GREAT MEGA WAS ON THE VERGE OF VICTORY, PARTIZAN CELEBRATED IN THE LAST SECONDS

Mega Soccerbet was on the verge of a big victory, Partizan celebrated in the last seconds!

Mega played a fantastic match in the derby of the 10th round of the ABA league, but Partizan NIS finally celebrated with a floater by Rashon Thomas in the last seconds with 79:77 (16:27, 24:23, 16:15, 23:12). Coach Vladimir Jovanovic’s team had an advantage of up to 19 points in the first half, they managed to enter the last minute by plus two, despite the turnaround of Partizan, but in the end black and whites celebrated with Thomas’ floater in the last seconds of the match.

The most efficient in the ranks of Mega were Filip Petrusev with 23 points who also had 10 rebounds, as well as Marko Simonovic with 14. In the Partizan, Miller-McIntyre stood out with 22 points and Marcus Page with 15.

After 10 rounds of the ABA league, Mega Soccerbet has a score of 7-3, while Partizan has five wins and losses. In the next round on Sunday, December 20, at 12 o’clock, Mega will meet Buducnost VOLI.

Vladimir Jovanovic started the match with the following five: Smith, Tepic, Cerovina, Simonovic and Petrusev. A great start for Mega, who after four minutes of the game leads with 2:9 with points by Simonovic and three by Petrusev and Cerovina. After the time-out of Partizan, Gordic hits a three-pointer, but Simonovic immediately retaliates with the same measure. A fantastic series of Petrushev followed, twice under a foul. After the points in counter from Miškovic for 12:26, ​​Partizan’s coach was forced to call the second time-out. By the end of the quarter, Partizan managed to reduce the deficit, so the result after 10 minutes of the game is 16:27.

Cazalon and Novak hit threes from the corner for plus 15 Mega at the start of the second quarter. It is played in mini series so that Novak would assist brilliantly for the “alley-up” dunking of Simonovic. After entering the game, Petrusev brilliantly runs two counterattacks for plus 19 for Mega, 26:45. Partizan manages to close the gap by the end of the half through Miller-McIntyre and Paige, so they went to the break with a 10-point advantage for Mega, 40:50 with Petrusev already scoring 17 points.

Novak played great with his teammates at the beginning of the third quarter, so Mega reached plus 14. Little by little, Partizan managed to melt Mega’s advantage through Velickovic, and after Mosley’s lay-up, the result was 51:58 in four minutes until the end of the quarter. After Jovanovic’s time-out, Smith scored from lay-uo so that Momirov, after a good defense, would score for Mega in the counter for Partizan’s quick time-out. Petrusev hits a three-pointer for a plus 14, but the problem is the fourth personal for Miskovic and the third for Simonovic. Partizan reduces to minus nine, Cazalon hits a three-pointer off the board in the last second, but after watching the video, the referees decided that he was late, so the result is 56:65.

Paige hits two three-pointers at the start of the last quarter, and then the referees called the unsportsmanlike to Cerovina, and soon after that the technical to bench of Mega. Partizan equalized and then with a triple by Veličkovic reaches advantage of 68:65. After four minutes of no points, Novak hits a difficult entrance for two plus one. Jaramaz hits a three-pointer and then dunks in the counter for plus 4 Partizan, and in the last two minutes it came in with 75:73 after two free throws by Smith. Two good defenses by Mega, which after Smith’s points from free throws and Momirov’s lay-up, leads 75:77 with 53 seconds until the end. In the next attack, Zagorac missed a shot for three, but Mosley scored after an offensive reboud. Thomas then blocks Petrusev’s dunk, and in the continuation of the action, Smith misses the shot for three. Thomas then doesn’t hit from the paint, but the possession remains for Partizan for 0.6 seconds until the end of the attack. In the remaining time, Thomas hits the floater from the free throw line for the victory of Partizan 79:77, since Momirov then does not hit a three-pointer across the entire field.

Partizan NIS: Mika, Miller-McIntyre 22, Zagorac 4, Paige 15, Dangubic 2, Gordic 7, Jaramaz 5, Velickovic 8, N. Jankovic 3, Thomas 3, Trifunovic, Mosley 10 (9 rebounds).

Mega Soccerbet: Miskovic 2, Smith 8, Petrusev 23 (10 rebounds, index 26), Tepic 4, Kljajevic, Momirov 6, Novak 10 (5 assists), Simonovic 14 (9 rebounds), Jovicic, Cerovina 5, Cazalon 3, Langovic 2.

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