Tau Ceramica - PARTIZAN 80-85

Vitoria, SPAIN, October 31 - Partizan controlled the game since the very first minute. The Yugoslav coach of Tau, Dusko Ivanovic, had warned everybody of Partizan's potential. His worst nightmares started to come true since the first quarter, when Partizan showed its intentions with a 10-21 lead after 8 minutes. They played with the scoreboard on their side against a Tau that played too quickly and made mistakes.

It was in the third quarter, when Tau managed to score an 8-0 run which made it game in the last quarter (60-63). Nevertheless, Partizan started minute 31 in the same way as most that came before, getting key baskets that put the home team on its heels. Continuous mistakes from downtown made Vitoria's comeback absolutely impossible.

EuroLeague, Group D, Round 4, Vitoria, SPAIN, October 31

TAU CERAMICA Vitoria (SPAIN) - PARTIZAN Belgrade (YUGOSLAVIA) 80-85 (22-28, 23-21, 15-14, 20-22)

TAU CERAMICA: Scola 16, Nocioni 9, Bennett 8, Foirest 9, Vidal 4, Timinskas 9, Tomasevic, Petruska, Oberto 13 and Corchiani 12.

PARTIZAN: Scepanovic 26, Zivkovic, Nadjfei, Gajic, Stanojevic 12, Materic 3, Glintic 4, Krstic 8, Vujanic 10, Avdalovic 5 and Canak 17.

Group D, Round 4 - Results of the other matches

SCAVOLINI (Italy) - AEK (Greece) 68-89
OOSTENDE (Belgium) - ASVEL (France) 77-88
URAL GREAT (Russia) - CIBONA (Croatia) 85-66