By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
Two Belgrade clubs collided in the Serbian finals, but in basketball Partizan is the dynasty. Milan Macvan, the 23 years old center on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv, had 19 points and 8 rebounds, same age forward Vladimir Lucic added 14 points and Partizan won on the road Crvena Zvezda 86-82, clinching the championship title by 3-1 wins. American forward Omar Thomas and veteran center Petar Popovic had 23 points and 22 points respectively for the loosing side. It was the 11th consecutive championship of Serbia for Partizan and in total the 19th in their club’s history.
In Italy, EA7 Milano lived to fight at least one more day. The team of coach Sergio Scariolo beat 88-83 Montepaschi Siena and cut their lead in the finals to 3-1 wins. Greek center Yiannis Bourouris after three bad games in the finals scored 19 points for the winners and Italian forward Stefano Mancinelli added 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assist. The leader of Siena once more was point guard Bo McCalebb who has 18 points.