The French side stifled the bulk of Partizan’s players and turned the tide in a dramatic finish
Ironclad defense lifted Paris to yet another big win
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Paris Basketball must be in dreamland after grinding out another huge victory in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, the French team’s fourth in a row which lifted it to giddy heights in its first season in Europe’s premier club competition.
The 74-71 home win over Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade propelled the French team to a 5-3 record in the regular season and sparked emotional celebrations among the home fans, who were subdued for much of the contest by a boisterous contingent of several thousand Partizan supporters.
The see-saw battle was a rollercoaster throughout and Paris ultimately came out on top as Nadir Hifi scored a team-high 17 points to go with 4 boards, coupled with 13 points and 8 assists from playmaker TJ Shorts.
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-FC Barcelona | RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tyrique Jones throws it down in transition! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tiago Splitter: 'We just kept fighting'
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Fine alley-oop from Tyrique Jones! Motorola Magic Moment
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7-bet Lietkabelis Panevezys-Veolia Towers Hamburg | Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Kuath's unique alley-oop dunk! Magic Moment
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Stipanovic sends Varnas dunking! Magic Moment
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Mikael Jantunen: 'This was the most physical battle we've had so far'
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Paris Basketball-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Pokusevski denies Hall! Motorola Magic Moment
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-AS Monaco | RS Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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The Jones duo gets the crowd going! Motorola Magic Moment
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ALBA Berlin-Paris Basketball | RS Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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TJ Shorts | RS Round 5 MVP | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tiago Splitter: 'TJ Shorts was a monster'
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AS Monaco-Paris Basketball | RS Round 5 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Virtus Segafredo Bologna| RS Round 5 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Jones’ huge dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Jones-Jones connection! Motorola Magic Moment
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TJ Shorts: 'Monaco vs. Paris is going to be a true rivalry'
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Sterling Brown: 'We came out and we responded'
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FC Bayern Munich-Paris Basketball | RS Round 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Sy's huge dunk! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Davies’ beautiful assist for Brown on the break! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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TJ Shorts: 'It's been a great day'
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Carlik Jones: 'It's good to get in front of our fans'
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Malcolm’s steal and slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Paris Basketball | RS Round 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Shorts to Hayes for the big slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tyrique Jones dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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Lundberg rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade| RS Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade| RS Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tyrique Jones dunks on a fastbreak! Motorola Magic Moment
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TJ SHORTS | Finals MVP | 2023-24 BKT EuroCup
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Magic Moment: Shorts to Kratzer alley-oop!
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Valencia Basket| Round 34 Highlights | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse-Paris Basketball | Finals Game 2 Highlights | 2023-24 BKT EuroCup
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Caboclo on the alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Avramovic dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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BROMANCE Quiz: Kevin PUNTER & Zach LEDAY | Partizan
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Paris Basketball-Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse | Finals Game 1 Highlights | 2023-24 BKT EuroCup
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Magic Moment: Ngouama to Simon!
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Magic Moment: Simon's fastbreak dunk!
The duo, helped by Yakuba Ouattara who chipped in with 11 points, canceled out a huge performance by Partizan playmaker Carlik Jones, who shined with an impressive tally of 21 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds in what was surely his best performance for the Serbian team so far.
It will be scant consolation for the South Sudan point guard, though, as Partizan slipped to its fourth successive defeat and it came against the team from Paris, whose players and head coach Thiago Splitter were delighted after the rip-roaring contest.
“It feels great to get a home win in this kind of atmosphere, with half the gym being Partizan fans,” Hifi said in his post-game comments. “We can be proud of ourselves as it’s never easy, but we’re working hard and everybody is on the same page.”
Splitter a former Brazil international with a wealth of experience on the big stage as a player, praised his team’s character. “It was a tough and low-scoring game, a lot of defense,” he said. “We had ups and downs but we fought the whole game and showed resilience. Partizan had a lot of people here which is normal in a big city like Paris.”
Shorts, who facilitated the home team’s offense as he kept driving through Partizan’s defense and dishing out passes like confetti, struck a note of caution to his teammates to keep their feet on the ground.
“It feels amazing to be able to protect the home court in such a tough league,” said the 27-year-old point guard. “That’s four in a row but we need to take it one game at a time as we can’t get ahead of ourselves and start thinking that we’ve accomplished something. It’s a very long season and it can turn in a different direction.
It was another difficult night for Partizan head coach Zeljko Obradovic, who tried to put on a brave face but was clearly disappointed with his team’s consistent lack of cutting edge when the chips were down.
“It was a good game decided by one possession and we need to improve in order to play in these circumstances,” said the winner of a record nine EuroLeague titles with five different teams. “I am proud of how the team fought tonight and I want to thank our people for turning up in such big numbers.”
In Round 9, Paris entertains surprise leader Zalgiris Kaunas while Partizan faces a daunting home game against FC Barcelona in a bid to get back to winning ways.