By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Partizan Belgrade set a new attendance record in the ABA League as 23,021 fans gathered in Stark Arena to honor the late Dejan Milojevic in the game against Mega Basket. The reigning champions took a 112-80 win.
Milojevic won two out of his three ABA MVP trophies with Partizan in 2005 and 2006 while leading the team to back-to-back championship titles. After he retired as a Partizan player in 2009, he began his coaching career at Mega in 2012, spending eight years with the team.
The club board decided to honor his memory by free admission for all fans who wanted to be in the arena, giving priority to the season ticket holders.
A Partizan jersey with the number 13 and the name of Dejan Milojevic was left empty near the courtside.
James Nunnally scored 24 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead Partizan while Frank Kaminsky had 14 points. Uros Plavsic had 24 for Mega.
DEJAN MILOJEVIĆ.🕊️🖤🤍#KKPartizan #ABALiga pic.twitter.com/CnAFMLmB40
— KK Partizan Mozzart Bet (@PartizanBC) January 22, 2024
It was a night to remember with Partizan getting to a 13-4 record and being second in the league standings, behind Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet who have a 15-2 record after the end of Round 17 in the ABA Liga.
Photo: Partizan/Dragana Stjepanovic via ABA League