A great game by the home team!
In the 19th round of the Euroleague, Partizan played against Maccabi at home, and at halftime the home team was leading – 48:32.
Željko Obradović for this match, he chose the following 12 basketball players: Brandon Davis, Ife Lundberg, Karlik Jones, Frank Nilikina, Dwayne Washington, Balsha Koprivica, Mario Nakic, Aleksei Pokushevsky, Sterling Brown, Isaac Bonga, Izea Mike, Tyreek Jones.
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What a moment at Stark Arena@PartizanBC I #EveryGameMatters pic.twitter.com/eXxf6bgJSR
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On the table Euroleague, on the eve of this round, Partisan was ranked 13th with an 8-10 record, while Maccabi was 16th with a 5-13 record.
He opened the game with a great dunk Brendon Davis.. The American center was the first to arrive on the counter and easily got the point. On the other side, the Lithuanian playmaker was accurate for two points – Rokas Jokubaitis.
They are great ‘black and white’ opened tonight’s match and took a 9:2 lead after 150 seconds. Series The Obradovics he cut off the chosen one Randolph three-pointer from the corner. However, it did not hinder Partisan, who made it 13:5 with two quick baskets, so that’s it Odad Katas had to ask for a minute break.
By the end of the first period, there was only one on the field – Partizan. The Maccabees he did not manage to catch consistency in the attack, while on the other side is the team Željko Obradović found quality solutions. After the opening ten minutes of basketball in Belgrade Arena, Partizan led – 27:12.
He tried ‘Pride of Israel’ to wake up at the start of the second period, but they just couldn’t do it. They grabbed a lot of offensive rebounds, but they didn’t get too much out of it, because it Partisan played great defense, but they didn’t get a shot either.
In the middle of the second quarter Partisan for the first time reached a 17-point advantage over the rival. With two captain’s triples Dibartolome, Maccabi returned to an 11-point advantage, and then dropped to a single-digit deficit.
Brandon Davis and Karlik Jones broke the streak of rivals with points. Before going on vacation, Partizan had +16 – 48:32.
Source: hotsport.rs
