Turk Telekom Ankara remained undefeated at home in Group A by downing Partizan NIS Belgrade 85-71 in the Turkish capital on Tuesday. Turk Telekom improved to 6-5 in the standings and is 5-0 at home this season. Meanwhile, Partizan dropped to 8-3. Anthony Clemmons led the winners with 20 points and 8 assists. JaJuan Johnson and Jared Terrell each added 15 points for Turk Telekom.
Turk Telekom locks down Partizan, 85-71
Dallas Moore led Partizan with 15 points. Kevin Punter and Mathias Lessort each added 14 while Zach LeDay and Aleksa Avramovic had 10 apiece for the guests. Clemmons shined early and got help from Johnson to give Turk Telekom a 21-18 edge after 10 minutes. Aubrey Dawkins and Terrell stepped up in the second quarter, joining forces with a red-hot Clemmons to boost the hosts' lead to 43-32 at halftime. Dallas Moore and Punter stepped up for Partizan but Johnson and Clemmons allowed Turk Telekom to extend its margin to 60-46 after 30 minutes. Samet Geyik hit a triple that made it a 19-point game, 65-46, and the hosts never looked back after that.
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Punter got Partizan going with a layup off a steal that Alex Perez bettered with a corner triple for a 3-2 Turk Telekom lead. Lessort scored down low and Punter added an off-balance floater to restore a 5-6 Partizan edge. Clemmons struck from downtown and Johnson matched Avramovic's layup with a jumper. Clemmons and Punter traded three-pointers, then Lessort took over with a put-back layup that tied it at 14-14. Geyik downed a jumper and Can Ogut added a three-point play but Lessort and Avramovic kept Partizan within 19-18. Johnson hit a catch-and-shoot jumper that fixed the score at 21-18 after 10 minutes.
Terrell joined the three-point shootout early in the second quarter and added a stop-and-pop jumper that made Partizan call timeout at 26-18. Alen Smailagic and Balsa Koprivica stepped up with back-to-back layups. Johnson hit a jumper and Dawkins followed a three-pointer with an off-balance layup that made it a double-digit game, 33-22. Lessort answered with a dunk-and-one that Yam Madar followed with a jumper to bring Partizan within 33-27. Terrell scored in penetration, Clemmons sank his third triple and Berk Demir's tip-in gave Turk Telekom a 40-27 margin. Avramovic and LeDay tried to change things for the guests but Clemmons struck again from beyond the arc for a 43-32 Turk Telekom lead at halftime.
Octavius Ellis and Smailagic exchanged layups right after the break, then LeDay dunked to get Partizan within 45-36. Johnson buried a five-meter jumper and Erdi Gulaslan added a fastbreak layup that restored a 49-36 Turk Telekom edge. Punter stepped up with a put-back basket but Clemmons and Johnson boosted their team's margin to 53-38. Moore rescued Partizan with 7 quick points but Perez's electric driving layup kept Turk Telekom way ahead, 55-45. Dawkins nailed a catch-and-shoot triple and Ogut beat the third-quarter buzzer with a driving layup that gave his team a 60-46 margin after 30 minutes.
Johnson hit his trademark mid-range jumper early in the fourth quarter and Geyik struck from downtown to break the game open, 65-46. Punter stepped up with a three-point play that Terrell erased with a bomb from beyond the arc. Punter kept pacing Partizan with a jumper and Moore added a fastbreak layup that made the hosts call timeout at 68-54. LeDay capped a 0-6 run with a layup, as Ellis stepped up with a jump hook. Moore and Clemmons traded triples, then Lessort dunked for a 73-61 score with under 6 minutes left. Ellis followed a layup with a dunk, getting help from Terrell and Clemmons to seal the outcome, 80-64.