Zenit fell victim to a big surprise knowing defeat with … hands down from the Red Star (58-69) for the 13th game of the Euroleague.
The Russians visibly affected psychologically after the defeat by Panathinaikos last week, they could not return to victories resulting in falling from the top four with a record of 8-5.
For the Serbs, who with a soulful appearance completely dominated from the beginning to the end of the match, the Walters (14 points), Kalinic (11 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists) and Kuzmits (11 points, 5 rebounds). A victory that ended a three-game losing streak, bringing up Dejan Radonic at 5-8.
The match
It was a great start Red Star in the game, with the Serbs “shocking” the hosts early on and building a good difference early on. Through their good defense, they were ahead 10-3 in 3 ‘, while a little later, thanks to the baskets of Kuzmic and Kalinic, they increased the difference. at +9 (10-19 at 7 ‘), with the ten minute ending with 23-16.
In fact, at the beginning of the second period, the Reds raised the difference for the first time to double digit value (16-27 in 12 ‘), in fact, maintaining the difference at these levels with characteristic comfort despite the efforts of Zumbkov and Mickey for Zenit. The visitors closed the half at the maximum value of the difference with a buzzer-beater by Mitrovic for 28-42.
The dominance of the Red Star close to the “painted” continued in the second half. Taking advantage of the excellent defense, of course, but also the failure of the Russians, the team of Dejan Radonich ran a individual 11-3 series in five minutes, launching the difference in 20 points for 58-38, with Frankamp’s two-pointer to do at 58-40 at the end of the quarter.
The last ten minutes of the match were of a procedural nature, as the difference reached up to +21 for the Red (44-65), making the situation for Zenit irreversible. The only thing the Russians managed to do was to reduce the difference to eleven for the final 69-58.
The quarters: 16-23, 28-42, 40-58, 58-69
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