Duško Ivanović beat the team on whose bench he started this season for the second time.
The Montenegrin coach won another difficult field with Baskonia - he defeated Crvena zvezda in the Belgrade "Štark Arena" 91:90 for the 12th triumph in the elite European competition.
The "red and white" dominated the first 20 minutes, had a 12-point advantage, but the picture on the field changed completely afterwards - the guests from Vitoria started hitting three-pointers in series and decided the third period in their favor with plus 16 (26 :10).
Baskonia hit 17 of 34 shots outside the 6,75 line, and Marcus Howard dominated with 32 points (10-7 three-pointers).
Vanja Marinković scored 18 (9-pointers 5-13), including two free throws with which he solved the question of the winner seven and a half seconds before the end, while Cim Moneka had a double-double with 12 points and XNUMX rebounds, seven of which were offensive. ..
The most effective in Zvezda, which was weakened by the absence of Miloš Teodosić, Nemanja Nedović, Nikola Topić and Majko Tobi, was Jago dos Santos with 26.
Olympiakos is also at 12-10 after a safe victory over Maccabi in Piraeus 89:72 marked by Nikola Milutinov - the Serbian center finished the match with 20 points and rebounds (eight offensive).
Anadolu Efes outclassed Barcelona in Istanbul (98:74), and was especially dominant in the second half in which it was 56:35.
At Efes, Rodrig Boboa (21) stood out.
The role of favorites was justified by Virtus against Asvelo in Bologna (73:63), as well as by Bayern, who beat Alba in Berlin (82:65) in the German duel.
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