The Serbian team recovered from a tough Belgrade derby loss to jump back into the postseason picture
Plucky Partizan bounces back to beat Virtus, 71-81
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade delivered a resurgent performance to overpower Virtus Segafredo Bologna on the road, 71-81, improving its Turkish Airlines EuroLeague record to 13-12 after last week’s painful 71-73 home loss to archrival Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade.
Virtus dropped to 7-18 as its slim hopes of reaching the business end of the competition took another blow in a bruising matchup, where the road fans roared Partizan to victory as the visitors rallied from a 23-17 first-quarter deficit.
Sterling Brown paced Partizan on 20 points and livewire playmaker Carlik Jones scored 19. Tyrique Jones posted 12 points and as many rebounds while fellow big man Brandon Davies chipped in with 11, as the twin towers provided power in the paint.
The unsung hero accolade goes to Arijan Lakic, whose relentless hustle at both ends of the court facilitated 4 points off turnovers and 17 second-chance points for Partizan, which fended off a second-half fightback from Virtus.
“We showed character to clear our heads after the derby defeat and win this one,” Lakic told Serbia’s Sport Klub television straight after the final buzzer. “Defense was once again the key as it provided for a barrage of open shots and fast breaks at the other end of the court. A big shout out to our fans too, they carried us like so many times before.”
Game Videos
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Paris Basketball | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tyrique Jones: 'The black-and-white always travel'
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AS Monaco-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Shengelia with the follow-up slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Tyrique Jones bends the iron! Motorola Magic Moment
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Sterling Brown: 'Arijan Lakic was huge for us tonight'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Partizan Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 25 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Brown dunks on the break! Motorola Magic Moment
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 24 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tyrique Jones swats Canaan's shot away! Motorola Magic Moment
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Tyrique Jones swats Canaan's shot away! Motorola Magic Moment
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 24 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Bonga gets back to block Brown! Motorola Magic Moment
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Round 24 video preview: Everything you need to know about this week's key games
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-AS Monaco | RS Round 23 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Isaac Bonga: 'We treated today like a final'
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Paris Basketball | RS Round 23 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Sterling Brown with force! Motorola Magic Moment
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Tyrique Jones posterizes Mikael Jantunen! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends Episode 13: It's an Italian thing!
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Toko Shengelia: 'Our fighting spirit kept us in the game'
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FC Bayern Munich-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 22 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Polonara with the reverse dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Sterling Brown: 'I love this team'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 22 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tyrique Jones rocks the iron! Motorola Magic Moment
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Tyrique Jones does it all! Motorola Magic Moment
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 21 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Shengelia dunks on Birutis! Motorola Magic Moment
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Belinelli turns playmaker! Motorola Magic Moment
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Big dunk from Tyrique Jones! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Iffe Lundberg: 'Every game has to be a final for us'
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade| RS Round 21 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tyrique Jones with a big slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Tyrique Jones on the alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Big dunk from Tyrique Jones! Motorola Magic Moment
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Matt Morgan: 'We put up a great effort'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Virtus's Riccardo Visconti joins the EuroLeague & Friends podcast for episode No. 11
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Carlik Jones: 'We want to keep being better versions of ourselves'
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Showtime in Belgrade! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 19 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 19 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Monster block from Brandon Davies! Motorola Magic Moment
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Monster dunk from Sterling Brown! Motorola Magic Moment
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Carlik Jones steals and dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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Achille Polonara: 'Coach Dusko gave me a lot of confidence'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Duane Washington: 'The Grobari are always there for us'
Tornike Shengelia led Virtus on 16 points and Isaia Cordinier added 13 but the support cast fell short as the home team got overpowered in the paint (27-34), having also been outshot from long range with Partizan sinking 11 of 18 from deep while Virtus made 9 of 24.
Virtus made a brighter start as Shengelia caused Partizan all sorts of problems early on, while Brown soon found his range at the other end. The Italian team was lethal from inside in the first quarter, 8 of 9, but the second was a very different story as the visitors ramped up on defense and turned the contest on its head.
Carlik Jones started pulling the strings on offense and Brown kept rifling in his shots from long range, mixing them with drives to the basket while Virtus failed to make a single shot from inside. The hosts were 0 of 5 from inside the arc in the second quarter and Partizan hit top gear to engineer a 36-44 halftime lead.
Partizan was an impressive 6 of 8 from deep in the first half and the visiting team pressed on relentlessly early in the third quarter as three-pointers from Carlik Jones and Iffe Lundberg allowed the Serbian side to pull away into a 40-54 lead.
The tireless Shengelia kept Virtus alive as the home team slashed the deficit to 57-66 ahead of the final 10 minutes despite Brown doing his thing for Partizan, with the versatile forward adding 5 points to his tally in the third period.
The visitors started to struggle on offense early in the fourth as Brown was starved of service, which allowed Virtus to close in to 65-69 and galvanize a vocal home crowd inside Virtus Segafredo Arena.
With Brown stifled out, Davis and Tyrique Jones came up big to keep the home team at bay in a frantic finish to the game and Carlik Jones finally forced Virtus into submission with a reverse layup to delight several hundred noisy Partizan fans.
