She may have faced enough difficulties against a worthy fighter Valenciabut managed to leave Spain with a very important double and continues to climb the They were partisans!
Zeljko Obradovic’s team prevailed with 72-67 and celebrated their fifth consecutive victory, extending a streak that started with their home victory over Panathinaikos at the end of last November. Thus, she improved her record to 9-6, rising to 4th place in the standings. On the other hand, Valencia failed to get a second straight big win after their SEF double, falling to 8-7.
Top for the winners are LeDay (14p), Nanali (14pts, 3 assists) and Panther (13p, 9 rebounds), while for the losers they stood out Jones (14Ï€) and Robertson (12p).
The match
The match started with the teams being patient in their attacks and with Partizan leading 12-8, thanks to a well-timed 3-pointer by Dozier. The referees allowed strong defenses while Klaver tied it at 12-12, Kaminski and Ponitka brought the visitors back to +5 (12-17), before Nunnally made it 14-19 in the first period with a beautiful floater in the final seconds.
The low-paced game continued in the second period, with Jovic scoring the only basket of the first two minutes, and then Nunnally scored 7 straight points for Partizan to put them ahead 19-24. However, Valencia responded by going on an 11-4 run to take a 30-28 lead before Pradilla put the Spaniards back in the lead (34-33) as the first half ended.
The visitors came into the third quarter fired up, scoring on their first four drives for a 36-41 lead, while Zach LeDay exploded on both ends of the floor, playing key defense and scoring 12 points in the quarter to lead the Partizans to their advantage. 53-44!
Perry Dozier increased the difference in favor of Partizan to +11 (44-55) and a little later to +9 (48-57), but then Valencia responded by getting within “breathing distance” (57-59) with a basket and a foul of Jones! Valencia then had more chances to even go ahead, but didn’t capitalize on them, with Smailagic and Pander hitting big 3-pointers to make it 61-67 and tilt the momentum for good in favor of Paris, who prevailed with the final 67-72.
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The quarters: 14-19, 34-33, 44-53, 67-72
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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