Perm, RUSSIA, January 9 - Partizan made the biggest surprise in this year's Euroleague, handing Ural Great first defeat on its homecourt in more than a year.
Vlado Scepanovic's 40 points, and 31 in the second half, as well as his 7 three-pointers out of 9 attempts, are top individual performances in the Euroleague this season. Combined point total of 211 is also all-time Euroleague record.
Partizan decided the game in the last two periods, when its players scored an incredible 65 points. Guests were better on rebounds (23-20), in shot from the field (40/64) and three point range (12/20).
Euroleague, Group D, Round 10, Perm, RUSSIA, January 9, 2002
URAL GREAT Perm (RUSSIA) - PARTIZAN Belgrade (YUGOSLAVIA) 100-111 (24-28, 22-26, 36-27, 29-19)
URAL GREAT: Shushakov, Bashminov, Panov 11, Karasev 12, Sheiko, Vaisvila 2,
Mikhailov 14, Sirvydis, Pegushin 2, Avleev 27, Daineko 27, Bowie 5.
BUDUCNOST: Scepanovic 40, Petrovic 5, Ostojic 8, Stanojevic 32, Materic, Glintic 7, Vujanic 10, Avdalovic, Canak 7.
Group D, Round 10 - other results
Oostende (Belgium) - Cibona (Croatia) 74-84
Scavolini (Italy) - Asvel (France) 65-99
Tau Ceramica (Spain) - AEK (Greece) 82-62
Standings after 10 rounds
G W L Pts
1. AEK 10 7 3 17
2. Scavolini 10 6 4 16
3. Tau 10 6 4 16
4. Partizan 10 6 4 16
5. Ural 10 6 4 16
6. Asvel 10 5 5 15
7. Cibona 10 3 7 13
8. Oostende 10 1 9 11
