Basketball
Real beat Partizan, Valencia won in Spain Virtus
On December 21, the sixteenth round of the regular season of Europe’s most prestigious club basketball tournament took place. On the first match day Europa League Three matches were played.
The match day started with Serbian Red Star’s victory against Maccabi Tel Aviv. “Valencia” beat the Italian “Virtus” at home, and the current champion of the tournament, “Real”, did not feel the resistance of “Partizan”.
Europa League. Regular season, round of 16. 21 December.
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Red Star – 92:98 (20:20, 22:31, 23:28, 27:19)
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Baldwin (22 + 5 turnovers), Brown (20 + 6 assists), Nibo (18 + 7 rebounds), Colson (4), J. Cohen (0) – start; Blatt (11), Rivero (8), Cleveland (5), Menko (2), Sorkin (2), Webb (0).
Red Star: Bolomboy (20), Giedraitis (16), Lazic (4), Mitrovic (3 + 7 rebounds), dos Santos (0) – start; Teodosic (27 + 14 assists), Toby (12), Hanga (6), Davidovac (5), Nedovic (3), Simonovic (2).
Valencia – Virtus – 79:71 (26:21, 11:26, 23:7, 19:17)
Valencia: Jones (17), Robertson (12), Davis (12), Inglis (4), Puerto (3) – start; Jovic (9), Lopez-Arostegui (9), Toure (5), Hermannsson (4), Pradilla (4), Ruvers (0).
Virtus: Shengelia (15 + 8 rebounds + 6 assists + 7 losses), Belinelli (11), Hackett (7 + 6 assists), Cordinier (7), Dunston (5) – start; Lundberg (13), Keycock (8), Payola (3), Dobrich (2), Polonara (2).
Real – Partizan – 91:75 (26:19, 22:17, 28:15, 15:24)
Real Madrid: Musa (23), Campazzo (10), Kozur (9), Ndiaye (7), Tavares (6 + 8 rebounds) – start; Hezonja (14), Poirier (14), Rudy Fernandez (5), Sergio Juhl (3), Alocen (0), Rodriguez (0 + 9 assists).
Partisan: Caboclo (18), Leday (7), Panther (4), Dozier (2), Andjusic (0) – start; Vukcevic (12), Koprivica (11), Nunnally (8), Smailagić (7), Ponitka (4 + 7 rebounds), Jaramaz (2), Kaminski (0).
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Source: Sport UA
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