Leaved out of this year’s Euroleague post season out of this year’s Euroleague Partisan or Zalgiris !
Although scoring indifferent, Andrea Trinkieri’s team played as if … burning for the victory and eventually imposed with 70-66 of Zeljko Obradovic’s team, who saw her latest hopes of play-in eclipse!
So Zalgiris improved her record in 15-18ideally closing its home -duties for this year’s Euroleague, while Partizan fell to 16-17staying 11th and permanently out of the playoffs.
Top for the winners were the Francisco (15p) and Smailgic (14p), while the partisan did not suffice the efforts of the Carllik Jones (23p) and Davis (10p, 6 rebounds).
The match:
The match began with Zalgiris getting more concentrated, not allowing Partzan to score in the first two racing minutes and taking a 6-0 lead. Marinkovic reduced to the visitors, who shortly thereafter for the first time (10-11), thanks to successive baskets from Bonga and Carllik Jones. Zalgiris was again leading with +6 (22-16), with Partizan diminishing and with Francisco forming the 24-21 of the first period.
The Lithuanians continued to take a small lead, until Carllik Jones equalized to 29-29 reaching 12 personal points, with Obradovic’s team making a impressive 16-2 series, passing 39-31 and going to the locker rooms at +5 at +5.35-40).
Ankle-Breaking crossover dribble by carlik jones ??@Partizanbc #Motorolamagicmoment I @Moto pic.twitter.com/pnefbsrrve
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At the start of the second half, Partizan blocked completely aggressively, staying without a basket for nearly 5.5 racing minutes and allowing Zalgiris to make a series of 8-0 and pass 43-40! Pokusevski gave the solution to the guests with two shots and a three-pointer, making it 43-45, with the two teams going hand in hand until the end of the third period, which was completed in the draw. 49-49.
The derby continued in the fourth quarter, with Carllik Jones reaching 21 personal points to give the lead 54-53 to Partizan, before Davis made it 55-56 with his own baskets. The game continued to cut the razor up to its final stages, with Zalgiris escaping 66-62 and with Jones reducing to 66-64 to 1:04 to the end. However, he then made a mistake in attack by Partizan for the equalizer, with Francisco making it 68-64 before Smilagic shaped the final 70-66.
The quarters: 24-21, 35-40, 49-49, 70-66
The statistics of the match
Source: Sport Fm
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