By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
The new season is approaching and teams keep up their preparation across multiple stages in the Old Continent on Saturday.
An epic showdown that ended in triple overtime sent Partizan to the final of the Istanbul Cup, after prevailing over AS Monaco 120-114.
After a fairly balanced second half, no team could sustain the lead towards the final win, leading the game to overtime. At the 50-minute mark, Partizan took charge and managed to get away with the win, advancing to the final.
Alen Smailagic exploded with 32 points, 8 rebounds for Zeljko Obradovic‘s squad, Zach LeDay had 23 points, Kevin Punter and Yam Madar posted 21 and 19 points each for the Serbian side.
Rob Gray paced Monaco with 19 points, Danilo Andjusic followed with 17 points, Dante Hall added 15, while Alpha Diallo and Paris Lee scored 14 points each.
Crvena Zvezda grabbed a bittersweet 83-55 victory against Panathinaikos to advance to the MagentaSport Cup final in Munich, as the Serbian club saw Aaron White exiting with a severe hand injury.
White had 9 points and 5 rebounds prior to his injury, while Nikola Kalinic paced Zvezda with 13 points and six assists. Nikola Ivanovic and Luka Mitrovic also left the court with double digits, scoring 12 and 11 points respectively.
Leonidas Kaselakis was Panathinaikos‘ leading scorer with 13 points, Kendrick Perry and Vasilis Kavvadas added 8 points each.
Relive the game in full below:
ALBA Berlin grabbed a 71-62 win against ASVEL Lyon Villeurbanne at the Paris European Games.
Marcus Erikkson had 20 points to lead the German side to victory in their second preparation game for the upcoming season and Maodo Lo posted 19 points.
“This is our second game of the season, so we still have to adapt. It’s normal to experience ups and downs. The intensity was good in the second half when our players were able to play our basketball. It’s a good test to prepare for our season and to create chemistry”, commented ALBA boss Israel Gonzalez after the game.