By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Ognjen Jaramaz banked all seven points for Partizan in the overtime against Crvena Zvezda and handed his squad a narrow 85-84 win in the Serbian Cup Final.
Dejan Davidovac put Zvezda ahead 78-73 with 15 seconds remaining in regulation but Marcus Paige banked a triple and two free throws to tie the game and force overtime. In between, Zvezda didn’t manage to inbound the ball due to an offensive foul by Kevin Punter.
Paige finished with 21 points on 4-6 from deep as the best scorer of the Final game while Jaramaz earned the MVP honors with 19 points. Rade Zagorac helped with 11 points.
For Zvezda, Lorenzo Brown scored 17 but also missed the shot to win the game in the last offense. Davidovac added 16 and Punter 12 points.
Partizan started the game better winning the first quarter 19-13 and kept a slight advantage by halftime (34-31). The sides stayed balanced after the break (52-49) and although Zvezda turned the tables and had the win within its grasp, Partizan forced overtime and eventually prevailed in the extra five minutes.
This is Partizan’s third straight trophy in the competition and eighth overall while Zvezda won six times.
Serbian Cup results
Quarterfinals
Mega – Sloboda 82-73
Crvena Zvezda – BBK Radnicki 107-67
Partizan – Borac 87-79
FMP – Dynamic 98-73
Semifinals
Mega – Crvena Zvezda 79-80
Partizan – FMP 85-77
Final
Crvena Zvezda – Partizan 84-85
Photo Credit: KK Partizan NIS