Partizan NIS score a comfortable win against Krka
The black & whites had no problem defending the home court.
Novica Velickovic (Photo: Partizan NIS)
ABA League Round 9, Sunday, 1.12.2019:
PARTIZAN NIS - Krka 102:80 (22:20, 24:17, 23:19, 33:24)
Game recap: It was not a 32-point win like in the last season, but Partizan NIS still had no problems defeating Krka in Belgrade once again. The black & whites have had this game under control almost the entire time, while their 16:3 run at the start of the 3rd quarter definitely decided the winner.
Partizan NIS have therefore improved their overall score to 6-3, while Krka dropped to 4-5.
Key moments: Krka managed to stay close during the first two quarters, however that was not the case after the big break. Partizan NIS made the crucial 16:3 run in the opening 5 minutes of the 3rd quarter and increased their lead to 20 points – 62:42. After that it was clear that the black & whites would score a comfortable win.
Man of the match: Rade Zagorac was very close to complete a “perfect game”. He was 1/1 for 2 points, 4/5 for 3 points and 2/2 from free throws. In total that’s 16 points, while his overall index rating was 26.
Can’t trick the stats: The away team made 31 fouls in this match and let Partizan NIS squad take 40 free throws. The home side made 37 out of those 40 free throws.
Stats
Players on court
| PAR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Walden C. | 25:35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | Jaramaz O. | 28:02 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Miletić D. | 11:41 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Birčević S. | 24:28 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 31 | Peiners Ž. | 16:52 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| KRK | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Jones M. | 14:15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Marinelli P. | 21:08 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Stipaničev J. | 03:36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Fifolt Ž. | 03:36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 20 | Rakićević P. | 10:10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:06 (Q4) | WALDEN C. assist | |
| 00:06 (Q4) | 102 : 80 | BIRČEVIĆ S. made 3 points (jump shot) |
| 00:24 (Q4) | WALDEN C. rebound (defensive) | |
| 00:28 (Q4) | JONES M. missed 3 points (jump shot) |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Zagorac R. | 26 | - | 26 | Cosey G. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Birčević S. | 20 | - | 24 | Cosey G. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Birčević S. | 8 | - | 4 | Cosey G. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Gordić N. | 7 | - | 4 | Marinelli P. |
