VIDEO: Red Star celebrated in St. Petersburg, Barça stopped Anadolu Efes
The Red Star basketball players today triumphed on the guest field against Zenit in St. Petersburg with 69:58 in the 13th round of the Euroleague.
The Belgrade "red and whites" reached the points thanks to the excellent defense for the fifth victory in total this season.
American Bate Walters was the most efficient for the Serbian team with 14 points (five rebounds), and his compatriot Jordan Mickey for the Russian representative scored 16 points (five rebounds).
Turkey's Anadolu Efes had a four-game winning streak until the start of the match against Barcelona.
The Turks were close to continuing victoriously, they gave strong resistance against the Catalans, but in the sequel the guests were better with 93:95, after it was 80:80 in the regular part.
The hosts were dominated by the Serb Vasilije Micic with 26 points (five rebounds, four assists), and for Barça the first scorer was the Turkish international Sertac Sanli with 24 baskets.
Two more matches of this round were played, Olympiakos after one overtime defeated Unics Kazan (84:87, 77:77), while Alba Berlin with 81:76 celebrated over Olympia Milan.
Barcelona leads the table with 11 wins and two defeats, Real Madrid has the same effect on the second position, and Olympiakos is third (9-4).