The Italian giant dominated throughout to celebrate its ninth win in the last 10 meetings with the Serbian team
Milan hits the ground running to sink Zvezda, 82-92
Game Report
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Regular Season
Round 1 of 38
Regular Season
Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet BelgradeCZV
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EA7 Emporio Armani MilanEA7
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan made a perfect start to the new EuroLeague season with an impressive 82-92 win at Crvena Zvezda Meridian Bet Belgrade after leading for the lion’s share of the contest at Belgrade Arena.
Zach LeDay led Milan’s charge with a game-high 21 points and 5 rebounds while Shavon Shields scored 8 of his 13 points in the first quarter, as the visitors carved out a slender 20-22 at the end of the opening period.
Big man Josh Nebo chipped in with 12 points and 5 boards and Marko Guduric netted 10 points against his former club - 9 of them from downtown as he made some clutch shots that kept Milan in the driving seat when Zvezda closed in on the visiting team.
Game Videos
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Umana Reyer Venice 81-85 Aris Thessaloniki Betsson | Round 1 highlights
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Ellis finds Nebo! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | Round 1 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Catch the first episode of this season's Fantasy Challenge Podcast
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FC Bayern Munich-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | Play-In Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Petrusev with a ferocious dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:38
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Nikola Mirotic: 'We did this for ourselves, our fans'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Ousmane Diop with behind-the-back dish! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:26
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An audacious three-pointer from Yago! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:08
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Petrusev with a sublime alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Real Madrid | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-FC Barcelona | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tonut's catch-and-shoot buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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Mannion finds Caruso! Motorola Magic Moment
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Filip Petrusev: 'We had great energy all game'
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Miller-McIntyre steals and dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Rokas Giedraitis: 'We fought all game and that was the key'
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Kalinic rejects Fournier! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Caruso comes across to block Ward! Motorola Magic Moment
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Causeur sends up a prayer… and it drops! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:27
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Nikola Mirotic: 'I love playing here in Belgrade'
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 29 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:17
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LeDay dunks with authority! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:14
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Caruso with a very odd dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Bayern Munich-Crvena Zvezda Meridanbet Belgrade | RS Round 28 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 28 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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An almighty rejection from Bolomboy! Motorola Magic Moment
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Shavon Shields: 'Hopefully we can build off this'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-AS Monaco | RS Round 27 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 27 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Kalinic with the slam-dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Gillespie stops Okobo! Motorola Magic Moment
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Bolomboy on the alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Joel Bolomboy: 'It took a team effort'
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ALBA Berlin-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Zach LeDay: 'I still bleed green and white'
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Zalgiris Kaunas-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:21
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Shields smashes the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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Shields dunks off a backdoor cut! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Bayern Munich-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 25 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:10
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Isaiah Canaan: 'Tonight was a team victory'
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 25 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
At the other end, Jordan Nwora stood out with 19 points while Tyson Carter added 16 and Izundu Ebuka amassed 14, but Zvezda’s new arrivals received preciously little support from the Serbian team’s stalwarts as the hosts shot a miserable 6 of 19 from three-point range.
Shields got Milan going early on and Leday, who often tormented Zvezda during his stint with city rival Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, took over the mantle in the second quarter as the Italian side steadily built its lead thanks to solid defense.
The visitors confined Zvezda to just 11-of-24 shooting from inside in the opening 20 minutes while hitting 13 of 17 at the other end, subduing the home team as well as a fervent home crowd which performed in fits and starts - very much like the Serbian team still needing to gel as its revamped roster struggled to hit top gear.
Having trailed 41-45 at the interval, Zvezda produced its brightest spell in the third quarter as it drew level several times before Guduric hit a couple of huge three-pointers in quick succession to put Milan back in front, 61-67, paving the way for a smooth finale.
The writing was on the wall for Zvezda as Milan pulled away to 63-75 early in the fourth, thanks to 6 unanswered points and there was no way back for the battling Serbian outfit. The hosts gave themselves a glimmer of hope after slashing the deficit to 78-84 in the home stretch, but another 0-6 run put Milan out of sight and sealed its first win of the season in Europe’s premier competition.
