Our selector's team Zvezdan Mitrovic suffered a defeat against the black and white team in the third round of the top 8 of the ABA League.
The Slovenian team has not won against Partizan on the Belgrade court since December 11, 2021 (96:89).
The guest team from Ljubljana started the match better and reached a double-digit lead halfway through the first quarter (4:16). However, Parni Valjak managed to consolidate and with a 14:6 run came to minus two (20:22).
Before the mandatory break, the score was a seesaw, with Olimpija concluding the first half of the match with a minimal lead (39:40).
The turning points of this duel were the third and fourth quarters. Partizan's basketball players actively scored and with a 15:3 run, they pulled away to a six-point lead (64:58).
In the last quarter, the black and whites reached their first double-digit lead (71:61), which they maintained until the end of the match and finished with a 16-point advantage – 86:70.
