The… drought was put to an end by They were partisans!
By Kevin Pander on a career night with 32 points and dominance from the start, his team Zeljko Obradovic defeated 96-85 him Red Star in the fifth final and won the Adriatic league after ten years!
Leveling first half from the “black and white”, who went to the locker room with the +20. In the second half, the “red and white” made their counterattack and they went as far as -4 (79-75), at 34′. However, the final belonged to Partizan, who celebrated the 7th cup in their history. On the other hand, his team Dusko Ivanovicwhich counted three consecutive conquests, remained at six trophies.
Equally good for Partizan was also LeDay with 15 points, while o Nanali had 12 p.
From the Red Star, they stood out Dobrich and Bedil with 18 p. and 15 p. respectively.
The match
Partizan came out strong early on, taking a 9-2 lead and steadily maintaining their lead. Dobrich tried to keep Red Star close (18-14), until the 6th minute. However, from that point on, the home team hit back-to-back 3-pointers to end the first period at +12 (30-18).
With polyphony in the attack and the “red and whites” having been… lost, Obradovic’s players did what they wanted on the floor and in the second quarter, pushing the difference even to +21 (52-31), at 18′. In the remaining time, nothing changed dramatically and so Partizan went to the locker room with +20 (54-34).
Red Star came out stronger in the second half and reduced the difference (57-43), while with Bendil in front, it got closer to -11 (61-50), in the 25th minute. Pander gave Partizan a “breather”, but then with their defense the “red and white” dropped the difference to a single digit value (71-64) and thanks to Campacho’s buzzer beater three-pointer the score of the third period was 75-68.
The “red and whites” continued just as well in the fourth quarter, with Vildosa and Nedovic reducing the difference even further (79-75), in the 34th minute. Then came Partizan’s answer with Exum, who brought solutions and energy from the bench, with the difference going to +12 (89-77), at 37′. In the final minutes, Obradovic’s team was in complete control and took the final victory 96-85.
The quarters: 30-18, 54-34, 75-68, 96-85
Source: Sport Fm
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