Rytas Vilnius vs. Partizan NIS Belgrade

2019-20Regular SeasonRound 3

Rytas Vilnius 61

Partizan NIS Belgrade 66

October 15, 2019 CET: 18:00

Local time: 19:00 SIEMENS ARENA

Perfect Partizan grabs second road win

Partizan NIS Belgrade remained perfect in the 7DAYS EuroCup by capturing a 61-66 road victory at Rytas Vilnius. Marcus Paige scored 17 points with 4 three-pointers, Nemanja Gordic scored 13 points and dished 7 assists off the bench and William Mosley picked up 11 points and 7 rebounds for the visitors, who improved to 3-0 - including two wins away from home. Rytas, which dropped to 1-2, wasted a 15-point, 5-assist night from Pako Cruz while Eimantas Bendzius chipped in 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 steals in the loss.

Rytas got on the board with a three-point play by Cruz as the Mexican guard picked up 7 points for a 9-3 lead. Partizan hit just 1 of 8 shots to start the game until Corey Walden’s basket, but Bendzius’s three-pointer made it 16-9. Gordic changed the rhythm for Partizan with 3 assists and a basket and the visitors trailed just 18-17 after 10 minutes. Gordic scored again and assisted on a Mosley basket to even the game at 21-21. Bendzius responded with 5 points in a 7-2 spurt to send Rytas ahead 28-23. But after hitting just 1 of 11 three-pointers, Partizan got back-to-back triples from Walden and Paige for its first lead and was up 30-34 at the break. Paige started the second half with a three-pointer to push the lead to 7 points and the advantage was 37-46 thanks to a put-back and three-pointer from Stefan Bircevic. Partizan failed to score for more than 3 minutes and Rytas raced ahead 48-46 with an 11-0 run. Gordic however finished with the final 4 points to make it 48-50 after 30 minutes. Four free throws helped Rytas even the game at 52-52 before another Paige three-pointer and Mosley’s basket made it 53-57 for the guests. Cruz’s three-ball trimmed the gap to 1 point but a Gordic jumper after 2 offensive rebounds had Partizan up 56-60 with just more than 2 minutes left. Evaldas Kairys followed with 2 free throws, but he then missed a layup with 93 seconds left and split foul shots with 45 seconds to play to keep Rytas down 59-60. Gordic answered with a huge three-pointer for a 59-63 cushion with 27 seconds to play and the hosts’ fate was sealed when Cruz missed a three-pointer.

EuroCup first for Partizan

The victory was the first for Partizan in the EuroCup against Rytas, having lost its previous six games against the Lithuanian side. Rytas won both regular season matchups in 2014-15 and 2017-18 as well as two games in last season’s Top 16.

Pivotal performer

Nemanja Gordic once again came off the bench and was outstanding for Partizan. The veteran collected 13 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in 24 minutes.

Telling numbers

Partizan shot only 47.5 percent and 25.9% from two and three-point range, respectively but the Serbian side held Rytas to just 37.1% and 27.3% and forced 17 turnovers in getting the win in a defensive battle.

Next games

Rytas heads back on the road and will take on Tofas Bursa with a 1-2 record on Wednesday, October 23. Partizan looks to make it four straight wins when it plays at home against Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar on Tuesday, October 22.

Nemanja Gordic - Partizan NIS Belgrade (photo Rytas) - EC19

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Eurocupbasketball.com

Referees: DIFALLAH, MEHDI; KARTAL, ERSAN; LAVRUKHIN, ARTEM

Attendance: 4123

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Rytas Vilnius	18	12	18	13
Partizan NIS Belgrade	17	17	16	16

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Rytas Vilnius	18	30	48	61
Partizan NIS Belgrade	17	34	50	66

Rytas Vilnius

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
0	SIRVYDIS, DEIVIDAS	14:44	2	1/1	0/2		2	3	5			2					3
2	BICKAUSKIS, DOVIS	15:14		0/2	0/2			1	1	1		2			2		-6
5	GIEDRAITIS, KAROLIS	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	HOLLOWAY, TERRELL	24:46	5	1/7	1/3		1	1	2	4	1	2		2	2	1	-1
9	CRUZ, PAKO	26:20	15	4/6	2/4	1/1	1	1	2	5	1	1			1	2	19
14	ECHODAS, MARTYNAS	7:53	2	1/2				2	2			1			2
18	GIRDZIUNAS, MINDAUGAS	13:40	3	0/1	1/2			1	1	2							4
22	BENDZIUS, EIMANTAS	27:13	15	2/4	2/6	5/5	3	3	6	1	5	1	1		1	3	23
23	BLAZEVIC, MAREK	9:01	4	1/5		2/2	2	2	4			1			1	1	3
32	KAIRYS, EVALDAS	17:33	10	3/4		4/6	2	2	4	1	1	2			4	6	13
41	BAIRSTOW, CAMERON	18:20	5	0/1		5/6		4	4	1	2	3			4	4	7
51	BUTKEVICIUS, ARNAS	25:16		0/2	0/3		1	5	6			2			3	2	-2
	Team						3	1	4								4
	Totals	200:00	61	13/35	6/22	17/20	15	26	41	15	10	17	1	2	20	19	67
				37.1%	27.3%	85%

Head coach: ADOMAITIS, DAINIUS

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

Partizan NIS Belgrade

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
2	WALDEN, COREY	23:20	7	2/3	1/4		1	5	6	2		4			2	2	7
3	ZAGORAC, RADE	23:57	7	2/7	0/3	3/6	3	3	6	2	1		1		3	5	8
5	PAIGE, MARCUS	26:58	17	1/4	4/5	3/5	1		1		1	1			2	5	15
7	GORDIC, NEMANJA	23:56	13	5/9	1/4		2	4	6	7	1	2			3	1	16
9	PARAKHOUSKI, ARTSIOM	4:09		0/1													-1
10	JARAMAZ, OGNJEN	13:02			0/5			1	1		1	1					-4
11	MILETIC, DUSAN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	VELICKOVIC, NOVICA	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	BIRCEVIC, STEFAN	16:06	5	1/1	1/4		1	1	2		1	1			2	1	3
21	JANKOVIC, NIKOLA	15:55	4	2/5	0/1	0/1	3	1	4	1	1	1			2	1	3
31	PEINERS, ZANIS	20:53	2	1/3	0/1			2	2			1		1	2		-3
42	MOSLEY , WILLIAM	31:44	11	5/7		1/2	2	5	7	1	1	2	1		3	4	17
	Team						4	2	6								6
	Totals	200:00	66	19/40	7/27	7/14	17	24	41	13	7	13	2	1	19	19	67
				47.5%	25.9%	50%

Head coach: TRINCHIERI, ANDREA

Head Coaches

ADOMAITIS, DAINIUS

Rytas Vilnius

Congratulations to Belgrade. They played a really good game. There are two things we need to improve. One is our turnovers. The second is defensive rebounds. For our opponents, it’s easy to play when we are giving them the ball and they have easy possessions on the fast break. Those are the easiest points in basketball; put-backs, second-chance possessions. Here we made not a great job. Here is the main reason we lost the game."

TRINCHIERI, ANDREA

Partizan NIS Belgrade

"We played defense. We were far from being perfect. It’s not an easy moment for us - a lot of road games, we are missing some players. But we were consistent, we didn’t shine, we grind. It was a game where we grind. Despite a so-so game in terms of quality, we stayed in it mentally the whole time. "

Players

HOLLOWAY, TERRELL

Rytas Vilnius

"I think rebounding made the difference tonight. When you get 17 offensive rebounds, it is 17 extra possessions. So it is a big point. "

PAIGE, MARCUS

Partizan NIS Belgrade

"It was our defense. We know they are a team that can score 90-100 points. We wanted to try to take away their three-point shot and we did okay. But our toughness and defense won us the game. I had a tough last game, I didn’t score so I wanted to give my team a lift. I was able to knock down some shots. But this was a team effort and I’m glad we got the win."

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