Partizan basketball players lost their chance to reach the Euroleague playoffs with one round remaining.
Željko Obradović's team lost to Žalgiris in Kaunas (70:66), so the match with Real in Belgrade in the last round will have no significant result for the "black and whites".
Partizan played brilliantly in the second quarter when they reached an eight-point lead, led in the third and at the beginning of the last quarter when they allowed their rival to take a 7:0 run to take a 66:62 lead.
The Lithuanian team's triumph, their 15th of the season, was signed by Silvan Francisco, who made a breakthrough 13:68 with 64 seconds left.
Karlik Jones was Partizan's top scorer with 23 points, while Francisco scored 15...
Real Madrid beat Paris (105:104) and overcame concerns about qualifying for the knockout stage, and the decisive moment was the last quarter in which the "royal club" made up for a minus six.
Mario Hezonja led Real with 26 points, Dzanan Musa had 20, and on the other side, TJ Shorts stood out with 24 points and 10 assists, and Nadir Ifi with 23...
Panathinaikos defeated Monaco in the Principality and secured third place ahead of the playoffs.
It was 8:76, and Kendrick Nunn was brilliant with 37 points and only three misses in 17 field goal attempts (three-pointers 5-5).
PAO has one more win than the "Princes" before the last round and a better head-to-head record...
Maccabi made a big turnaround by defeating Bayern 93:90 in Belgrade, despite being down 16 points at the start of the final period.
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