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Partizan continues shocking Europe

2010-02-04 14:51

After beating defending champions Panathinaikos in OAKA, Partizan hosted another Euroleague favourite - Barcelona. Even though Pionir, the home of Partizan, is widely know to be one of the most difficult places to play for the visiting team, Barcelona arrived to Belgrade hoping to record 12th straight win in Euroleague which would keep them unbeaten.

However, young team of Partizan proved once again that they belong to a special category of teams. The hosts started the game well despite missing their top player this season, Aleks Maric. Barcelona struggled against Partizan's defence which limited them to just 24 points in the first half.

Xavier Pascual, head coach of Barcelona, managed to prepare his team for the second half. Catalans allowed just 8 points for Partizan while they scored 23 themselves gaining 4-point lead.

When it seemed that more experienced Barca is going to secure the win, Partizan, supported by devoted fans Pionir, managed to come back. The game went to overtime.

There were only 11 points scored in total in overtime. Though that was more than enough for Partizan to record the second win in Top 16 after beating yet another giant. The final score 67-66 for the Serbs.

67 - (23+12+8+18+6) - Partizan: Jan Vesely 13, Lawrence Roberts 12, Aleksandar Rasic 11, Petar Bozic 10, Slavko Vranes 6, Dusan Kecman 5, Bo McCalebb 4, Strahinja Milosevic 2, Aleksandar Mitrovic 2, Stevan Milosevic 2.

66 - (12+12+23+14+5) - Barcelona: Jaka Lakovic 14, Erazem Lorbek 10, Ricky Rubio 8, Boniface Ndong 8, Pete Mickeal 8, Gianluca Basile 7, Juan Carlos Navarro 7, Fran Vazquez 2, Terence Morris 2.