Serbian League finals, Game 1: June 17, 2007 Veteran forward Predrag Drobnjak banged in a three-point blast 3 seconds before the buzzer to lift host Partizan to a thrilling 91-89 victory over archrival Crvena Zvezda in Game 1 of the Serbian League playoff finals on Sunday. Partizan now leads the best-of-five series 1-0. Uros Tripkovic scored 19 points to lead Partizan on offense. Vonteego Cummings added 12 points and Drobnjak 10 for the winners. Milan Gurovic finished the game as top scorer with 40 points for Crvena Zvezda. Pero Antic, Vuk Radivojevic and Tadija Dragicevic added 10 each. Partizan struggled hard just to be in a position to win after 40 minutes. C. Zvezda was leading 39-45 after first half thanks to 23 points from Gurovic. At the begining of the third quarter, Partizan tied it up with a 10-0 run, but Gurovic answered with 10 points of his own and C. Zvezda held on to lead by 66-68 after 30 minutes. The guests still were up solidly, by 71-79, with 5 minutes left, but Partizan struck back with an 8-0 run to burst ahead 84-82. Antic put C. Zvezda in front 88-89 by making 1 of 2 free throws with 17 seconds left. Drobnjak had the last word, however. Despite having missed his previous three-point attempts, he measure his third try and proved to be cool-handed in the decisive moment to give his team the series-opening victory. Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday. SERBIAN LEAGUE: Final Playoffs, best of 5 games Record Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 1 Partizan (1) 91 June 19 June 22 June 24* June 27* 0 Crvena Cvezda (4) 89 - - - - Final Playoffs Games Game 1 Partizan vs. Crvena Cvezda 91-89 June 17 Game 2 Crvena Cvezda vs. Partizan - June 19 Game 3 Partizan vs. Crvena Cvezda - June 22 Game 4 Crvena Cvezda vs. Partizan - June 24* Game 5 Partizan vs. Crvena Cvezda - June 27* Sunday, June 17, 2007 Aca Ostojic, Belgrade