Dressed up as… Santa Claus and gave a New Year’s gift to Red Star the Isaiah Canaan!
With four points by the former Olympiakos guard in the last 41 seconds, the “red and white” Belgrade took the thriller in Vitoria, winning by a score 75-73 of Baskonia for the 19th matchday of the Euroleague!
In the 100th game of Yiannis Sfairopoulos on the Reds’ bench, his side celebrated their third straight win in the competition, climbing to 11-8 and 7th in the standings. Leading for the winners was Boloboi with 18 points, with Kanaan and Gentraitis following with 15 and 12 points respectively.
For the Basques, who fell to 8-11, Moneke had 18 points, with Rogavopoulos to add 11 points and 5 rebounds.
The match:
The first quarter of the match was balanced, where the defenses of the two teams dominated. Keeping the visitors down, Baskonia managed to take a 14-6 lead in the 6th minute, with Moneke and Hall scoring 8 and 6 points respectively. The Red Star also reacted with a lasting counterattack in the remaining time, writing 16-16 of the period.
In fact, the team of Yannis Sfeiropoulos entered the second quarter with acquired speed, where with polyphony in the attack and an excellent performance in the defense, they managed to “build” double-digit values. It is characteristic that the individual score was 26-12, as a result of which the Serbians went to the locker room in front with +14 for 42-28.
The scene was similar in the third quarter, with the visitors even reaching +17 (40-57), before the Spaniards reduced with collected baskets in the final in 52-60. Baskonia’s counterattack continued in the fourth and final period, with Moneke, Rogavopoulos, Hall and Forrest making big baskets, as a result of which their team took the lead for the first time after an hour with 73-71 at 39′! Somewhere in there, Kanaan came forward for Red Star, who with two big two-pointers in the last 41 seconds, gave his team the victory with the final 75-73!
Isaiah Canaan called game for Crvena Zvezda in Vitoria against Baskonia.
— Matteo Andreani (@matty_vanpersie) January 2, 2025
The quarters: 16-16, 28-42, 52-60, 73-75.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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