2006-07Regular SeasonRound 12
January 17, 2007 CET: 20:45
Local time: 20:45 PIONIR
Predrag Drobnjak Partizan showed its power and stayed in the fight to make it to the Top 16 in difficult Group B by simply overwhelming injury-plagued Union Olimpija 106-60 in Belgrade, Serbia on Wednesday. Partizan improved to 5-7 and will at least tie for the fifth spot in Group B at the end of this week. Partizan still has two critical games left, a visit to Panathinaikos next week and the regular season finale at home against Unicaja, also 5-7. Olimpija, meanwhile, dropped to 3-9 and is all but mathematically out of the Top 16 race. Kosta Perovic paced the winners with 20 points by making 9 of 11 two-point shots. Predrag Drobnjak added 19 points and 8 rebounds, Uros Tripkovic had 16 on 4 of 5 three-point shooting while Vonteego Cummings chipped in 13. Partizan outrebounded Olimpija 32-15. Manu Markoishvili had 19 points for Olimpija. The visitors played without injured starter Teemu Rannikko, and without star forward Marko Milic, who was transferred to Real Madrid before the game. Ender Arslan added 11 and Domen Lorbek 10 for the guests, who trailed 58-28 at halftime and never recovered.

Perovic opened fire for Partizan in sold-out Pionir Arena and it wasn't long before he had combined with Tripkovic for 9 unanswered points to lift the hosts to an 11-2 advantage, forcing Olimpija's first timeout. Markoishvilli and Ivica Jurkovic managed to cut the gap to 13-7. Olimpija played with a lot of long-distance shots while Partizan's centers dominated in the paint. Lorbek and Tripkovic traded triples before Markoishvilli added one more to make it 21-13. Olimpija missed 4 straight free throws that might have helped keep Partizan from gaining momentum on the way to a 26-16 lead after 10 minutes.

Manuchar Markoisvili - Union OlimpijaPartizan took off even faster in the second quarter as Perovic with a mid-range shot and Petar Bozic with a bomb from downtown continued pushing the lead higher, to 31-16. Luka Bogdanovic added his first triple and points from a fastbreak while Perovic continued to terrorize the Olimpija defense. It all added up to a 14-0 run that had Partizan ahead by 45-18 after just 14 minutes and had the 7,000 home fans fired up, too. Olimpija had no way to stop the storm and Partizan led 52-22 when Drobnjak hit his second three-pointer. All that Olimpija could manage to do was maintain the difference at 58-28 by halftime. During those 20 minutes, Partizan had dominated in rebounding 15-8 while making 8 of 9 three-pointers and dishing 15 assists.

The second half Olimpija started playing for pride. A trio of triples shared by Markoishvilli and Lorbek sent the guests on a 1-11 run to a score of 64-41 in minute 25. Partizan played with less intensity on defense but soon Perovic woke up with 5 consecutive points. Olimpija tried a small lineup when Partizan switched to zone. Novica Velickovic replaced Drobnjak and had some bright minutes, scoring 7 straight points in 9-2 Partizan run that made the score 77-45 after three quarters.

The story was over but Partizan added one more 11-0 run at the begining of the final period to lead 88-45, holding Olimpija scoreless for more than 3 minutes. The difference was even bigger when Boris Bakic scored a triple for a 102-52 lead with 2 minutes to finish a 12-0 run. The biggest Partizan winning margin ever in the Euroleague was sealed with points from Tripkovic.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Aca Ostojic, Belgrade
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Referees: GARCIA, JOSE RAMON; PILOIDIS, ANASTASIOS; CONDE, ANTONIO
Attendance: 6897
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Partizan26321929
Union Olimpija16121715
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Partizan265877106
Union Olimpija16284560
Partizan
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 TEPIC, MILENKO 18:15   0/2       3 3 5 1 1   1 5 1 1
5 BOGDANOVIC, LUKA 20:15 5 1/3 1/1     7 7 4   3     1   10
7 KECMAN, DUSAN 16:45 4 0/2 0/2 4/4   3 3 5 1 2 1     2 10
8 BAKIC, BORIS 7:15 5   1/1 2/2       1   1 1   1 1 6
10 BOROVNJAK, DEJAN 3:30                              
11 TRIPKOVIC, UROS 21:45 16 1/1 4/5 2/2   2 2 2 2 2     4 2 17
12 VELICKOVIC, NOVICA 10:30 9 2/5   5/7       1 1         5 11
13 PEROVIC, KOSTA 22:15 20 9/11   2/3 1 2 3 4 2   1   2 7 32
14 PEKOVIC, NIKOLA 15:45 9 3/4   3/4 2   2   2 2 1   4 2 8
18 DROBNJAK, PREDRAG 28:00 19 4/7 2/2 5/6 4 4 8 3 2 2 1     3 30
20 BOZIC, PETAR 12:45 6 0/1 2/3     2 2           3   3
25 CUMMINGS, VONTEEGO 23:00 13 2/2 3/4     2 2 1 2 1     3 2 15
Team                   1           1
Totals 200:00 106 22/38 13/18 23/28 7 25 32 26 14 14 5 1 23 25 144
        57.9% 72.2% 82.1%
Head coach: VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Union Olimpija
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 ARSLAN, ENDER 33:45 11 4/9 0/3 3/6   2 2 4 4 3 1   2 9 15
5 LORBEK, KLEMEN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 RIZVIC, HASAN 18:45 2 1/2       1 1   1 2     5 1 -3
9 RANNIKKO, TEEMU DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 HOHLER, DEJAN 6:00 3   1/2     2 2           1   3
11 MARKOISHVILI, MANUCHAR 38:30 19 5/8 3/5   1 3 4 4 4 3   1 5 3 20
13 JURKOVIC, IVICA 30:15 6 0/1 2/5   1   1 1 4 4     3 1 2
14 KUZMINSKAS, SAULIUS 15:45 1 0/3   1/4   4 4   1 2   2 4 3 -5
21 CEBULAR, SANDI 19:45 6 2/3 0/2 2/5 1   1     2     4 3 -2
23 LORBEK, DOMEN 28:00 10 1/7 2/6 2/2       3 3     2 1 3 6
54 PIETRAS, KAMIL 9:15 2 1/2                         1
Team                     1         -1
Totals 200:00 60 14/35 8/23 8/17 3 12 15 12 17 17 1 5 25 23 36
        40% 34.8% 47.1%
Head coach: OKORN, GASPER
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Head Coaches

VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO
Partizan
“We played against an incomplete team, but it is not easy to beat any team with a margin like we did tonight. Our goal was the win and the points difference that could provide us place in Top 16 as the best sixth-paced team. We did it all. We played all 40 minutes with great helpfrom our fans. We gave our maximum and I am satisfied.”
OKORN, GASPER
Union Olimpija
“You've seen everything tonight. Congratulations to Partizan and I do hope they will reach the Top 16.”

Players

BOZIC, PETAR
Partizan
“A great basketball performance and great atmosphere thanks to our fans. We played excellent with great focus from the first to the final minute. Our next Euroleague game is a road one with Panathinaikos. We believe we could surprise the big team in Athens.”
ARSLAN, ENDER
Union Olimpija
“It was terrible. We were without two important players in Milic and Rannikku. We tried to control the game but nothing worked. And the worst fact is that Partizan had real great shooting game.”
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