Pander, always from everywhere and in Madrid!
In an unlikely match that will go down in the history of the Euroleague playoffs, the Partisan “defeated” Madrid and made the break in Real with the… good morning, prevailing 89-87 thanks to his legendary buzzer beater three-pointer Kevin Pander at 0.4″ before the finale!
His team Zelimir Obradovic proved in the most emphatic way that it is the most formed team of the organization, and how he will fight on an equal footing with the Madrilenians for qualification to the Final 4 of Kaunas!
The leader of the match was none other than Kevin Panderwho finished the match with 26 points and 5/89 three-pointers, but also six assists, while closely followed by Jacques LeDay (13p., 4p.). On the downside, the fact that Papapetrou was injured in the first half and did not play afterwards.
For Real, which now finds itself with its back to the… wall and is asked to look for one break in Belgrade the following week, stood out Gabriel Dec with 24 points and 8 rebounds.
The Game 2 of the series is scheduled for Thursday night (27/04, 21:45) again in Madrid…
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The match:
THE Partisan entered the match very strongly, shocking Real Madrid early on. By Smailagic to take… fire behind 6.75m, succeeding three straight three-pointersthe Serbs took the lead 14-8 at 5′. Then, after a sluggish start, Real turned things up a notch, with Gabriel Dec to lead the scoring for the first Madrid lead (20-19), with the first period ending in absolute balance (22-22).
With a quick 8-0 run in hand Hanga and Yabuselli the second quarter began, for 30-22 of the hosts. However, Zelimir Obradovic’s side responded immediately and with an individual score of 11-2, took the lead again for 33-22 at 15′. As if that wasn’t enough for Real, she also saw him Kevin Pander scoring seven straight points for the Serbs +7 (39-46), with Williams Goss’ buzzer-beater picking things up somewhat for 48-44 at halftime.
Partizan started well as wellsecond halfbringing the difference to 7 for 55-48 at 23′. Keeping them a guest no point for about five minutes, achieving at the same time two big three-pointers with Kozer and Randolph, Real went ahead with the score with 56-55. LeDay and Exum’s shots made it 63-60 in favor of the Serbian team, only for Deck and Musa to “answer” with the same coin for the 64-63 of the third quarter.
The derby continued in the fourth and final period, where Real escaped with +7 (77-70) at 35′, showing that she is taking the momentum, and bringing the match to her own devices. Partizan, not only did not give up, on the contrary, with Kevin Pander taking his “weapon” and succeeding four pointspassed in front of me 81-80 at 38′.
The match remained a thriller until the end, with Deke getting a goal-foul for in 87-86 sqof Real at 21 seconds before the final. Understandably, Partizan’s last attack fell into the hands of Pander, who improbably buzzer beater three point… they knew Real and gave the victory to his team for the final 89-87!
The quarters: 22-22, 44-48, 64-63, 87-89.
See here the match statistics.
Source: Sport Fm
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