Partizan eliminated Red Star; "It's hard to win four derbies" – Saša Obradović's bizarre move

Partizan won the second game in &ldquo;Pionir&rdquo; by 89&ndash;78 and advanced to the ABA League final.Red Star ended the season in disappointing fashion, suffering a &ldquo;sweep&rdquo; in the semifinals of the regional championship.After the game, Joan Pe&ntilde;arroya shared his thoughts, while Sa&scaron;a Obradović withdrew after just one sentence and made a bizarre move. Partizan BC swept Red Star BC 2&ndash;0 in the ABA League semifinal series and advanced to the final.There, Partizan will face the winner of the Dubai Basketball vs. BC Budućnost matchup and will have a chance to defend its Adriatic League title.Partizan was the better team throughout the entire game and at one point held a 20-point lead. The team&rsquo;s top scorer was Bruno Fernando with 19 points and 6 rebounds.He was followed by Dylan Osetkowski with 17 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists, while Sterling Brown added 16 points. Carlik Jones contributed 9 points and 8 assists, and Nick Calathes finished with 5 points and 4 assists.Joan Pe&ntilde;arroya, head coach of Partizan BC, shared his impressions at the postgame press conference following the victory over Red Star and qualification for the ABA League final.Luka Milosavljevic / STARSPORT The black-and-whites won the second game of the semifinal series 89&ndash;78, eliminating their biggest rival 2&ndash;0 overall.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy that we won this series. We played well as a team, managed to win, although we had some problems, especially in the fourth quarter. I think the guys fought hard, showed focus, had 15 assists by halftime, played solid basketball, and created easy points. In the end, it&rsquo;s a very good result for all of us. After a season that was not easy for Partizan, I think the fans can enjoy this. But this is not enough &mdash; we&rsquo;re going to the final and fighting for the trophy,&rdquo; said Joan Pe&ntilde;arroya.Asked whether he was aware that KK Partizan had not beaten KK Crvena zvezda away from home in 11 years and had now broken the curse, he replied:&ldquo;It was not routine. This was a difficult game against great players and a dangerous coach. It&rsquo;s true that we won two games, but it wasn&rsquo;t easy. We played well and stayed focused. It&rsquo;s not common to beat your biggest rival twice in a row &mdash; actually four straight wins &mdash; and that&rsquo;s not easy. It&rsquo;s great for the club that we achieved it after 11 years.&rdquo;Asked how he managed to turn KK Partizan&rsquo;s season around, Joan Pe&ntilde;arroya said:&ldquo;The most important thing is to have the right players &mdash; players who want to compete and turn the season around. They worked and trained brilliantly. As a coach, I didn&rsquo;t do anything special. I introduced some small adjustments, but the players themselves realized how important it is to fight, train hard, and play as a team. A few months ago, the situation at Partizan was bad, and it was obvious the players wanted to play more individually. We managed to remove that selfishness and started playing together, as a team.&rdquo;Asked whether this was one of Partizan&rsquo;s best games recently, he replied:&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know. It&rsquo;s hard to win four derbies in a row.&rdquo;On the competition format and the long break before the final series:&ldquo;The people running the competition need to think about whether this kind of schedule is good for the league. I think it&rsquo;s very difficult to maintain focus at the end of such a long season, especially with a break of as much as two weeks. On top of that, we also have to play in another competition with a different roster compared to this one, just like Zvezda. Still, that&rsquo;s not a question for me.&rdquo;Nick Calathes changed the course of both games and, therefore, the entire series.&ldquo;A living legend. He&rsquo;s one of the most important players of the last 15 years. For us, he is incredibly important, and in the last two games he was fantastic. But it&rsquo;s not only about him. Nick is crucial for the team, of course, and he also had injury problems. He&rsquo;s a great professional who stepped onto the court despite everything. He means a lot to us,&rdquo; Pe&ntilde;arroya concluded. Sa&scaron;a Obradović left the press conference after just one sentence following the defeat of Red Star against Partizan and elimination from the ABA League semifinals. Peđa Milosavljević/Starsport &ldquo;I congratulate Partizan, they deserved to win. It&rsquo;s not easy to give statements. There are a lot of emotions, and I can&rsquo;t explain the reasons right now. If I could ask you, please spare me if you hear anything bad. Thank you,&rdquo; said Sa&scaron;a Obradović. Red Star head coach commented to journalists as he left the hall, telling those present who wanted to ask questions: &ldquo;You all came here to enjoy yourselves.&rdquo;Red Star was defeated in the second game of the ABA League playoff semifinal, which meant the red-and-whites were eliminated by Partizan.

Partizan eliminated Red Star; "It's hard to win four derbies" – Saša Obradović's bizarre move

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