# 2009–10 KK Partizan season

The 2009–10 season was one of the most successful seasons in the history of KK Partizan. The club reached the F4 of Euroleague, won the regional NLB League, the Serbian cup and the Basketball League of Serbia.

## Players
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Reserve |
| C | Aleks Marić | Slavko Vraneš | | Darko Balaban |
| PF | Lawrence Roberts | Branislav Đekić | | Sava Lešić |
| SF | Jan Vesely | Strahinja Milošević | Vladimir Lučić | |
| SG | Dušan Kecman | Aleksandar Rašić | Stefan Sinovec | Aleksandar Mitrović |
| PG | Bo McCalebb | Petar Božić | | |

### Roster changes

In
* Sava Lešić (from Superfund)
* Milt Palacio (from Khimiki)
* Stefan Sinovec (from Khimik)
* Aleksandar Mitrović (from Mega Hypo Leasing)
* Aleks Marić (from Granada)
* Dušan Kecman (from Panathinaikos)
* Lawrence Roberts (from Crvena zvezda)
* Bo McCalebb (from Mersin BB)
* Branislav Đekić (from youth categories)
Out
* Milenko Tepić (to Panathinaikos)
* Bogdan Riznić (to Vojvodina Srbijagas)
* Uroš Tripković (to DKV Joventut)
* Stéphane Lasme (to Maccabi Tel Aviv)
* Novica Veličković (to Real Madrid)
* Čedomir Vitkovac (to Budućnost Podgorica)
* Vukašin Aleksić (to Radnički Kragujevac)
* Milt Palacio (to Kavala)
* Žarko Rakočević (to Gorštak Kolašin)

## Competitions

| Competition | Position | Record |
| KLS SuperLeague | Winners | 18–1 |
| Radivoj Korać Cup | Winners | 3–0 |
| ABA League | Winners | 22–6 |
| Euroleague | 4th place | 11–11 |

## Adriatic League
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Cibona | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2038 | 1802 | 236 | 46 |
| 2 | Partizan Belgrade | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2021 | 1842 | 179 | 46 |
| 3 | Hemofarm STADA | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2059 | 1912 | 147 | 43 |
| 4 | Union Olimpija | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2004 | 1875 | 129 | 41 |

### Final four

| Semifinals April 23 | Semifinals April 23 | Semifinals April 23 | Final April 25 | Final April 25 | Final April 25 |
| 1 | Cibona | 78 | | | |
| 4 | Union Olimpija | 73 | | | |
| 4 | Union Olimpija | 73 | 1 | Cibona | 74 |
| | | | 2 | Partizan Belgrade | 75 (OT) |
| 2 | Partizan Belgrade | 72 | 2 | Partizan Belgrade | 75 (OT) |
| 3 | Hemofarm STADA | 67 | | | |

#### Final
## Kup Radivoja Koraća

Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

## Euroleague
### Regular season
#### Group B

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1. | Olympiacos | 10 | 8 | 2 | 884 | 787 | +97 |
| 2. | Unicaja Málaga | 10 | 7 | 3 | 784 | 775 | +9 |
| 3. | Partizan | 10 | 5 | 5 | 745 | 757 | −12 |
| 4. | Efes Pilsen | 10 | 4 | 6 | 808 | 793 | +15 |
| 5. | Lietuvos Rytas | 10 | 4 | 6 | 741 | 784 | −43 |
| 6. | Orléans | 10 | 2 | 8 | 722 | 788 | −66 |
Win
  Loss
Partizan Belgrade v Unicaja Málaga
22 October 2009 1
Partizan Belgrade
64–72
Unicaja Málaga
Belgrade
20:45
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 16–13, 11–17, 12–23
Pts: McCalebb 15 Rebs: Marić 6 Asts: McCalebb 5
Report
Pts: Freeland 19 Rebs: Jiménez, Freeland, Blanco 4 Asts: Cook 6
Arena: Pionir Hall Attendance: 6,173 Referees: Leonidas Spiridonos (GRE), Tolga Sahin(TUR), Marius Ciulin (ROU)
Efes Pilsen v Partizan Belgrade
29 October 2009 2
Efes Pilsen
77–67
Partizan Belgrade
Istanbul
19:15
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 20–22, 22–16, 20–14
Pts: Smith 18 Rebs: Peker 8 Asts: Tunçeri, Arslan 5
Report
Pts: Marić 19 Rebs: Vraneš 7 Asts: McCalebb 7
Arena: Abdi İpekçi Arena Attendance: 8,000 Referees: José Martín (ESP), Costas Mouzakis (GRE), Paolo Taurino (ITA)
Partizan Belgrade v Entente Orléans Loiret
5 November 2009 3
Partizan Belgrade
78–71
Entente Orléans Loiret
Belgrade
20:45
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 23–18, 17–20, 16–11
Pts: Marić 18 Rebs: Marić 9 Asts: McCalebb 4
Report
Pts: Doellman 16 Rebs: Doellman 8 Asts: Curti 5
Arena: Pionir Hall Attendance: 5,038 Referees: Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Roberto Chiari (ITA), Sergey Mikhaylov (RUS)
Lietuvos Rytas v Partizan Belgrade
12 November 2009 4
Lietuvos Rytas
78–56
Partizan Belgrade
Vilnius
18:45
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 18–17, 22–7, 12–10
Pts: Gecevičius 19 Rebs: Borovnjak 5 Asts: Gecevičius, Popović 5
Report
Pts: Marić, McCalebb 16 Rebs: Marić 10 Asts: Rasic 4
Arena: Siemens Arena Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Jakub Zamosjki (POL), Anna Cardus (ESP)
Partizan Belgrade v Olympiacos
26 November 2009 5
Partizan Belgrade
86–80
Olympiacos
Belgrade
20:45
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 19–24, 22–18, 26–19
Pts: Rašić 25 Rebs: Marić 15 Asts: Rašić 5
Report
Pts: Childress, Kleiza 18 Rebs: Childress 7 Asts: Halperin 4
Arena: Pionir Hall Attendance: 6,852 Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Antonio Conde (ESP)
Unicaja Málaga v Partizan Belgrade
2 December 2009 6
Unicaja Málaga
64–72
Partizan Belgrade
Málaga
20:45
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 11–11, 15–17, 20–23
Pts: Freeland 12 Rebs: Lewis 7 Asts: Williams 4
Report
Pts: Kecman 16 Rebs: Roberts 12 Asts: McCalebb 5
Arena: Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA), Robert Vyklicky (CZE), Murat Biricik (TUR)
Partizan Belgrade v Efes Pilsen
10 December 2009 7
Partizan Belgrade
93–92
Efes Pilsen
Belgrade
20:45
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 27–28, 25–24, 22–20
Pts: Marić 34 Rebs: Marić 16 Asts: Kecman 6
Report
Pts: Rakočević 24 Rebs: Peker 7 Asts: Rakočević, Tunçeri 3
Arena: Pionir Hall Attendance: 7,022 Referees: Dani Hierrezuelo (ESP), Vicente Bulto (ESP), Marek Ćmikiewicz (POL)
Entente Orléans Loiret v Partizan Belgrade
17 December 2009 8
Entente Orléans Loiret
75–72
Partizan Belgrade
Orléans
21:00
Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 19–7, 18–15, 18–23
Pts: Banks 19 Rebs: Moerman 7 Asts: Banks 7
Report
Pts: Marić 20 Rebs: Marić 11 Asts: McCalebb 4
Arena: Palais des Sports Attendance: 2,009 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Oscar Perea (ESP)
Partizan Belgrade v Lietuvos Rytas
6 January 2010 9
Partizan Belgrade
97–67
Lietuvos Rytas
Belgrade
20:45
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 24–21, 22–22, 25–6
Pts: Rašić 26 Rebs: Vraneš 9 Asts: McCalebb 4
Report
Pts: Popović 17 Rebs: Bjelica 6 Asts: Popović 4
Arena: Pionir Hall Attendance: 6,828 Referees: Luigi Lamonica(ITA), David Chambon (FRA), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE)
Olympiacos v Partizan Belgrade
13 January 2010 10
Olympiacos
81–60
Partizan Belgrade
Piraeus
20:00
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 16–18, 27–16, 18–11
Pts: Kleiza 16 Rebs: Vujčić 6 Asts: Teodosić 9
Report
Pts: Roberts, McCalebb 14 Rebs: Veselý, Vraneš 7 Asts: McCalebb 3
Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Juan Carlos Mitjana (ESP), Juan Carlos García González (ESP), Roberto Chiari (ITA) :

### Top 16

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Tie-break |
| 1. | Regal FC Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 465 | 396 | +69 | |
| 2. | Partizan Belgrade | 6 | 3 | 3 | 389 | 422 | −33 | |
| 3. | Panathinaikos Athens | 6 | 2 | 4 | 439 | 442 | −3 | 1–1, +1 |
| 4. | Maroussi Athens | 6 | 2 | 4 | 419 | 452 | −33 | 1–1, –1 |
Win  Loss

#### Quarterfinals

Win  Loss

### Final Four

| Semifinals May 7 | Semifinals May 7 | Final May 9 | Final May 9 |
| Regal FC Barcelona | 64 |
| CSKA Moscow | 54 | | |
| CSKA Moscow | 54 | Regal FC Barcelona | 86 |
| | | Olympiacos | 68 |
| Partizan Belgrade | 80 | Olympiacos | 68 |
| Olympiacos | 83 | | |
| Olympiacos | 83 | Third place | Third place |
| | | CSKA Moscow | 90 |
| | | Partizan Belgrade | 88 |

#### Semifinal

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 6 | Bo McCalebb | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| SG | 7 | Dušan Kecman | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 4 | Lawrence Roberts | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| PF | 24 | Jan Veselý | 13 | 10 | 4 |
| C | 33 | Slavko Vraneš | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 5 | Stefan Sinovec | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 8 | Strahinja Milošević | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 10 | Aleksandar Rašić | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| SG | 19 | Aleksandar Mitrović | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 20 | Petar Božić | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 21 | Aleks Marić | 17 | 8 | 3 |
| PF | 31 | Branislav Đekić | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Duško Vujošević ||||||

#### Third-place playoff

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 6 | Bo McCalebb | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| SG | 7 | Dušan Kecman | 15 | 5 | 3 |
| PF | 4 | Lawrence Roberts | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| PF | 24 | Jan Veselý | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| C | 33 | Slavko Vraneš | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 5 | Stefan Sinovec | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 8 | Strahinja Milošević | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 10 | Aleksandar Rašić | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| SG | 19 | Aleksandar Mitrović | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 20 | Petar Božić | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 21 | Aleks Marić | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| PF | 31 | Branislav Đekić | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Duško Vujošević ||||||

## Individual awards

Euroleague
All-EuroLeague First Team
* Aleks Marić
All-EuroLeague Second Team
* Bo McCalebb
Euroleague MVP of the Month
* Aleks Marić, December
Euroleague Weekly MVPs
* Aleks Marić - Regular season, Week 5
* Aleks Marić - Regular season, Week 7
* Aleks Marić - Regular season, Week 8
* Dušan Kecman - Playoffs, Game 1
Adriatic League
MVP of the Round
* Aleks Marić – Round 4
* Slavko Vraneš – Round 15
Radivoj Korać Cup
Finals MVP
* Aleks Marić
Basketball League of Serbia
Finals MVP
* Bo McCalebb