Adriatic League semifinals, Game 3: March 31, 2007 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 Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 2 KK FMP (1) 77 87 x 0 KK Hemofarm (4) 73 83 x 1 KK Cibona (2) 76 76 81 2 KK Partizan (3) 69 85 87 Semifinals Games Game 1 KK FMP vs. KK Hemofarm 77-73 March 28 Game 1 KK Cibona vs. KK Partizan 76-69 March 27 Game 2 KK Hemofarm vs. KK FMP 83-87 March 30 Game 2 KK Partizan vs. KK Cibona 85-76 March 29 Game 3 KK Cibona vs. KK Partizan 81-87 March 31 Saturday, March 31, 2007 Euroleague.net