Belgrade, January 16 - Partizan was defeated for the third straight time at home. After Scavolini and AEK, "black and whites" lost an important game against Tau Ceramica - 59-65 and they are now very far from the next round of Euroleague.
It was a tough game, defence dominated. Tau Ceramica won thanks to better play in the paint. They had more rebounds than the hosts (30-19) and with a 21-3 run between 23rd and 34th minute got from 7 down to 11 up (39-32 - 42-53). As a very experienced team Spanish team knew how to hold on the advantage until the end.
Euroleague, Group D, Round 11, Belgrade, YUGOSLAVIA, January 16
PARTIZAN Belgrade (YUGOSLAVIA) - TAU CERAMICA (SPAIN) 59-65 (13-12, 17-18, 12-20, 17-15)
Pionir Hall in Belgrade. Attendance: 6,815. Referees: Brazauskas (Lithuania), Tsaidis (Greece), Lainiotis (Greece).
PARTIZAN: Scepanovic 20, Petrovic 6, Nadjfeji, Gajic, Ostojic 1, Stanojevic 13, Materic, Glintic, Krstic 4, Vujanic 10, Avdalovic 5, Canak.
TAU CERAMICA: Scola 16, Nocioni 6, Bennett, Foirest 6, Vidal, Timinskas, Sconochini 3, Tomasevic 6, Fernandez, Oberto 14, Corchiani 12, Byrd 2.
Group D, Round 11 - other results
AEK (Greece) - Scavolini (Italy) 68-70
Asvel (France) - Oostende (Belgium) 89-76
Cibona (Croatia) - Ural Great (Russia) 102-97
Current standings in Group D
G W L F-A Pts
1. Tau Ceramica 11 7 4 932-810 18
2. AEK 11 7 4 890-826 18
3. Scavolini 11 7 4 870-878 18
4. Ural 11 6 5 984-975 17
5. Asvel 11 6 5 862-866 17
6. Partizan 11 6 5 899-920 17
7. Cibona 11 4 7 852-905 15
8. Oostende 11 1 10 870-979 12
