The ‘reds’ did their duty against Armani Milan at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and with their 79-74 victory they reached a double-digit number of wins in this season’s Euroleague. Now he is slowly starting to build a solid foundation for the play-offs, looking up and not down.
The big surprise was in Istanbul where Red Star forced the host Fenerbahce to lose 85-76 while Zalgiris Kaunas defeated Alba Berlin 77-71, in the debut of Andrea Trinchieri in the Lithuanian team’s bench.
A big win for Maccabi Tel Aviv against Monaco 93-83, with which they reached 11-7 and found themselves alone in 4th place in the standings.
The 18th matchday
Tuesday 2/1
Fenerbahce – Red Star 76-85
Zalgiris – Alba 77-71
Maccabi – Monaco 93-83
Olympiacos – Armani Milano 79-74
Partisan – Villerban
Wednesday 3/1
Valencia – Efes (20:30)
Virtus vs Bayern (21:30)
Baskonia vs Panathinaikos (21:30)
Barcelona vs Real Madrid (22:00)
The ranking
Real 16-1
Virtus 12-5
Barcelona 11-6
Maccabi 11-7
Panathinaikos 10-7
Fenerbahce 10-8 (4)
Monaco 10-8 (3)
Olympiacos 10-8 (2)
Partizan 9-8
Valencia 9-8
Baskonia 9-8
Bayern 8-9
Armani 7-10
Efes 7-10
Red Star 7-11
Zalgiris 6-12
Alba 3-15
Villerban 2-15
The 19th matchday
Thursday 4/1
Fenerbahce vs Maccabi (19:45)
Villerban vs Zalgiris (21:00)
Red Star – Partizan (21:00)
Olympiacos vs Monaco (21:15)
Friday 5/1
Alba – Virtus (20:00)
Valencia vs Panathinaikos (21:30)
Barcelona vs Baskonia (21:30)
Armani vs Bayern (21:30)
Real Madrid vs Efes (21:45)
