Now on a two-game winning streak, the Serbian side has also gone 6-1 at Belgrade Arena in its last seven home games
Crvena Zvezda gets total team effort in 73-66 win over ASVEL

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade built on last Friday’s derby win by downing LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 73-66 on Tuesday night. Ioannis Sfairopoulis’s team is now 15-10 and remains in the top six, while Pierric Poupet’s squad dropped to 11-14. Should it come down to it, Zvezda now has the tiebreaker after winning by seven points, having lost by three (77-74) in Lyon earlier this season.
Isaiah Canaan led Zvezda in scoring with 11 points, followed by Codi Miller-McIntyre and Nikola Kalinic with 10 apiece. Center Joel Bolomboy finished with 7 points and 10 rebounds. For ASVEL, Theo Maledon netted 13 points and Ben Bentil added 12.
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Paris Lee’s deep three-pointer got the scoreboard moving before Joffrey Lauvergne converted back-to-back scores inside to give ASVEL a 4-7 lead. Ognjen Dobric tied it up at 7-7 with a three, but Theo Maledon and Lee pushed ASVEL back ahead at 9-14. An 8-2 Zvezda run capped by a Dejan Davidovac triple and a Joel Bolomboy dunk gave the hosts a 17-16 advantage. Ben Bentil responded, but a pair of free throws by Yago dos Santos made it 19-18 after 10 minutes.
Isaiah Canaan showed Zvezda’s intentions with a triple just seven seconds into the second quarter, then Filip Petrusev made both of his free throws to make it 24-18. Nemanja Nedovic and then Luka Mitrovic appeared, with the former draining a three-pointer before the latter scored twice inside as Zvezda’s lead swelled to 31-21. Edwin Jackson came into the game and quickly scored under the rim, with Maledon, Nando De Colo and Lauvergne joining forces to pull ASVEL within three points, 34-31, but Canaan’s floater with eight seconds left ensured it was 36-21 heading into the break.
Zvezda kept its foot on the gas after halftime, going on a 9-2 run that featured baskets from Miller-McIntyre, Nedovic and Bolomboy to go 12 points ahead at 45-33. Maledon and De Colo provided some resistance, helping give ASVEL a boost at 46-39. Then it was the turn of Bentil and Sako to keep ASVEL pushing, with the duo combining to make it 47-43, but Canaan’s three burst the visitors’ momentum, 50-43. Bentil scored over Brown soon after, but Bolomboy’s three-point play was another tough blow at 53-45. A Bentil three to end the quarter meant it was 56-48 after 30 minutes.
Rokas Giedraitis’s fast-break dunk and a couple of free throws by Miller-McIntyre put Zvezda in complete control at 60-48. Shaquille Harrison scored on back-to-back plays to give ASVEL a bit of hope, 60-52, but a three by Giedraitis and another by Canaan gave Zvezda a game-high 14-point lead, 66-52. Neal Sako, playing on four fouls, came into the game and scored six points in a row to make it an eight-point ballgame, 66-58, but then fouled out. Maledon’s three-point play meant it was a 9-0 ASVEL run, 66-61, but Miller-McIntyre’s layup and a couple of Kalinic free throws calmed things down at 70-61 with 47 seconds remaining. Zvezda ended up seeing out the game as it came away with a 73-66 victory.