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On the eighth day of the Euroleague, the Paris Basketball welcomed the Partizan Belgrade and after a very tough match, which had a derby character, the hosts were once again the strongest in the thriller final. The Paris it takes the lead to 10-7 and, having gained a small margin, closes the first period with a 21-16 advantage. In the second quarter, the hosts maintained the upper hand and were able to take a 30-21 lead in the 15th minute. However, Partizan left nothing out and found a way to close the gap, going into the locker room at -2 (37-35). The third quarter increases in intensity: with 4’43” Vanja Marinkovic scores the lead 44-44 while Yakuba Ouattara, with 4″ remaining, makes a triple to close the score to 57-56. Tyrique Jones, with 4’00” at the end of the last quarter, scores the 63-62, but Hfi responds with a triple. With the game entering the last minute, Vanja Marinkovic found a great triple for the 68-67 and with difficult energy, Carlik Jones punished the PSG defense who missed 2 consecutive rebounds, overtaking 68-69 and Jantunen making it 70-71, then TJ Short counter-overtaking with two free throws 22.0″ from the siren. . Double shooting errors for Jones and Ntilikina after the timeout and two free throws by Jantunen to end the game.
Paris Basketball – Partizan 74-71. Boxscore: 17 Hifi, 13 Shorts, 11 Ouattara per il Paris; 20p+10as C. Jones, 16 Marinkovic, 11p+10r T. Jones per il Partizan.
