The Serbian team stretched its best-ever start to the EuroLeague Regular Season to three straight wins with a vintage performance in Istanbul
Rampant Zvezda brushes aside Fenerbahce, 57-76
Game Report
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Regular Season
Round 3 of 34
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade staged a major upset in Round 3 with an impressive 57-76 road win over Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul as Joel Bolomboy stood out with 18 points and 11 boards.
Nemanja Nedovic added 17 points for Zvezda and Mike Daum, who joined Zvezda during the off-season from Fenerbahce’s archrival Anadolu Efes Istanbul, enjoyed a memorable return to the Turkish capital with 14 points and 5 boards.
At the other end, Nigel Hayes-Davis paced Fenerbahce with a game-high 20 points to go with 8 boards, but the versatile forward was starved of support from his teammates as Devon Hall was the only other home player to register double figures, scoring 10 points.
Zvezda, which led throughout the lop-sided contest, made a flying start and raced into a 0-7 lead, which soared to 10-26 late in the first quarter as the visitors sank a barrage of deep threes from all over while stifling the home team with ironclad defense at the other end.
A rout was firmly on the cards when Zvezda pulled away to 12-31 early in the second, but Fenerbahce then enjoyed a rare good spell as it conjured a 10-0 run to slash the deficit. The hosts had beefed up their defense and were able to close the gap to 31-38 at halftime, largely thanks to Hayes-Davis who had 15 points on the interval, having scored 10 of his team’s opening 12 points.
Game Videos
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Isaiah Canaan: 'Tonight was a team victory'
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Cold-blooded Miller-McIntyre drains it! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'I learned a valuable lesson'
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Real Madrid-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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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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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | 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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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | 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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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Marko Guduric: 'I don’t know how we pulled this one out'
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'Rivalries: Belgrade' is now out on YouTube | Crvena Zvezda vs. Partizan
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Marko Guduric: 'Since 2019, we hadn't won here!'
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Colson stops Mitchell! Motorola Magic Moment
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Zagars's acrobatic layup! Motorola Magic Moment
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne–Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 10 highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Petrusev with a big dunk on the break! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade| RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'His negativity is what fuels me'
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Filip Petrusev: 'We came here for two wins'
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-FC Bayern Munich| RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Saras Jasikevicius: 'We have a great group of guys'
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-ALBA Berlin | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Mike Daum: 'Our team is super resilient'
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Milos Magic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Nigel Hayes-Davis: ‘We have to be consistent on both ends, starting with me’
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Showtime basketball by Fenerbahce! Motorola Magic Moment
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 5 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Real Madrid-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 5 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Daum races clear and dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-FC Barcelona | RS Round 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Codi's amazing buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Huge dunk from Bolomboy! Motorola Magic Moment
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Codi's amazing buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nicolo Melli: 'We go back to Istanbul happy'
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ALBA Berlin-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Mike Daum: 'It's awesome to be back'
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Mitrovic with a dunk after a sublime assist from Teodosic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Daum with an offensive rebound and a dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
A comeback looked likely when Fenerbahce closed to 41-45 early in the third quarter, but Daum then stepped up for Zvezda with some clutch baskets and the Serbian team pulled away to 42-54 ahead of the final 10 minutes, as Bolomboy continued to dominate at both ends of the floor.
Fenerbahce endured a torrid night plagued by poor shooting from all over in the wake of aggressive Zvezda defense. It was hardly surprising that the visiting team raced clear to 51-67 before Fenerbahce’s key player Wade Baldwin scored his first and only 3 points of the game late in the fourth quarter.
The unstoppable Nedovic put the icing on the cake for Zvezda in the closing stages, draining a pair of successive shots from downtown as some of the home fans left the gym in a hurry before the final buzzer while Zvezda’s players danced with delight.
