May 22, 2013
Regular Season Game 6 - November 29, 2006 CET: 18:00 Local time: 18:00 - PIONIR
Partizan 65 - 73 Panathinaikos

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
0-0 Playoffs 0-0
0-0 Top 16 0-0
1-0 Regular Season 0-0
3-2 Overall 5-0

Referees

Crew Chief
BACHAR, SHMUEL, Israel
Referee
TAURINO, PAOLO, Italy
Umpire
HIERREZUELO, DANI, Spain

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
77.2 Points 85.6
37.2 Rebounds 31.6
11.4 O. Rebounds 11.6
25.8 D. Rebounds 20.0
11.0 Assists 11.8
11.8 Steals 10.2
2.4 Blocks 1.8
17.4 Turnovers 13.0
45.5 % 2PT 57.1 %
36.0 % 3PT 41.9 %
74.4 % FT 68.9 %
75.8 Index 95.8
Team Stats - Partizan
Team Stats - Panathinaikos

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
17.6 / DROBNJAK, PREDRAG Points 15.0 / Batiste
8.4 / Perovic Rebounds 6.4 / Batiste
3.8 / Perovic OR 3.2 / Batiste
5.0 / DROBNJAK, PREDRAG DR 3.2 / Batiste
3.6 / CUMMINGS, V. Assists 3.8 / Diamantidis
1.8 / DROBNJAK, PREDRAG Steals 3.0 / Diamantidis
1.4 / Perovic Blocks 0.8 / Batiste
3.4 / Perovic Turnovers 2.6 / Diamantidis
83.3 % / PEKOVIC, NIKOLA 2PT 77.1 % / Batiste
62.5 % / Bogdanovic 3PT 54.5 % / Diamantidis
89.5 % / DROBNJAK, PREDRAG FT 82.6 % / HATZIVRETTAS, NIKOS
19.6 / DROBNJAK, PREDRAG Index 20.2 / Batiste
Team Roster - Partizan
Team Roster - Panathinaikos

THE TAKE

Partizan will welcome some former heroes, but be focused on the present when it hosts undefeated Panathinaikos on Wednesday night at the Pionir Arena in Belgrade, Serbia. Partizan (3-2) has gotten off to a strong start this season, including a pair of scorching offensive performances at home, where it's averaging 102 points per game. Now it will face Panathinaikos (5-0) and coach Zeljko Obradovic, who played seven seasons for the team in the 1980s and then guided the Partizan to its lone Euroleague title in 1992. Obradovic brings with him two more former Partizan greats, Milos Vujanic, who led the Euroleague in scoring with 25.7 points per game for Partizan in 2003 and center Dejan Tomasevic, who won two domestic titles with the club in the 1990s. Vujanic, who missed the start of the season with an injury, played 5 minutes in his first appearance last week. However the Greens will be without aother key player, swingman Ramunas Siskauskas, who will be sidelined for two weeks with a leg problem. Panathinaikos improved to 5-0 last week with an 87-72 victory over Unicaja as Dimitrios Diamantidis and Nikos Chatzivrettas combined for 41 points. Meanwhile, Partizan won for the first time in 22 road games, topping Union Olimpija 70-71. The Serbian champs, who last won a road game in November 2003, got 18 points from point guard Vonteego Cummings and another solid night from twin towers Predrag Drobnjak and Kosta Perovic. Drobnjak (17.6 ppg., 7.6 rpg.) is fifth in the league in scoring, while Perovic (13.4 ppg., 8.4 rpg.) is second in the league in both offensive rebounds (3.8 orpg.) and blocks (1.4 bpg.). Panathinaikos boasts two of the most consistent players in the competition in power forward Mike Batiste (15 ppg., 6.4 rpg.) and guard Diamantidis(20.2 ppg.), who ranks second in the league in steals (3 spg.). Panathinaikos has a marked advantage in this game, as Obradovic knows many Partizan players from his old role as Serbian national team coach. On the other hand, Partizan coach Dusko Vujosevic not only had Vujanic under his wing early in his career, but he also coached Obradovic for four seasons before the latter turned to coaching. Partizan has played with supreme confidence at home this season, where even its Achilles' heel – turnovers – have been under control. Partizan commits the second most turnovers in the league – 17.4 per game – but that number is down to 12 at home. If Partizan's young roster can play with the confidence it displayed in home wins over Maccabi and Cibona, Panathinaikos could be in danger even though it plays on friendly ground.

Euroleague.net, Aca Ostojic (Belgrade), Kostas Sotiriou (Athens)

Quotes Head Coaches

VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO
Partizan
"Panathinaikos is one of the best teams in Europe. One of the best clubs, best coaches, best rosters and everything. They are our big and true sports friends. But that fact is valid only until the first moment of the game. When the game begins there are no more friends on the floor, only competitors. We are happy because a team like that is coming to Belgrade. Our task is very hard one - to try to beat one of the best European teams. We shall try and let us see what happens on Wednesday."
OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
Panathinaikos
"It is always special for me to play against Partizan. It is my club. I played there for many years and also I worked as a coach there. From the games that I recently saw, I can definitely say that they play really well when they compete at home, while they escaped with an important win from Ljubljana last week. We have to be highly concentrated and very aggressive defensively if we want to accomplish our sixth straight win. Partizan has experienced players like Pregrad Drobnjak and Vonteego Cummings and many talented young players. So there is not only one player to stop, but the whole team."

Players

DROBNJAK, PREDRAG
Partizan
"Pao has not eight nor 10, but 12 great players. I think key players are Diamantidis and Batiste. Other guys have their own roles during the game. Panathinaikos is a complete team with at least two good players at each position. We are not unpressured, because we know that victory over Pao means a lot to us. We need all home wins to reach the Top 16. And we shall try to beat them. But we have to leave our emotions in a locker room. I used to play together with Tomasevic and Vujanic, Zeljko Obradovic coached me, too, but that is the fact I am thinking about before and after the game. During the game, I am concentrated on other things."
TOMASEVIC, DEJAN
Panathinaikos
"For sure we are going to face a tough opponent who plays in a very hot atmosphere, something that is always helpful for Partizan. The point is not to allow them to score easy points at the beginning of the game. That would make them feel comfortable, especially now that they compete well at home. And of course, it is going to be difficult for Panathinaikos to come back if they find their offensive rhythm. Personally, I feel great to return to Belgrade. It is my city and I have many friends and great memories from my four years in Partizan. So I am very glad and definitely the game is expected to be very interesting."
Mike Batiste - Panathinaikos Panathinaikos held off a valiant Partizan effort to become the only unbeaten team in the Euroleague after six games with a 65-73 win at a sold-out Pionir Arena in Belgrade, Serbia on Wednesday. Panathinaikos improved to 6-0 in the Group B standings and is two games ahead of everyone else, while Partizan dropped to 3-3, losing its first home game of the season. Mike Batiste led the winners with a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds. Dimitris Diamantidis and Nikos Hatzivrettas each added 12 points while Sani Becirovic had 11 off the bench for Panathinaikos. Predrag Drobnjak had 17 points for Partizan while Uros Tripkovic added 14 for the hosts. Drobnjak and Tripkovic led Partizan throughout the first half and allowed Partizan to reach the break with a 34-30 edge. Batiste led the Greens in the second half, which saw six lead changes before Drobnjak gave Partizan its last lead at 61-60. Batiste hit a critical three-pointer down the stretch, while Hatzivrettas made 6 free throws in the final 2 minutes to seal yet another Panathinaikos win.

Panathinaikos coach Zeljko Obradovic surprised everyone by placing Dusan Sakota in the starting five for the first time this season. Partizan shined early on defense, with Drobnjak rejecting Batiste twice. Kosta Perovic scored in the paint, but Batiste erased it with a mid-range jumper. Tripkovic buried a six-meter shot, which Drobnjak followed with a layup for a 6-2 Partizan lead. Diamantidis and Hatzivrettas stepped up with back-to-back triples to give the Greens their first lead at 6-8. Drobnjak scored again but Kostas Tsartsaris matched it with a left-handed jump hook. Hatzivrettas came through with an off-balanced jumper, but Drobnjak answered with a dunk to bring the hosts within 10-12. Tsartsaris replied from three-point range, while Hatzivrettas hit a free throw for a 12-16 margin. Novica Velickovic scored another layup before free throws from Dimos Dikoudis, Dusan Kecman and Diamantidis fixed the score at 16-19 after 10 minutes.

Predrag Drobnjak - PartizanDrobnjak fed Tripkovic for a driving layup early in the second quarter as Partizan kept its momentum going on defense. Kecman scored in penetration, while a red-hot Tripkovic added a triple from the corner to send the lead back to Partizan, 23-19. Robertas Javtokas stepped up with a power layup and Nikola Pekovic and Dikoudis exchanged free throws for a 25-23 score. Luka Bogdanovic found space for an easy layup, causing Panathinaikos to call timeout to fix its offense. Dikoudis tried to change things with a close basket, which Milenko Tepic erased with a driving layup. Becirovic beat Partizan's zone defense with a mid-range jumper, but the Greens kept struggling to score. Drobnjak fired in a triple from the top of the key and even when Becirovic scored again, Tepic hit free throws to keep Partizan ahead at 34-29. A free throw from Becirovic brought the Greens within 34-30 at halftime.

Tony Delk scored his first basket right after the break, but Perovic erased it with free throws. Batiste also made foul shots, while Tsartsaris dunked it to tie the game at 36-36. Partizan had been scoreless for 3 minutes until Perovic hit a short jumper, which Drobnjak followed with a layup for a 40-36 edge. Tripkovic scored in transition and even when Batiste dunked it, Perovic answered with a layup to put Partizan ahead by 6. The Greens did not panic however, as Batiste scored inside and Diamantidis hit one from downtown to force a Partizan timeout at 44-43. Becirovic capped a 0-7 run with a layup, which put Panathinaikos back ahead, 44-45. Velickovic and Tsartsaris hit free throws, while Batiste banked in a turnaround jumper to give the Greens a 4-point edge. Drobnjak continued to pace Partizan and Bogdanovic added a tip-in, which tied it at 49-49. Free throws by Diamantidis allowed Panathinaikos to keep a 49-51 edge after three quarters.

Panathinaikos started the fourth quarter with a zone defense, which Tepic punished with a three-pointer. Former regular season scoring champion Milos Vujanic matched it with a three-point play and then added one from downtown for a 52-56 Panathinaikos lead. Tripkovic shined with a driving layup while Vonteego Cummings hit free throws to tie it again at 56-56 with 7 minutes to go. Becirovic banked in a short jumper, but Tripkovic bettered it with a three-point play, good for a 59-58 Partizan edge. Batiste kept pacing the Greens with free throws, but Drobnjak scored again for another lead change, 61-60. Becirovic made more foul shots while Batiste fired in a huge triple from the top of the key, causing Partizan to call timeout at 61-65. Partizan struggled to score in crunch time, while Diamantidis shined with a high-flying tip-in, which allowed the Greens to go up 61-67 with less than 2 minutes to go. Drobnjak scored inside, but it was too little, too late for the hosts. Hatzivrettas made free throws to seal the outcome, as Panathinaikos became the only undefeated team in the competition.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Aca Ostojic, Belgrade
Referees: BACHAR, SHMUEL (ISR), TAURINO, PAOLO (ITA), HIERREZUELO, DANI (ESP)
Attendance: 7023
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Head coach: VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO
Partizan
# Player Min Pts 2FG
M-A
 3FG
M-A
 FT
M-A
 Rebounds As St To Bl Fouls PIR
O D T Fv Ag Cm Rv
4 TEPIC, MILENKO 21:30 7 1/2 1/3 2/2   1 1 1 1 2     1 1 5
5 BOGDANOVIC, LUKA 11:15 4 2/3 0/1   2 4 6     1     1   6
7 KECMAN, DUSAN 13:00 4 1/1 0/1 2/2       3 2       1 2 9
10 BOROVNJAK, DEJAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 TRIPKOVIC, UROS 36:00 14 5/8 1/6 1/2   5 5 3 1 2     4 3 11
12 VELICKOVIC, NOVICA 4:15 5 2/2   1/2 1 2 3           2 1 6
13 PEROVIC, KOSTA 28:15 8 3/5   2/2 1 2 3   5 2 4   5 4 15
14 PEKOVIC, NIKOLA 11:45 4 0/3   4/4 2   2     1     2 2 2
15 DJURKOVIC, MARKO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 DROBNJAK, PREDRAG 35:45 17 7/12 1/3   2 5 7 2   4 2 2 3 3 15
20 BOZIC, PETAR 5:45   0/1 0/1         1 1       4 1 -3
25 CUMMINGS, VONTEEGO 32:30 2 0/4 0/4 2/2       4 3 2 1 1 3 1 -3
Team                   3           3
Totals 200:00 65 21/41 3/19 14/16 8 19 27 14 16 14 7 3 26 18 66
51.2% 15.8% 87.5%
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Head coach: OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
Panathinaikos
# Player Min Pts 2FG
M-A
 3FG
M-A
 FT
M-A
 Rebounds As St To Bl Fouls PIR
O D T Fv Ag Cm Rv
4 ALVERTIS, FRAGISKOS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 DELK, TONY 15:00 2 1/5 0/1     2 2 2 1 2   1 1   -2
7 BECIROVIC, SANI 26:15 11 4/6 0/3 3/4   1 1   2 3     2 4 7
8 BATISTE, MIKE 32:15 15 4/11 1/1 4/4 3 8 11   2   2 4 3 2 18
10 HATZIVRETTAS, NIKOS 32:00 12 1/5 1/1 7/10   1 1 1 3 2   1 3 7 11
11 DIKOUDIS, DIMOS 10:45 5 1/2   3/4       1 1         2 7
12 TSARTSARIS, KOSTAS 27:15 9 2/3 1/3 2/2   2 2 2     1   4 1 8
13 DIAMANTIDIS, DIMITRIS 30:15 12 1/2 2/3 4/4 2 6 8 3 3 5   1 3 5 20
15 TOMASEVIC, DEJAN 5:15       0/2                 1 1 -2
16 SAKOTA, DUSAN 10:30     0/1   1 1 2   2       1   2
18 VUJANIC, MILOS 8:00 5 1/2 1/1 0/1   1 1 1 2         2 9
19 JAVTOKAS, ROBERTAS 2:30 2 1/2   0/1         1         2 3
Team                   1 1          
Totals 200:00 73 16/38 6/14 23/32 6 22 28 10 18 13 3 7 18 26 81
42.1% 42.9% 71.9%
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Head Coaches

VUJOSEVIC, DUSKO
Partizan
"Congratulations to Pao for the win they deserved. They played killer defense and they managed to limit my team to only 65 points. Panathinaikos has more quality and is a more experienced team than we are. They are one of the best teams in Europe and it is not a shame to lose home game against them. I am happy that Milos Vujanic is back but I am not happy with the fact that he announced his big comeback tonight against Partizan. Anyway I am sure that he will continue his big career. Thanks to our fans. They were great and they saw a major basketball performance tonight."
OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
Panathinaikos
"Partizan is playing very good this season and it would not have been a surprise if they had beat us at the end. The key for our win was a couple of big defenses we made in the final minutes of the game. My team and Partizan played well on defense during the entire game, but on offense both teams played a little bit confused. Thanks to the Partizan fans for their warm welcome to me. It was too emotional."

Players

DROBNJAK, PREDRAG
Partizan
"We controlled the game but we lost in an unhappy way in the final minutes. Panathinaikos is a more experienced team than we are. Partizan played well on defense, but we had too many turnovers and quick shots on offense. If we had beaten Pao, we could have been one step closer to the Top 16. But there are eight more games and I think we can do it anyway."
VUJANIC, MILOS
Panathinaikos
"I broke the ice by scoring my first points in the Euroleague after 10 months. Everything is much easier now. I can concentrate only on basketball. Two surgeries and long months of rehabilitation are behind me. We expected a hard game in Belgrade and we got one. The most important thing is that we booked win number six and now we are looking ahead to the next Euroleague game, with Maccabi."
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