BCL: Another thriller and another win for Partizan NIS

Partizan NIS triumphed against Zielona Gora on the road... After overtime! Adin Vrabac scored the game-winning two-pointer on 3 seconds before the end.

Yes , it happened again! Partizan NIS played another thrilling basketball match in this season and, more importantly, they scored another win. Despite being without head coach Aleksandar Džikić, who stayed in Belgrade due to illness, and without 4 important first-team players Djordje Majstorović, Novica Veličković, Mihajlo Andrić and Frank Robinson, the black & white crew played bravely this evening and managed to beat a very good squad of Zielona Gora.

Partizan NIS won this game on a pretty incredible way - By converting two identical plays into points. Both times they had a throw-in just behind the rival's basket. First time, it was Stefan Birčević who got the ball and made a lay-up to level the score at 68:68, with just 3 seconds left on the clock. In the following play Zielona Gora failed to make a basket, so the match went into overtime.

There, the exactly same thing happened, but with the different player in the main role. Once again there were just 3 seconds left on the clock, while Partizan NIS had a throw-in behind the rival's basket. This time, Adin Vrabac got the ball and made a lay-up for 81:80! The Belgrade crew played a good defense in the remaining time and won the match!

Basketball Champions League Regular Season Gameday 10, Group E, Tuesday, 20.12.2016:

Zielona Gora - PARTIZAN NIS 80:81 (18:18, 15:12, 19:18, 16:20, 12:13)
Koszarek 17, Dragičević 14; Birčević 19, Vrabac 16.

STANDINGS

Group D, Wednesday, 21.12.2016:

Mega Leks – Mornar (18:30)

Sidigas Avellino – Cibona (20:30)

STANDINGS: