Another team in the “Stark Arena” h They were partisans!
The “black and white” they won without worrying in the final with a score of 81-72 Zalgirismoving up to 12-11, where they are tied with Baskonia, Valencia and Olympiacos in the top ten! Now, they have 9 wins in 11 games at home, looking for a way to start winning away from Belgrade.
The Lithuanians came in stronger and took the lead from very early on with double digit difference (4-15), however gradually n They were partisans began to regain control and took the lead by halftime (45-43). The derby continued until the fourth quarter, when the Serbians played defense with great intensity and managed to get the important victory.
The leader of the winners for another matchday was PJ Dozierwho scored 23 points with 8/10 two-pointers and 2/2 three-pointers, also dishing out 4 assists. He followed very closely Jacques LeDay, who had 21 points and 5 rebounds on 5/7 2-pointers and 1/1 3-pointers, along with 8/8 shooting. 12 points were scored by Frank Kaminskywho put up 10 in the final quarter.
On the part of the losers, who fell to 8-15 and they fell even further behind in the top ten battle, he battled but was hopelessly alone with 25 points the Keenan Evans.
The match
THE Zalgiris he entered the match very strongly with his three pointers Keenan Evans and baskets of Dovintas Gendraitis for 3-13 at the start, while Ulanovas wrote 4-15. Gradually, the home team started to turn things up mainly with him PJ Dozier, decreasing to 9-15 and a little later to 13-17. THE Butkevicius with a three-pointer he brought the Lithuanians back to +9 (13-22), but o Dossier he was unstoppable and brought the difference to 4 (18-22). Zalgiris’ tenuous dominance continued until the finale of the first period, which ended 22-26.
Andrea Trinchieri’s team started better in the second quarter as well, with Evans and Hayes to write 22-30. Partizan countered with Trifunovich and Kaminsky for 28-32, while o Nanali by LeDay brought the Serbs to a draw (34-34). The game took the form of a derby, with Schmitz and Abramovich to exchange three-pointers and Biroutis, LeDay baskets from close range (39-39). The great rivalry continued until the end of the half, which ended with a score of 45-43.
The situation changed at the beginning of the second part, when the They were partisans showed her dominating the floor. With their protagonists LeDay and Panderthe Serbs started playing amazing defense, allowed just 4 points in nearly 6 minutes of the third period, and went ahead by scoring 55-47. Zalgiris responded with two three-pointers Evans and one of his Brady Manek for 57-56, while a little later Gentraitis tied the game with his own at 59-59. A basket of Panther made the final 61-59 of the third quarter.
With a new protagonist Frank Kaminsky, Zeljko Obradovic’s side tried to impose their dominance early in the fourth period. The American tall scored 6 consecutive points, while the Dossier followed with a basket of his own, making it 69-61. With two shots by Kaminski, the home team’s lead became double digits at a crucial point (71-61). The Lithuanians tried to reduce with three shots by Evans for 73-64, but the unstoppable Kaminski in the fourth period restored the double-digit lead (75-64). The guests did not put it down, with them Rolands Schmitz and Kevarius Hayes to cut to 8, but Nunnally had an answer for 79-69. From then on, there was no time for the guests and Partizan took the victory.
The quarters: 22-26, 45-43, 61-59, 81-72
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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