Red Star basketball players beat Paris in Belgrade (85:69) and after 20 rounds played, they found themselves in the play-off zone of the Euroleague.
Zvezda is fifth in the table with a score of 12 wins and eight losses.
The Parisians started better, took a 9:0 lead, the home team slowly came back, equalized by halftime, and then completely destroyed the debutant in the elite, who was at the top of the table for a long time and now is only sixth after the sixth consecutive defeat.
"I congratulate the players on the victory. We played against a team that had won six away games. The key to victory was defense. We managed to reduce an extremely attacking team to 69 points," Zvezda coach Janis Sferopoulos said at the press conference after the match.
The most effective for the red and white team were Ajzea Kenan with 15, Cody Miller-McIntyre and Nemanja Nedović with 14 each and Filip Petrushev with 10 points, while Joel Bolomboy also stood out, with eight points and 15 rebounds.
In Paris, better than the others were TJ Shorts with 17 points and Nadir Heaphy and Kevarius Hayes with 13 points each.
Virtus of Montenegrin coach Duško Ivanović won on his home field in Bologna Basconi 76:74, in a match with a dramatic ending.
Ivanovic's second win this season against Baskonia - the team he made famous, and the fourth in total out of six matches in the Euroleague since he was appointed coach.
Matthew Morgan with 17, Isaiah Kordinje with 16, Achile Polonara with 15 and Andrejs Gražulis with 13 points were the most effective for Virtus.
For Baskonia, Luka Šamanić scored 16, Nikolaos Rogavopoulos scored 13, Timoti Luvavu-Kabaro scored 11, and Donta Hall and Trent Forest each scored 10 points.
Real overcame Žalgiris in Kaunas - 83:64, although they were 11 points behind after the first quarter.
At home, Olympiakos justified the role of favorite against Bayern (112:69), with a "monstrous" game by Saša Vezenkov, who scored 45 points.
Asvel surprised Efes in Istanbul and won 82:76 with a turnaround in the last quarter.
The Turks had a difference of 11 points, but scored only 10 points in the last quarter - each from the penalty line!
What a terrible debut for Luka Banki, who took over the Turkish team a few days ago.
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