The Serbian team almost spilled a 25-point lead before moving up a gear in the home stretch
Partizan subdues Baskonia, 86-73, to keep rolling

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade celebrated its fifth win in the last six games and stayed on course to reach the postseason in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague after Carlik Jones and Sterling Brown engineered an 86-73 home win over Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Jones poured in a game-high 21 points and Brown chipped in with 19, with several other players contributing in various ways. Tyrique Jones racked up 7 points and 9 boards, Isiaha Mike chipped in with 9 points while Vanja Marinkovic, Iffe Lundberg and Brandon Davies netted 8 apiece for the home team.
At the other end, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot and Nikos Rogkavopoulos paced Baskonia with 11 points each while Luka Samanic and Trent Forrest scored 10 apiece for Baskonia, whose valiant second-half fightback fell short.
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The opening stages produced an evenly balanced contest as Brown netted 11 of Partizan’s 17 points while Baskonia thrived on offensive boards, with the teams tied 18-18 late in the first quarter. Roared on by a fervent home crowd, Partizan then conjured a staggering 27-2 run to open up a 45-20 lead shortly before halftime.
The home team took much better care of the ball in the first half as Partizan dished out 8 assists and committed a single turnover, while Baskonia managed only 3 assists and turned the ball over 8 times against an aggressive Partizan defense.
Baskonia looked a different outfit in the second half as the Basque team opened the third quarter with a 2-10 run and followed it up with a 0-8 streak late in the period after Partizan had responded. Lundberg calmed Partizan’s nerves with a buzzer-beating triple ahead of the final 10 minutes, giving the hosts a 63-51 advantage.
However, Baskonia kept chipping away at Partizan in the fourth and slashed the deficit to 74-69 before Mike sank a three and then another one to make it 82-71, which all but sealed the victory. There was time for the jugular, too, as Mike capped an excellent individual performance in the fourth quarter with a late slam dunk, sparking loud celebrations among the home fans inside Belgrade Arena.