Duško served revenge to Zvezda: Ivanović's Baskonia is not stopping

Duško Ivanovic revived Baskonia, and the Montenegrin expert's series of victories after his new return to Vitoria was also attacked by Crvena zvezda.

Ivanovic served revenge on the club that fired him after only four rounds and three defeats this season - it was 87:85 for the eighth triumph in total, the seventh since he sat on the bench instead of Đoan Peñaroja.

The only opponent that was better than Baskonia and Ivanovic was Monaco...

Tonight, in the "Fernando Buesa" hall, everything was in favor of the home team, which had a double-digit advantage for most of the first half, but Zvezda equalized in the third quarter and missed several chances to turn...

When they didn't use them, Baskonia knew how to punish it with a shot from outside, returning the advantage to more than 10 points, although the "red and white" didn't give up even then.

With a series of three-pointers after offensive jumps, the guests reduced the score to 25:84 with 82 seconds to go, and then equalized with points from Rokas Giedraitis eight seconds before the end at 85:85.

Tadas Sedekerskis then hit both free throws, and Giedraitis missed a three-pointer after a time-out by Janis Sferopoulos, so Zvezda is 4-9 after 13 rounds.

Sedekerskis led Baskonia with 18 points, Markus Howard scored 17, Cima Moneke 15...

With 24, Giedraitis was the most effective in Zvezda, for which Marko Simonović did not play.

Results

Zalgiris - Monaco 79:83

Olympiakos - Bayern 77:69

Barcelona - Fenerbahce 89:81

Baskonia - Red Star 87:85

Virtus - Maccabi 100:90

Asvel - Valencia 55:78