Seven days ago, Partizan basketball players defeated Crvena Zvezda in the eternal derby to end the series of six defeats in the Euroleague, and that great victory was confirmed in the 12th round in the Belgrade Arena.
Željko Obradović's team defeated Olympiakos 78:70 and ended the streak of one of the favorites for the title of six triumphs in the elite competition.
It didn't start well for the "black and whites", who lost 23:9 after six minutes, but later a real fight was seen.
Until the opening part of the last quarter, it looked like Olympiakos was in control, but Partizan didn't even think about giving up, and took a 63:62 lead with a three-pointer by Karlik Jones with less than six minutes to go.
And he never looked back, so he routinely maintained his advantage until the end for the fourth victory in the Euroleague.
Karlik Jones led the home team with 15 points and eight assists, Ife Lundberg scored 13, Brandon Davis scored 12, and Vanja Marinković scored 10, while Evan Fournier was the most effective in Olympiakos with 16.
Great excitement was seen in Catalonia in the great derby between Barcelona and Real - the guests rejoiced after two overtimes (97:90).
Facundo Kampaco made a three-pointer with a second before the end of the regular part to make it 74:74, Kevin Panter then made it 84:84 in the first overtime from the penalty line, and there was no dilemma in the new additional five minutes.
This is the "royal club's" first victory away from home this season in the Euroleague, and it was brought by Valter Tavares (24 points and 18 rebounds), Mario Hezonja with 23 and Kampaco, who had 18 goals and 10 assists. On the other hand, Panther had 27...
The eighth triumph in a row in the Euroleague, the ninth in total, was achieved by Paris - now it was better than Virtus on its field 81:78 with 19 points and nine assists from TJ Shortz.
In the last 10 minutes, Baskonia outclassed Žalgiris in Kaunas (31:13) to win 83:70, while Maccabi was strong in Berlin against Alba - 103:85.
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