Partizan crushes Red Star; Penarroya: "I am aware of how much this means"; Obradović: "The pressure's immense"

After 40 minutes of &quot;warrior&quot; basketball at the Belgrade Arena, the Partizan Belgrade players defeated Red Star in front of a full crowd.This marks Partizan Belgrade&rsquo;s sixth consecutive win and their second victory over Red Star in the EuroLeague this season.You could follow the match LIVE via our LIVE BLOG. The Partizan Belgrade basketball team defeated Red Star 89-82 in Round 35 of the EuroLeague.The Black-and-Whites, playing as visitors, overcame the Red-and-Whites and significantly complicated their chances of making the playoffs.Red Star still have matches remaining against Paris, ASVEL, and Real Madrid, while Maccabi and Dubai, each one win behind, are breathing down their necks. Maccabi has one fewer game due to their derby against Hapoel, which was postponed to the end of the season.Additionally, the team from Tel Aviv faces games against Baskonia, Paris, and Virtus, posing a serious threat to Red Star.Partizan Belgrade has long lost its chances for the EuroLeague playoffs or play-ins and, with a 15-20 record, sits in 14th place. They still have matches against Efes, Žalgiris, and Baskonia to close out the competition.Thank you for following B92.sport. Carlik Jones:Before the game, the Black-and-Whites stirred controversy by stating that nothing would make them happier than knocking Red Star out of the playoff race.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t care; I meant what I said. People got offended and everything else. I&rsquo;m a competitor, I want to win&mdash;which is exactly what we did tonight. I want us to keep going like this, making things difficult for everyone,&rdquo; Jones said, adding:&ldquo;I understand the fans; they are passionate about their team. Sometimes things get out of control. I&rsquo;m glad my players had my back and allowed me to stand by my words. I won&rsquo;t talk too much&mdash;I heard comments that the last derby was just a warm-up for them. It&rsquo;s all been recorded.&rdquo;Luka Milosavljevic / STARSPORT Did Obradović motivate Partizan and what does he think of Carlik?&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t underestimating anyone, if that&rsquo;s thought to be a reason to motivate someone. The reason was for us to be motivated by Carlik&rsquo;s statement. I didn&rsquo;t say it in a humiliating way, because due to the lack of any preparation, we didn&rsquo;t even have a practice to discuss it, and it looked more like EuroLeague prep. I&rsquo;m not humiliating anyone; it wasn&rsquo;t in that context.For the derby, no extra motivation is needed&mdash;we know how much a win means to us. Now, if I were talking about pick-and-roll defenses, who we&rsquo;re guarding, who knows how long we&rsquo;d be talking. We lost control on defense and also due to offense. It has to improve. This is a competition, there&rsquo;s no philosophy. Defense brings easy points and confidence. We will talk about defense, and as for offense, the ball must move better so we can find better solutions.&rdquo;Starsport

Partizan crushes Red Star; Penarroya: "I am aware of how much this means"; Obradović: "The pressure's immense"

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