The Serbian side stifled out its French rival with ironclad defense for a fourth successive win
Dominant Crvena Zvezda subdues Paris, 85-69
Game Report
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Regular Season
Round 20 of 34
Group Regular Season
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade rolled on with a resounding 85-69 home win over Paris Basketball in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, improving to 12-8 after its fourth successive victory while the visitors dropped to 11-8 following a fifth defeat in a row.
Isaiah Canaan paced Zvezda with 15 points, Nemanja Nedovic and Codi Miller-McIntyre chipped in with 14 each while Filip Petrusev added 10 to underline a smooth team effort, generated by airtight defense from the Serbian team after Paris had raced into an early 0-9 lead.
At the other end, TJ Shorts led Paris on 17 points, having scored 9 of his team’s opening 11 but soon faded away as Zvezda forced a barrage of tough shots from the livewire playmaker. Kevarrius Hayes and Nadir Hifi netted 13 points apiece for the visitors, who sank a mere 7 of 30 from deep.
Game Videos
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Joel Bolomboy: 'This win took everybody'
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Paris Basketball | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Big dunk from Davidovac! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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A monster dunk from Hayes! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-FC Barcelona | RS Round 19 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Sy swats Punter! Motorola Magic Moment
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Isaiah Canaan: 'We can play with the best of them'
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 19 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Canaan wins it! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Bolomboy and Miller-McIntyre at it again! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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One-man show from Giedraitis! Motorola Magic Moment
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Bolomboy with on the alley oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Showtime from Yago and Mitrovic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Filip Petrusev: 'We showed our character and got the win'
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FC Barcelona-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Paris Basketball | RS Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Davidovac nails a game-winner! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:30
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Joel Bolomboy: 'I missed basketball a lot'
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Paris Basketball-Real Madrid | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Hayes’s block on Feliz! Motorola Magic Moment
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LDLC ASVEL Vileurbanne-Paris Basketball | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Nikola Kalinic: 'Tonight, we were amazing'
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Olympiacos Piraeus | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Huge dunk from Kalinic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Dobric steals and dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends: Spanoulis's start, the play of Maledon and Shorts...
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Isaiah Canaan: 'Tonight was a team victory'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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TJ Shorts: 'They're going to continue to doubt me...'
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Paris Basketball | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Cold-blooded Miller-McIntyre drains it! Motorola Magic Moment
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TJ Shorts November MVP exclusive interview: 'I set the tone'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Dos Santos with a circus basket! Motorola Magic Moment
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Matteo Spagnolo joins Episode 6 of EuroLeague & Friends
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TJ Shorts: 'We found our energy'
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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv-Paris Basketball | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Thunder dunk by Kevarrius Hayes! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Teodosic's magic creates a dunk for Mitrovic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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TJ Shorts: 'We're taking it game by game'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Paris Basketball | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Daum dunks on the break! Motorola Magic Moment
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Shorts breaks Poirier's ankle! Motorola Magic Moment
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Malcolm throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends, ep. 4: The Belgrade derby, Paris's form and much more
Paris had the upper hand in the first quarter as Shorts and Hayes did damage from all over, carving out a 15-25 lead as Zvezda struggled to cope with the French team’s high-tempo offense. However, the hosts ramped up their defense in the second and drew level at halftime, 39-39, as their physicality in the paint began to tell.
The tide turned for good in the third quarter as the home team got their first lead of the game, 45-43, before a Yago dos Santos long three gave the Belgrade outfit a 55-50 advantage ahead of the final 10 minutes.
Canaan buried another one early in the fourth to make it 64-54, and the writing was on the wall for Paris after Nedovic sank one from way downtown, pumping his chest and galvanizing the crowd as Zvezda pulled away to 72-57. Clearly running on empty, Paris was devoid of the energy required to force a final twist as the visitors fell apart on offense.
Zvezda maintained cruise control for the rest of the contest and ran out a deserved winner, boosting its postseason hopes in the process, while Paris now faces a formidable task of getting back on track.
