Oh, my God, what a GREAT game it was.
But first, we must warm up. Mačvan appeared on the court a bit more than an hour before the match.
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The others appeared as well, one after the other.
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Saša Pavlović during the Serbian national anthem
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For my great luck ArenaSport also broadcasted the match, not only RTS. They broadcasted on two channels - AS 1 and AS 4 - with perfectly working streams.
So, we ran out to the court and Saša Pavlović decided there’s no need for introduction, nor exposition, let’s just start with the epilogue.
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And we continued in this manner, so much that within less than a minute after the start of the game Kalinić got his first personal foul.
We made it to 11:2. Even at this point, right at the beginning Pavlović pushed such a pace like a Formula 1 racecar having an atomic pile as the engine. At 11:2 Zvezda’s trainer desperately asked for time-out - as a result Pavlović set the 10-point difference (13:2). And we didn’t even reach the half of the first quarter. Partizan-scores came, one after the other, Mačvan, Murić, Tepić (24:10), Zvezda could score only from free throw.
And then again Pavlović.
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We finished the first quarter with 30:19.
In the second quarter our tactics was, in brief: whenever Zvezda dares to reduce the difference below 10 points, we must quickly correcti it. Meanwhile referees led a man-hunt against Pavlović and generally against Partizan-players. Nevertheless in the very beginning Mačvan had his great moments (34:23), then when the difference was reduced to 9 points (34:25), Marinković scored a fantastic 3-pointer (37:25). At 37:29 Tepić ran up after a turnover, got Pavlović’s whole-court-long pass and scored with a hook (39:29).
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Referees "valued" it with a foul against Pavlović. It was his 3rd personal foul. Then at 39:31 Đumić scored with Tepić’s assist (and right after this Đumić also got his personal foul no. 4).
Murić: Mr. Referee, please, tell me, are you really this very stupid? Please, reassure us that you take your medicines regularly
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At 41:32 Mačvan corrected the standing, at 43:34 Marinković scored again a great 3-pointer, and so on. At 51:39 Marinković threw such an amazing, troll basket that made Average Fan’s eyes wet.
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The half-time result was 53:41.
International tae-kwo-do champion Milica Mandić was also watching the game
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In the beginning of the third quarter there was a small Tepić-show (58:43),
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then those uranium rods started to exert their effect Pavlović chewed in the half-time. The standing was 62:50, followed by another desperate time-out by the other side.
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Zvezda reduced the difference to "only" 10 points (62:52), but Marinković ran up right after the red team’s basket and scored a brutal 3-pointer (65:52). After that he scored with a hook as well (67:52), because it is always better to be safe than sorry. Another time-out. Fine. Trainer Radonjić on the other side tries to shake up his team. (LOL) Wonderful, they scored a 3-pointer, aren’t they fantastic. But then Murić ran up and scored a hook (69:55), while Average Fan is doing a happy dance. There is a new name for this eternal derby. "Basketball porn". The result of the third quarter was 72:62.
The last part started with Pavlović getting a technical foul.
Dear Referees,
It is not called "technical foul". You can tell us you got permission for man-hunt on Pavlović.
Better to be safe than sorry is definitely Partizan’s motto, as Andrić settled back World Order as well as the 10+ difference with a 3-pointer (75:63). Things started to get out of control. There was wrestling, fighting for the ball, Murić got into a battle with Jenkins so much that our Slovenian’s left shoulder got injured, he could not continue the game. (Some sources say, Murić is out for the rest of the season.)
Murić stayed on the floor after the clash
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He got immediate medical treatment
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He spent the rest of the evening with an icebag on his left shoulder
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Jenkins got a technical foul for this, but it will not make Murić’s shoulder be less in pain. Meanwhile we increased the difference to 15 points with Milutinov’s one-handed, dunking score (80:65).
At 82:68 Kalinić was fouled out. Something has broken in Zvezda’s player
maybe the fuse has blown for him
because he made a huge tantrum with screaming and yelling. Fortunately the referee didn’t change his mind and sent Kalinić off the court.
I don’t put here photos of red players. May this very case be an exception, for all of you, dear fellow fans, never ever to make this mistake.
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If I understood well, referees gave numerous technical fouls to the red team. Kalinić had to go back to the locker-room. What actually happened was that Mačvan could throw at least four, but rather five free throws (he missed at least one, the standing was 86:68 after this).
Then we made the 20-point difference with Milutinov’s basket. 88:68. YESSSSSS!!!
Then Pavlović was also fouled out. It was expectable, after referees openly hated him, but still, please, dear referees, go to hell.
It still somehow had an encouraging effect on Zvezda. Hooray, the badass Partizan-player is out, we can kill them now. Referees helped them, of course, they quickly whistled technical foul on Andrić, and Zvezda made a 1:14 series. They made it from 88:68 to 89:82.
There were barely a few seconds left. Average Fan accepted (with a dry smile) that we’ll win with smaller difference than it was hoped.
And then Andrić threw the ball from the distance.
The ball fell into the ring without touching it.
WHAT A 3-POINTER THAT WAS, BREEEE!!!!
End buzz.
92:82. We made the 10-point difference.
A totally deserved celebration
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Highlights:
Now comes the play-off. Beside Partizan the other 3 teams are Zvezda, Metalac and Mega Leks. Partizan clashes with Metalac on Sunday, from 20:00.
