Adriatic league final: Partizan - Cibona 63-49 Partizan grabbed third consecutive Adriatic league title becoming the first team with three trophies in the regional championship. After win against Crvena Zvezda in the semis, Serbian Euroleague representative was too strong for Croatian Euroleague team Cibona 63-49. Novica Velickovic (205-F-86) was a key player of the big final collecting 17 points and 8 rebounds. Stephane Lasme (203-F-82, college: Massachusetts) followed with 11 points and 6 boards, while Milenko Tepic (198-G-87, agency: Beo Basket) and Uros Tripkovic (196-G-86) delivered 8 points each. Alan Anderson (198-G/F-82, college: Michigan St.) shined in loss draining 22 points. The big guy Jared Homan (206-C-83, college: Iowa St.) nailed 11 pts. Partizan had impressive beginning creating 17-9 lead in the first ten minutes. Serbian team made 7 of 9 attempts from the field until that moment. On the other side, Cibona struggled a lot with just 3 of 12. Partizan opened the second frame with mini 6-2 run for plus 12. Novica Velickovic was on fire for three setting the score to 30-12. Cibona committed many mistakes helping Partizan to grab 35-16 with two minutes left in the first half. However, Jared Homan and Alan Anderson shined for Cibona cutting the margin to 27-38. Alan Anderson continued after the breather leading his team to 43-47 after 30 minutes. Slavko Vranes and Stephane Lasme stepped up for Partizan and with 3 minutes to go for 56-49 lead. After the game head coach of Partizan Belgrade, Dusko Vujosevic, said: 'We deserved this title. We worked very hard during the entire season and this is the award'. Cibona's head coach Velimir Perasovic (agency: Interperformances) stated that his players weren't in a game mood yesterday. 'I want to congratulate Partizan on this title. They deserved it and not only today, but during the entire season. After first ten minutes it seemed that this final will be real fiasco for us, but we were strong enough to come on minus 4 later. However, we were not able to do more that that. I have to say that my guys weren't in a game mood last night', said Perasovic. Partizan: Novica Velickovic 17+8 boards, Stephane Lasme 11+6 boards, Milenko Tepic 8, Uros Tripkovic 8 Cibona: Alan Anderson 22, Jared Homan 11. Eurobasket.com All-Adriatic League Awards 2008-09 - Apr 22, 2009 (by Eurobasket )
Player of the Year: Novica Velickovic (205-F-86) of Partizan Guard of the Year: Milenko Tepic (198-G-87) of Partizan Forward of the Year: Novica Velickovic of Partizan Center of the Year: Todor Gecevski (209-C-77) of Zadar European Player of the Year: Novica Velickovic of Partizan Import Player of the Year: Earl Calloway (191-G-83) of Cibona Defensive Player of the Year: Stephane Lasme (203-F-82) of Partizan Most Improved Player of the Year: Boban Marjanovic (222-C-88) of Hemofarm Coach of the Year: Dusko Vujosevic of Partizan 1st Team Earl Calloway of Cibona Milenko Tepic of Partizan Marin Rozic (201-F-83) of Cibona Novica Velickovic of Partizan Todor Gecevski of Zadar 2nd Team Marko Marinovic (183-G-83) of Crvena Zvezda Davor Kus (192-G-78) of Cibona Vladimir Micov (201-F-85) of Buducnost Milan Macvan (205-F/C-89) of Hemofarm Ante Tomic (215-C-87) of Zagreb Honorable Mention Eddie Shannon (180-G-76) of Split Elmedin Kikanovic (206-C-88) of Crvena Zvezda Alan Anderson (198-G/F-82) of Cibona Vladimir Dasic (208-F-88) of Buducnost Dragan Labovic (207-C/F-87) of FMP Eddie Shannon of Split Vladimir Golubovic (212-C-86) of Olimpija Richard Shields (193-G-82) of Krka Stephane Lasme of Partizan All-European Players Team Milenko Tepic of Partizan Davor Kus of Cibona Marin Rozic of Cibona Novica Velickovic of Partizan Todor Gecevski of Zadar All-Imports Team Earl Calloway of Cibona Andre Owens (192-G-80) of Crvena Zvezda Stephane Lasme of Partizan Lawrence Roberts (205-F/C-82) of Crvena Zvezda Jared Homan (206-C-83) of Cibona All-Defensive Team Eddie Shannon of Split Vladimir Micov of Buducnost Stephane Lasme of Partizan Novica Velickovic of Partizan Todor Gecevski of Zadar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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