EL: Partizan Mozzart Bet lose at home against Barcelona

Partizan Mozzart Bet were defeated by Barcelona at home in Round 9 of the 2024/25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season – 79:87.

And once again, the black-and whites were defeated in a thrilling ending.

Partizan Mozzart Bet started the game well as they had a 4-point lead after the opening quarter – 21:17, however their 2^nd quarter performance was the main reason they lost this match. The Belgrade giant lost the 2^nd quarter by 12:30, therefore letting Barcelona to gain a 14-point lead at the halftime – 35:49.

The black-and-whites were even down by 20+ points in the 3^rd quarter, but they still managed to reduce the gap to 12 points until the final 10 minutes of the game – 58:70.

Partizan Mozzart Bet finally switched back to playing top-class basketball in the 4^th quarter and that was almost enough to pull off one of the biggest comebacks in this season. Partizan Mozzart Bet have reduced the gap to just 1 point – 79:80, with minute-and-a-half left on the game clock, but then Alex Abrines scored the key 3-pointer for Barcelona to put the visiting side up by four – 79:83.

In the rest of the match, Partizan Mozzart Bet did not score any points, while on the other side of the court Kevin Punter made a 2-pointer and Dario Brizuela scored 2 free throws to seal the win for Barcelona – 79:87.

Partizan Mozzart Bet have the overall score of 2-7 after the opening 9 runds of the 2024/25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season.

2024/25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, Round 9, Wednesday, November 13, 2024:

Partizan Mozzart Bet – FC BARCELONA 79:87 (23:19, 12:30, 23:21, 21:17)
C. Jones 17, Pokuševski 12 | Punter 18, Parker 17.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024:

Monaco - CRVENA ZVEZDA MERIDIANBET 90:98 (26:26, 28:22, 20:26, 16:24)
Petrušev 25, Miller-McKintyre 20 | Okobo 20, James 20.