Basketball superliga - two matches, one post

Now you get the last two matches of the basketball match in the Serbian superliga in bulk. The timetable of the past few days was a bit tough, the team played 2 matches within 3 days, luckily both were routine victories.
On Saturday Partizan met Metalac from Valjevo in Pionir Hall. There was a special guest at this match, Nikola Peković, Minnesota Timberwolves’ player came to see his former team, Partizan.

In the middle there is JR Holding, former basketball player of CSKA Moscow, he also came to Pionir Hall to see Partizan

(photos: Facebook/KK Partizan)

First we took the lead to 5:0, then Metalac equalized (5:5). At a point they even switched the standing to their side (7:9), we equalized with Milutinov’s basket. Metalac took it very seriously, they took back the lead again (9:11), but Partizan, thanks to the teamwork of Milutinov and Mačvan gained back control. We won the first quarter to 23:17.
In the second quarter Tepić and Milosavljević were the engines of the team (30:23), but Metalac did not let themselves push down (35:30). The Murić-Mačvan-Milutinov trio increased our advantage to two-digit with an amazing 9:0 series (44:30). The half-time result was 48:36, Milutinović also added his own part to keep up the 10+ points difference.
In the third part Metalac again rose from the dead and reduced the difference with a 0:7 series (48:43). Murić came, saw and the world’s order was settled back together with the two-digit advantage. Metalac still does deserve all respect by not giving up, but after the Captain’s 3-pointer the standing was 60:50. The end result of the third quarter was 64:55.
The last part was the Parni valjak part. The only question left was if we could make the 20-point difference. We were close (75:57), and then we made it for the end. The final result of the game was 82:61.

On Monday we played against Vojvodina in Novi Sad. We pushed a great pace already in the beginning, barely letting Vojvodina to find their breath. The home team could score their first point only after 5 minutes, when we were on the lead to 0:13, then to 2:19. The end result of the first quarter was 14:27, even at this point it was clear only the simultaneous happening of a volcano eruption, an earthquake and a tsunami could prevent this victory.
In the second quarter the pace got a bit slower, Vojvodina reduced the difference to 23:26, then to 30:37. The result of the half-time was 34:47.
In the third quarter the home team reduced the difference even more (41:45). At a point it was 44:47, it started to be a bit dangerous. Then Milutinov, but especially Tepić took the team on their back and quickly increased the difference to two-digit (46:58). At the end of the quarter our advantage was 14 points. (47:61)
The finale was almost a formality. We made the 20-point difference (53:74), the only question was if we could keep it. We couldn’t, but may it be our biggest loss. The end result was 61:79.

Current standing of the play-off series after 5 rounds:
1. CZ 10 points
2. Partizan 10 points
3. Vojvodina 8 points
4. Metalac 8 points
5. Mega Leks 7 points
6. FMP 7 points
7. Konstantin 5 points
8. Tamis 5 points