He “brought” Partizan to her knees and… she was sunk even more by Virtus!

In a game that broke… hearts in Bologna the Virtues defeated 88-84 her They were partisanshaving as their protagonists Ife Lundberg and Abdou Abbas in the last seconds!

With a big three-pointer by the Danish guard, Banky’s team took the lead (82-81) with 35” left, to be followed by 2/2 shots and a decisive steal from the Italian forward, which sealed the win for Luca Bunchi’s side.

Thus, Virtus ascended to 16-9 and remains on track for the top four, while on the other hand Partizan retreated to 12-13 and at the moment it is outside the Play-In zone!

The leaders of the Italians were Lundberg and Belinelli with 20 points each, while others 12p. had o Cordinierwho also made crucial baskets in the fourth period.

From the Belgrade team, the first scorer was Kevin Pander with 22 points, but also fatal as he missed a crucial attack at the end, with James Nunnally to add 18p. and the Alexa Abramovich another 16p.

The match

It was a derby from the first minutes, with Partizan maintaining a small lead (12-16), until the 8th minute. In the remaining time it was Virtus’ turn to answer and make it 19-19 in the first period.

The hosts continued in the same way in the second quarter, going to +5 (28-23), at 13′. The reaction of Obradovic’s team came through the defense, as well as Pander and Nunali, reducing to a point (32-31), at 17′. However, the Italians responded in the same way in the end and thus went to the locker room with +4 (35-31).

At the beginning of the second half, Abramović aggressively kept Partizan and they were close (40-39), until 23′. With Belinelli and Sengelia, Virtus picked up the pace and even escaped to +10 (56-44), in the 25th minute. However, from that point on, Pander looked… unstoppable and trailing the visitors they were down to -4 (62-58) at the end of the third period.

With the shots of Pander and Nanali, Partizan turned the tide at the beginning of the fourth quarter and went to +3 (64-67), at 33′. Virtus’ answer came with Lundberg’s baskets for the lead (70-69), in the 35th minute. Obradovic’s team immediately found a solution first from Nunali and then from Dozier, going +6 (71-77), in the 36th minute. With great defenses and Cordinier, the home team equalized (77-77). Baskets followed on both sides, while a big three-pointer by Lundberg put Virtus ahead (82-81), 35 minutes before the end. On the next attack, Pander missed and Abbas made 2/2 from the line for +3 (84-81), at 9.4”. He made the steal on Dozier’s rebound and nailed it for 86-81, with Pander making a three-pointer (86-84), at 1.6”, with Belinelli’s shots making the final 88-84.

The quarters: 19-19, 35-31, 62-58, 88-84

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