The… door of the octet has been opened for good by They were partisans. Zeljko Obradović’s team achieved it fourth in a row its victory in the Euroleague and ninth in the last eleven games, 82-71 Bayern in Munich for the 24th matchday.
Thus, the Serbian team that competed without Ioannis Papapetrou (s.s. virus), but had the support of thousands of fans in the stands of the “Audi Dome”, reached 13-11 record and took an important step towards achieving her great goal. On the contrary, the Bavarians (including Lucic, Sisko and Hunter absent), retreated to the 9-15 and now they have only mathematical hopes.
Top for the winners were Lessor (16p. & 7reb.), Nunali (15p.) and Pander (19p.)while from the home team stood out Wyler Babb with ten
The match
Partizan entered the match strongly, and thanks to baskets by Pander and Lessor, led 15-5 in the 5th minute. Rubti and Walden provided several solutions for Bayern who fought back, first reducing it to 16-13 and then tying it up at 19-19 at the end of the first quarter. The game continued in this pattern in the second quarter, with the score 26-26, five and a half minutes before halftime. Pander put the visitors ahead again 33-29 at 17′. Walier Babb and Bonga scored for the Bavarians, but Exum and Nunali gave a lead of +6 (33-39) to Zeljko Obradovic’s team.
At the start of the third quarter, Partizan found another pole in the face of Madar, who together with Exum, helped the difference reach +15 (39-54) for the first time at 27′. The hosts had a creation deficit, were woefully off target on two-pointers and three-pointers (44% and 20% respectively at that point), with the visitors having just 5 errors and Lessor dominating both rackets.
Thus, the game entered its fourth quarter with a score of 45-60, and while everyone was waiting for the last reaction of Trinchieri’s team, Partizan found another scorer Andjusic for 47-67 at 32′. The relaxation of the visitors at that point allowed Bayern to reduce to 61-76 three minutes before the final and 69-78 in the final seconds, but without changing anything regarding the winner.
The ten minutes: 19-19, 33-39, 45-60, 71-82
The statistics of the two teams:
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