The Hell of the Arena swallowed Maccabi as well: Partizan from minus 24 to a great victory, Ivanovic outsmarted Barcokas

Partizan's basketball players had many upheavals this season in the Euroleague, but none were as spectacular as tonight's match with Maccabi.

The Israelis led 16:0 in "Štark Arena", had a plus 24 in the second quarter (37:13 and 39:15) when the "black and white" seemed completely powerless on both ends of the floor, and Željko Obradović's team found a way to won the 11th victory in the elite competition - 88:79.

After 20 minutes, Maccabi led 52:36, but from the beginning of the second half, the host's energy in defense slowly changed, so even without Kevin Panter and PJ Dowzer, they found solutions in the attack and in the third period there was a reversal (67:65).

We entered the last quarter with a score of 67:67, then there was a series of Partizan who also had nine extra points - 80:71.

Even then, the Israelis did not give up, the current champion of the AdmiralBet ABA League "offered" to them with a series of mistakes, but Maccabi did not hit a single three-pointer in the second half. There are eight in the first...

Douzer led Partizan with 23 points, James Nanelli had 20 with nine rebounds and five assists (he was ejected for two unsportsmanlike fouls), while Bruno Caboclo (11) also had a double-digit performance.

Partizan now has 11 triumphs and 10 defeats, just like our Dusko Ivanovic's Baskonia, which outplayed Olympiakos.

In Vitoria it was 80:69 with 21 points from Marcus Howard, so Baskonia defeated the giant from Piraeus for the second time with Ivanovic on the bench this season.

Barcelona was safe against Žalgiris (91:73), Alba outclassed Asvel away (88:63), and Anadolu Efes convincingly triumphed in the duel with Virtus - 99:75.