Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ma 1970 akanga ari makwikwi pakati peYugoslavia neSoviet Union. Mukati memakore gumi Yugoslavia yakawana menduru dzendarama nhatu uye Soviet Union ichibvisa mbiri dzasara. Mushure mokunge maSoviet abuda muna 1971, mutambo wa1973 wakaona Yugoslavia ichibudisa mukwikwidzi wayo wokutanga mushure mekunge Spain yakunda maSoviet mumasemi-fainari kuti ikwanise kuenda kumagumo avo ekutanga kubva pamutambo wokutanga kumashure muna 1935. Yugoslavia pakupedzisira yaizova nomukana wokukunda maSoviet sezvo pamusha, yaizova nomukana wokukunda uye yakaita sezvaakakunda nemapoinzi matanhatu kuti adzokere kumba neshanduro ya1975. Pashure pokutevera ikoko muna 1977
, maSoviet aizowana kutsiva kwavo mumutambo wekupedzisira weEuroBasket 1979 pavakavakunda 96-77 kuti vakwanise kuenda kumagumo uko vaizokunda Israeri iyo yakakatyamadza nyika yebhasikiti pavakakunda Yugoslavia mumutambo wekutanga nepfungwa.