An unlikely “queen”, she conquers the “Stark Arena” and brings the series to her… castle!
Putting on a spirited and consistent performance throughout the match, the Real Madrid made a new “break” at its headquarters Partisanof which he prevailed with 85-78leveling the series (2-2) and sending it to a fifth match in Madrid!
By Eddie Tavares to achieve one critical goal-foul for 83-78, 54 seconds before the finale, the “merenches” avoided the… suicide that they were going to suffer in the finale with the two mistakes of Goss and the same number of baskets by Madar, and took the precious pink game card with the which stayed alive for the qualification to the Final 4 of Kaunas!
Top for the winners were Tavares (15p., 7r.) and Hanga (15p., 3as.), while the big unlucky guy of the evening also gave valuable help, Gabriel Decwho finished with 14 points before being carted off the floor with a serious knee injury minutes before the final.
For the Serbians, who missed a unique opportunity this week to lock in their presence in the semi-finals for the first time since 2010, the LeDay (25p.) and Papapetrou (18p.), with the Greek forward even setting a career record in points with the Partizan shirt.
The match:
Before the start of the match, the atmosphere in the packed ‘Stark Arena’ was very heavy after what happened yesterday in Belgrade with her deadly attack in a local school. This tragic event was clear how he had a huge impact on the Partizan teamwhich entered the first few minutes of the match in a huff and a bit lost.
On the other hand, Real Madridmade the most of the home team’s sluggish start, and with back-to-back three-pointers from Hanga and Musa, pulled away at +10 for 17-7 at 6′. The “merenches” continued to find a goal behind the 6.75m, and with his third three-pointer Hanga and after Hezonia they went at +14 (13-27), before, o Papapetrou with buzzer beater it does 27-15 of the quarter.
A basket which gave the necessary psychology to the Greek forward, who succeeded two three-pointers early in the second period, cutting the lead to six (26-32 at 13′). Somewhere there, LeDay and Lessor took action for Partizan, and taking advantage of fouls by Tavares and Randolof at the “5” position, brought the match to equal (42-42). Madar’s… dumb foul on Jul2.2” before the finale, gave the Spaniard the chance to send Real in the locker room with a 45-42 advantage.
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The scenery is completely different second halfwith the home team’s fans breaking into song – there were no chants in the first half in tribute to the victims – in the stands, boosting Zelimir Obradovic’s side, who through good defending were reduced to 46-45 at 23′. An indirect three-pointer from Moussa brought Real up at +4 (45-49)with LeDay and Andjusic responding with a quick 6-0 for the first Serbian lead of the match (51-49) at 25′!
A little later, the third three-pointer in the match of the outstanding tonight, Ioannis Papapetrouonce again gave the upper hand in the score to Partizan (54-52), with Real Madrid responding with the Tavares-Dek duo and with a 9-1 run in the final three minutes of the quarter, to close the third period at +6 for 61-55.
Naturally, the thriller continued in the fourth and final period. Despite stirring efforts from LeDay and Papapetrou, Real kept the gap close to 4-6 points, with Goss’ four shots the +6 at 38′ (74-80). From… a hero, the American guard went on to become the fatal one for Real, as two improbable mistakes in the space of a few seconds allowed the Madar to reduce to 80-78, 79” before the final.
In the next phase, and after… Homer battles between five players for the rebound, the Tavares hit a foul shot for 83-78 at 54 seconds, effectively locking up the win with the final 85-78.
The quarters: 15-27, 42-45, 55-61, 78-85.
See here the match statistics.
Source: Sport Fm
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