They “cleaned” Fenerbahce and Partizan hopes for the play-ins

The “teacher” defeated the “student”. Zeljko Obradovic’s Partizan beat Sarunas Jasikevicius’ Fenerbahce 90-81 in Belgrade for the 18th matchday of the EuroLeague and with an 8-10 record climbed to 13th place in the standings, but -1 from the top ten and the play-in positions , leaving the Istanbul team in sixth place now with 11-7.

The Serbs gained some differences in the first half and in the second and especially in the fourth period they reached +14, withstanding the pressure of the Turks with consecutive three-pointers.

Leading the winners was Washington with 27 points and offensive support from Karlik Jones with 14 and Tyreek Jones with 13 points. For the Turks, Hayes-Davis stood out with 19, Guduric with 14 and Sanli with 12 points.

The match

Partizan reached a 4-0 lead at the start of the match with the right choices in the basket. Davies took matters into his own hands and with personal actions kept +3 for the Serbs. Fener responded with a 5-0 run to make it +2 and the lead began to change until Mahmutoglu’s three-pointer made it +2 for the Turks. Partizan went on a 5-0 run to take a +1 lead, maintaining that lead afterward. Jones with a personal run of 5-0 brought +4 for Zeljko Obradovic’s team and the first quarter ended 25-21.

Pokusevski made it 27-21 early in the second period and Washington led a 7-0 run for the Serbs’ +10, while he maintained +9 to +11 for the 1992 European champions, which continued the Serbs with the right options inside the Turkish basket. Biberovic’s 3-pointer cut the deficit to -8 and Birch ended the half at 47-38.

Partizan had 16/23 two-pointers, 6/7 shots and 20 rebounds. Fener had 8/17 two-pointers, 5/16 three-pointers, 7/12 shots and 14 rebounds.

With the difference ranging from +6 to +8 at the start of the third period, Mike made it 51-42 for Partizan, but Sanli cut it to -6, which he repeated as the Serbs tried to run away from the score. With a personal run by Hayes-Davis, Fener reduced 54-52, but Partizan with a 6-0 run reached +8. Biberovic’s 3-pointer cut the deficit to -5, but Washington trailed 65-57 at the quarter.

With a 4-0 run at the start of the fourth period, the difference reached +12 before Hall reduced it with a three-pointer, while Sarunas Jasikevicius’ players responded only with three-pointers to the double-digit differences that the “black and white” obtained with Washington to have taken “flanked” the defense of “Zots” and with two three-pointers brought +13 and 81-66. With a 4-0 run, Fener reduced to -10 and Meli to -9, but Jones’ indirect three-pointer brought +12 for the final 90-81.

The quarters: 25-21, 47-38, 65-57, 90-81

The statistics