FT			Rebs					Blck		Foul
		GP	Min	Pts	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	D	O	Ass	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	Val
4	Emerson, S.	9	148:00	41	50.0	14	24	58.3	3	10	30.0	4	9	44.4	24	10	8	4	13	1	1	26	8	34
6	Miljković, D.	29	1014:45	506	46.5	106	201	52.7	60	156	38.5	114	139	82.0	61	8	74	49	80	1	12	76	128	443
7	Simon, K.	24	511:45	143	41.7	35	71	49.3	20	61	32.8	13	26	50.0	48	10	24	19	27	2	3	58	24	92
8	Krajačić, D.	5	30:15	6	100.0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	1	2	50.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	6
9	Jelavić, K.	9	86:15	21	37.5	6	13	46.2	0	3	0.0	9	18	50.0	10	7	6	4	14	0	0	13	17	19
10	Babić, P.	13	94:15	32	55.0	7	13	53.8	4	7	57.1	6	6	100.0	2	0	7	4	13	0	1	24	10	8
11	Tomas, I.	19	563:45	218	45.7	41	77	53.2	18	52	34.6	82	111	73.9	39	12	67	21	48	0	6	64	114	254
12	Previšić, M.	12	53:45	19	61.5	6	9	66.7	2	4	50.0	1	1	100.0	2	1	1	1	6	0	1	2	1	11
13	Juknevičius, L.	16	193:45	68	45.2	8	16	50.0	11	26	42.3	19	20	95.0	3	1	17	5	14	0	1	38	21	38
14	Garma, J.	24	761:15	262	46.3	75	154	48.7	13	36	36.1	73	91	80.2	117	39	20	22	46	7	7	85	94	303
15	Vrsaljko, D.	29	415:30	122	56.6	47	83	56.6	0	0	0	28	40	70.0	59	30	7	16	17	10	5	70	31	135
16	Tomić, A.	6	40:30	13	50.0	6	12	50.0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	4	3	0	3	3	1	1	4	1	10
21	Garma, N.	29	535:00	222	50.3	34	52	65.4	46	107	43.0	16	23	69.6	51	14	9	17	16	2	0	64	21	170
22	Balažič, J.	7	175:15	72	54.0	16	23	69.6	11	27	40.7	7	10	70.0	11	6	9	3	6	1	0	20	11	61
24	Papac, I.	3	07:45	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
30	Sissoko, K.	1	01:15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Alihodžić, D.	13	299:00	60	41.3	19	45	42.2	0	1	0.0	22	42	52.4	50	24	6	13	14	13	2	44	44	103
33	Tomas, M.	30	1049:00	588	46.8	102	190	53.7	75	188	39.9	159	208	76.4	86	44	71	49	81	12	3	103	221	634
44	Fon, M.	7	69:00	10	29.4	5	10	50.0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	8	0	4	8	6	0	2	16	4	-2

FG2, FG3 - Field Goals; FT - Free Throws; Min - Minutes; Pts - Points; M - Made; A - Attempted; Blck - Blocks; Fv - in Favoure of; Ag - Against; Foul - Foul; Cm - Committed; Rv - Received; Rebs - Rebounds; D - Defensive; O - Offensive; Ass - Assists; St - Steals; To - Turnover; Val - rank Value;