Red Star Belgrade defeated Zalgiris 88:79 (23:27, 22:12, 12:19, 31:21) tonight at home in Belgrade, in a match from the fourth round of the Euroleague, thus ending a streak of five consecutive losses in head-to-head duels with the club from Kaunas.
The most efficient player for the Red Star team, led by Saša Obradović from the bench for the first time in his second term, was Jordan Nwora with 24 points, seven rebounds and five steals. Donatas Motiejunas and Cima Moneke added 13 points each, while Sammy Ojelay scored 10 points.
The most efficient players for Zalgiris were Maodo Lo and Arnas Butkevicius with 14 points each. Sylvain Francisco added 13 points and seven assists, while former Partizan player Nigel-Williams Goss had 11 points and six rebounds.
Red Star Belgrade is in 13th place in the standings with a score of 2/2, while Zalgiris is still in first place with three wins and one loss.
The red and whites will welcome Real Madrid in the next round, on Friday in Belgrade, while Žalgiris will host Olimpia Milan on Thursday in Kaunas.
Dubai pulled off a big surprise and defeated Fenerbahçe 93:69 (25:20, 21:11, 25:17, 22:21) away.
Dubai's best players were Mfiondu Kabengele with 26 points and seven rebounds and Dwayne Bacon with 21 points, while Davis Bertans and Klemen Prepelic also stood out with 13 each and Serbian national team player Filip Petrushev with 11 points.
The most efficient players for Fenerbahce were Bonzi Colson and Wade Baldwin with 12 points each and Devon Hall with 10 points.
Dubai has two wins and two losses, while Fenerbahçe has one win and three losses.
In the next round, Dubai will welcome Barcelona, while Fenerbahçe will host Bayern.
Efes basketball players defeated Olympiacos 82:78 (28:25, 20:26, 19:16, 15:11) in Athens.
Efes was led to victory by Cole Swider with 20 and Shane Larkin with 18 points.
The most efficient players for Olympiacos were Alec Peters with 14, Tyson Ward with 13, Sasha Vezenkov with 12 and Tyler Dorsey with 11 points.
Both teams recorded two wins and two losses.
In the next round, Efes will host Panathinaikos in Istanbul, while Olympiacos will host Maccabi.
Barcelona basketball players defeated Maccabi Belgrade 92:71 (31:18, 29:14, 13:16, 19:23).
Barcelona was led to victory by Willy Hernangomez with 19 points and seven rebounds, followed by Kevin Panter and Miles Cale with 12 points each.
The most efficient players for Maccabi were Marcio Santos with 18, Tamir Blatt with 15 and Roman Sorkin with 10 points.
Barcelona recorded three wins and one loss, and Maccabi recorded one win and three losses.
In the next round, Barcelona will visit Dubai, while Maccabi will host Olympiacos.
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