She woke up from the nightmare of the first half of her home clash with Maccabi Tel Aviv and returned to winning ways with an epic upset n They were partisans!
Zeljko Obradovic’s team found themselves losing by as much as 24 points (13-37) in the middle of the second period to the Israelis, who were impressive in the first half of the game, but managed to make their big counterattack in the second half, in which they prevailed with a partial score of 52-27, finally celebrating the victory with 88-79!
Thus, the Belgrade team improved its record to 11-10staying close to the top six in the standings, while Maccabi fell to 12-9.
Top for the winners are Dossier (23pts, 7 assists) and Nanali (20 points, 9 rebounds), while for the guests they stood out Baldwin (19pts, 5 assists) and Sorkin (14p, 6 rib).
The match
The match started with Maccabi playing excellent defense and leading 11-0, having as their star on the other side of the floor Lorenzo Brown, who reached 7 personal points early! Partizan didn’t manage to score a point until 4:20 left in the first period and the visitors made the most of it, going all the way to 16-0! THE Open “broke the pomegranate” with three points for the hosts, but the Maccabi continued to impress in defense and attack, closing the first quarter in emphatic style +18 (11-29)!
At the beginning of the second period o Web scored for three and o Cleveland similarly made it 13-37 in favor of the Israelis, before Partizan gave the packed Stark Arena cause to celebrate for the first time, going on a 7-2 run to cut it to 20-39. Baldwin’s 3-pointer cut the lead to 20-42, but Dozier and Nunnally stepped up as the home team’s offense pulled within 31-44. The first half ended with Blatt to hit consecutive 3-pointers for the 36-52 and with Maccabi finishing the first half having excellent three-point percentages (8/14), while having 9 more assists than their opponents (14 vs. 5).
After the tragic first half for her, h They were partisans she came back from the locker room clearly improved, starting her counterattack. Since the Baldwin made it 40-56, Obradovic’s team went on an 11-0 run led by Nanali, who scored 7 straight points, cutting it to 51-56 and coming back from -24 (13-37)! A technical penalty allowed Maccabi to score 4 points in one possession for 51-60, but Partizan had found a rhythm, and after tying the game at 60-60, with Nanali reaching 20 personal points, they went ahead 67-64 thanks to his foul basket LeDaybefore Boltwin equalized in 67-67 with a well-timed floater at the end of the third period.
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Leading by a score of 31-15 in the third quarter and with their morale boosted, Partizan went on a rampage in the fourth quarter, pulling away for the first time in the match with +6 (75-69)thanks to consecutive three-pointers by Smailagic and Yaramaz! With the “hot” atmosphere of the “Stark Arena” entered into the… equation, o Dossier he also scored for three, while Pander made his first basket of the night, for 80-71! Now, the home team could not lose this match, reaching the final without problems and with Panther to shape the final 88-79 with three points at the end.
The quarters: 11-29, 36-52, 67-67, 88-79
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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