2020-21 BELGRADEQualifierRound 2
March 26, 2021 CET: 20:00
Local time: 20:00 ZELEZNIK HALL

Partizan survives battle with Cluj, sets up showdown with Zvezda

U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade needed a late run to survive a battle with U18 U-BT Cluj Napoca, winning 73-84 for a second victory in two games at the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Belgrade. Marko Vukcevic scored 21 points for Partizan, which finally took control of the game with a 0-15 fourth quarter surge in the Group A game. Dordije Jovanovic tallied 16 points, Srdan Popovic had 12 points and 6 assists and Aleksa Milenkovic collected 11 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists in the victory. Partizan, the first-place team from this event last season, will next face city rival U18 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade with a spot in Sunday’s first-place game up for grabs. Cluj bounced back from a 36-point loss to Zvezda in its first-ever ANGT game to give Partizan a fight but could not pull through in the end. Vlad Marinau scored 16 points, David Lapuste had 12 points and Modibo Diaby added 10 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks in the defeat.

Partizan kept Cluj scoreless for the first 3 minutes and went ahead 0-7. Jovanovic added a three-pointer and Vukcevic scored four points and the lead was 4-16. Cluj finally got into the game with two Lapuste three-pointers in a 12-2 run to pull within 14-18 and it was 14-20 after 10 minutes. A Bogdan Zagradanin three-pointer pushed the advantage back to nine points at 18-27 and Ognjen Stankovic made it 25-35. Cluj finished the first half strong with Marian Schmidt and Marinau draining three-pointers to pull within 34-37 at the break.

The debutant kept its momentum early in the second half and Stefan Grasu evened the game and Alexandru Pasca’s triple put Cluj ahead 42-39. Partizan punched back with two three-pointers by Jovanovic and one each by Popovic and Efe Tahmaz for a 47-53 lead. Cluj was not impressed with Luca Nastrut and Lapuste hitting three-pointers in a 10-0 run to pull ahead 59-55. Popovic drained a three-quarters court heave at the buzzer to get Partizan within 59-58 after 30 minutes. Partizan took the lead back early in the fourth but lost it on a Lapuste three-pointer and Pasca made it 66-65. Cluj went scoreless for more than 4 minutes while Partizan came up with three triples and a three-point play in four possessions in a 0-15 run to blow the game open 66-80 with under 2 minutes to play.

Dordije Jovanovic - U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade - ANGT Belgrade 2020-21 (photo Dorde Kostic - Zvezda) - JT20
Friday, March 26, 2021
David Hein, Euroleague.net
Referees: 1 U18 CREW CHIEF; 2 U18 UMPIRE 1; 3 U18 UMPIRE 2
Attendance: 0 (Tentative)
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U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade20172126
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U18 U-BT Cluj Napoca14345973
U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade20375884
U18 U-BT Cluj Napoca
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
7 NASTRUT, LUCA 28:58 7 1/2 1/3 2/2   1 1 2   4     4 3 2
11 GRASU, STEFAN 22:10 7 3/5 0/2 1/4 2   2 2 1 2     5 2  
13 LAPUSTE, DAVID 19:44 12 0/2 4/6         1   1   2   1 7
15 DIABY, MODIBO 38:04 10 5/11 0/1 0/2 4 8 12   4 3 4 1 3 7 21
16 BALAZS, BENCE 1:56 2 1/1                     1   1
20 MARINAU, VLAD 20:16 16 4/5 2/3 2/3   2 2 3 2 3       3 20
22 PASCA, ALEXANDRU 27:09 5 1/5 1/7     1 1 3   1 1   3 1 -3
32 NISTOR, VLAD DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 COSTE, DARIUS 2:20                   1         -1
35 SCHMIDT, MARIAN 18:38 7 1/1 1/2 2/2 1   1   1         2 10
45 TURDEAN, ALEXANDRU 20:45 7 1/2 1/2 2/2   2 2 3 1 1     2 2 10
77 LUNGU, DRAGOS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           2 4 6     1         5
Totals 200:00 73 17/34 10/26 9/15 9 18 27 14 9 17 5 3 18 21 72
        50% 38.5% 60%
Head coach: PEROVIC, MILORAD
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
U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 ZAGRADANIN, BOGDAN 20:01 9   3/5   1 4 5 2   2 1   1   12
5 POPOVIC, SRDAN 26:20 12 0/3 4/7     1 1 6   1     2 2 12
6 RADOVANOVIC, NIKOLA DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 VUKCEVIC, MARKO 31:29 21 8/12 0/3 5/5 3 3 6 2 1 3     2 4 22
9 DRONJAK, VIDAN 24:28 4 1/1 0/4 2/2 1 2 3 2   2     1 3 5
10 PETROVIC, MIHAILO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 MILENKOVIC, ALEKSA 29:18 11 3/7 1/1 2/4 5 6 11 5 1 5   2 3 4 16
13 JOVANOVIC, DORDIJE 19:19 16 0/1 4/7 4/4   4 4 1   2       3 18
14 VUCIC, MATIJA 10:22 2 1/3 0/1   1 1 2         2 3 1 -3
15 STANKOVIC, OGNJEN 16:18 4 2/5 0/2   1 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 2
16 TAHMAZ, EFE 13:44 3 0/1 1/2   1   1     1 1   5   -3
18 KRSTIC, MARKO 8:41 2 1/1           1   2         1
Team           5 2 7     3         4
Totals 200:00 84 16/34 13/32 13/15 18 26 44 21 3 22 3 5 21 18 86
        47.1% 40.6% 86.7%
Head coach: LAZIC, MILIVOJE
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