Partizan basketball players were defeated at home by Virtus from Bologna in the fifth round of the Euroleague, with the score 69:70 (20:15, 17:17, 24:25, 8:13)!
Team Željko Obradović is in a rising form, and in the double round last week achieved two important victories over Bayern in the arena and above Maccabi as a “guest” in the Aleksandar Nikolić hall.
The Italian club recorded very bad editions at the beginning of the new season and they are the only team without a win in the Euroleague. In the opening four games, they suffered defeats from Ephesus, Aswell, Žalgiris i Monaco.
Starting five | @EuroLeague round 05 | Belgrade#KKPartizan vs. @VirtusSegafredo
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It’s great Partisan started the game on the wings Sterling Brown which tied 5 points and led black and white to 5:0. The black and white team from Belgrade had a lot of trouble building a jump, so the visitors came close to 7:5 from offensive jumps. Vanja Marinković makes a series with a great defense Partizan and brings black and white to 13:5 and forces Chapter Bjankija on time-out. After a minute of rest, Virtus tightened the defense so it was three-pointers Morgana i Clyburn arrived at 16:13. Klajburn causing problems for Partizan’s defense at the beginning of the match, which brought the visitors to -1 with points from low. After 4 minutes of fasting, Partisan ends the series of guests and points Tyreek Jones it goes to +3, which in the next attack confirms the miss with a dunk Pokushevsky for the final ones 20:15 in the first quarter. The most efficient in the team Željko Obradović he was Tyreek John which he achieved seven points, and the opposing team had Clyburn, who also scored 7.
Partizan starts the second quarter in a great way with a triple Aleksey Pokushevsky for +8. The locals can’t find a solution for Takera who scores 6 points and brings the team to -4, 25:21. For the first 3 minutes, we didn’t see any basketball, with a lot of unreasonable shots and loose balls, so that’s it Željko Obradović requested a minute’s rest for his team to consolidate. Even after the time-out, Partizan’s attack doesn’t look great, so the guests over Clyburn i Shengelije reach to 25:25. It is played quickly so it is after the dunk Jonesretorted Morgan and after three Brown, Klajburn quickly returns for a score 30:29. Partizan raised its defense even after the throw Lump in pain Lunberga from the offensive rebound reaches the 34:29. For three Clyburnretorts Lunberg by the same measure for 37:32. The best scorer of the home team at halftime is Tyreek John with 9 points, while the guests stand out Klajburn also with 9 .
He had huge problems Partisan during the construction of his basket, so in the opening minute and a half Virtus grabbed 4 offensive rebounds and after 6 tied points Cordinius Virtus approaches -2, 40:38. Tyrik Jones is unstoppable, after his 6 points with two triples by captain Vanja Marinković, Partizan goes to 52:43.With his third three-pointer of the match, Klajburn breaks the black and white series and reduces to 52:46. Tyreek Jones leads the way with 2 monstrous dunks Partisan which is +7, 56:49. White and White are struggling with Claiburn, who with the help of Cordinije reduces it to -1. 56:55. After Karlik Jones points, his namesake Tyreek steals the ball and is fouled, and after one hit, sets up the final 61:57.
Both teams entered the last part in confusion with lost balls in the first attacks, in order to score the first points. Morgan from free throws for 61:59. After only 2 and a half minutes in the 4th quarter, Partizan fulfilled the bonus, and to make matters worse, it was the fourth foul Brandon Davis, via Virtus Žižić reaches 63:61. Points Karlika Džonsa Partizan goes to +4, to immediately in the next attack Shengelija scored a three-pointer and reduced it to only -1, 65:64. Partizan’s attack looked bad in the middle of the last part, so after the foul Marinković, Cordinius gave the visiting team their first lead with 3:41 left in the match. After 5 and a half minutes without a basket, Ifa Lunberg scores an important three-pointer, which gives Partizan a big +2, before entering an uncertain finale. However, in the next attack after the 15th offensive rebound of the guests, Clyburn equalizes the result 68:68. Then Lunberg is halved from the throw in order to in the next attack Klajburn silenced the arena for 69:70. With 12.5 seconds left, Lunberg took responsibility and hit the outer part of the board to bring the ball to the visitors, but I laughed steals the ball on a layup and misses the game-winning 3-pointer, throwing an “er bol” even though he was alone on the shot.
The best in the ranks Partizan was phenomenal Tyreek John with 20 points and 6 rebounds, followed by Lunberg with 14, while in Virtus Clyburn inserted 27 a Cordinius added 12 points with 10 rebounds.
Source: hotsport.rs
