Partizan once again beat Cibona in Belgrade
The black & whites are still undefeated with Andrea Trinchieri as their head coach.
Rade Zagorac (Photo: Partizan NIS)
ABA League Round 7, Saturday, 10.11.2018:
PARTIZAN NIS - Cibona 86:67 (23:23, 22:17, 24:16, 17:11)
Game recap: Partizan NIS: 17 wins; Cibona 1 win. The head to head score between these two teams in the regional league (when Partizan NIS is the host) now looks like this after the black & whites scored another home win against their old rivals.
It was the third consecutive win for Partizan NIS, counting all competitions, since Andrea Trinchieri became the team head coach.
Key moments: At the beginning it seemed that the visitors may finally improve that awful away score in Belgrade, as they opened the game with 23:8, but then Partizan NIS answered back with an incredible 25:0 run - 33:23! Still, Cibona kept fighting and they regained the lead in the 3rd quarter - 51:50, but then they faced another big run of the home side. Partizan NIS scored 8 consecutive points for 58:50, while soon they got back on a double-digit lead - 64:54. And, with the help of more than 5,000 loud fans, the black & whites remained in front until the end.
Man of the match: Aleksej Nikolić has brought a huge amount of energy into Partizan NIS game. Apart from making 13 points he also had 4 assists and 6 steals, so he is definitely a candidate for the MVP award. Another candidate is Rade Zagorac, who scored some key shots for the home team, while he finished the match with 17 points and with the overall index rating of 25. We leave you to choose who was better.
Can't trick the stats: Two things. The first one is the number of 3-pointers made by Partizan NIS. They scored 13 of them this evening. The other thing is the number of assists. The home side once again played as a team, as they had 19 assists in this match.
