Once again, Partizan gave the fans a game with many ups and downs, moments when it seemed that everything was lost, but this time the hellish duel belonged to the "black and whites".
The current champion of the ABA League defeated Panathinaikos in Belgrade "Štarka Reni" after extra time (92:87) for the fifth victory in the Euroleague in 11 rounds, the third in which he came back after having a double-digit deficit.
PAO led 18:73 four minutes and 63 seconds before the end, and Partizan used the last chance to get back into the match when captain Kevin Panter woke up, returning from injury.
Panther tied seven points, he had the help of Bruno Kabokl and Zeko Ledej who won the battle with Matijas Lesor in both rackets, so Partizan had even the last attack in the regular part to reach the triumph.
In the extra five minutes, everything came into its own for Željko Obradović's team, and Panter scored from the free throw line three seconds before the end for a great celebration by over 20 thousand fans...
Leday was the most effective in the home team with 23 points, PJ Dowzer had 16, Panther 13, and Caboclo 12...
In Panathinaikos, Kendrick Nunn stood out with 19...
And Real Madrid lost for the first time in the season - after 10 triumphs, they stopped in Istanbul.
After 45 minutes of the game, Fenerbahçe celebrated (100:99), and the series of four defeats was ended thanks to Jama Madar's basket six tenths before the end. Real had plus 14 in the middle of the last quarter...
Monaco was better than Olympiakos (85:77), Maccabi easily beat Alba (102:81), while Bayern beat Virtus (90:76).
A little surprise was made by Žalgiris, who were strong in Milan against Olimpija - 83:70.
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