May 24, 2012
Adriatic League semifinals, Game 3: March 31, 2007
Nikola Pekovic Partizan Partizan will face FMP in the Adriatic League finals! Partizan showed its power and advance to the best-of-three title series by edging Cibona 81-87 in Zagreb on Saturday. As such, Partizan stole the home court advantage to win the series 1-2. Nikola Pekovic led the winners with 20 points on 8-of-10 two-pointers and 9 rebounds. Predrag Drobnjak added 17 points, Vonteego Cummings had 15, Dusan Kecman 12 and Uros Tripkovic 11. Brent Wright led Cibona with 20 points and 13 rebounds, Andrew Wisniewski added 17 points, Ivan Tomas had 12, Marton Bader 11 and Chris Warren 10. It was a balanced game in the early going that saw many lead changed until Wright followed free throws with a layup to give Cibona a 19-15 edge after 10 minutes. Partizan found a go-to guy in an unstoppable Pekovic, who had 15 points in the second quarter. Even when Luksa Andric gave Cibona a 27-21 lead, Cummings and an unstoppable Pekovic gave Partizan a 32-24 edge. A big triple by Tripkovic and a final jumper by Kecman allowed the guests to boost its lead to 36-41 at halftime. Bogdanovic followed a three-pointer with a alyup for a 42-49 Partizan lead. Cibona used a 0-7 run to get back into the game, but Drobnjak and back-to-back triples by Kecman kept Partizan ahead, 56-62, after 30 minutes. Wright and Wisniewski brought Cibona within 76-78 with 2 minutes to go, but Tripkovic and Cummings stepped up to make Partizan keep fighting to win its first-ever Adriatic League title.

ADRIATIC LEAGUE: Playoffs Semifinals, best of 3 games
RecordTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3
2KK FMP (1)7787x
0KK Hemofarm (4)7383x
1KK Cibona (2)767681
2KK Partizan (3)698587

Semifinals Games
Game 1KK FMP vs. KK Hemofarm77-73March 28
Game 1KK Cibona vs. KK Partizan76-69March 27
Game 2KK Hemofarm vs. KK FMP83-87March 30
Game 2KK Partizan vs. KK Cibona85-76March 29
Game 3KK Cibona vs. KK Partizan81-87March 31
Saturday, March 31, 2007
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