Red Star Belgrade thrills fans with second straight win

Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade notched its second straight victory in Group D by winning at home 88-77 over Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius. Jaka Blazic poured in 16 points for the winners, who improved to 2-3. Blake Schilb added 14 points while Rasko Katic, Boban Marjanovic and DeMarcus Nelson all tallied 12 points for Belgrade. Crvena Zvezda made just 2-of-13 three-pointers (15.4 percent), while Vilnius made 11-of-26 (42.3%) from long range. But Belgrade converted 68.2% from two-point range. In the end, Lietuvos Rytas dropped its fourth consecutive game to fall to 1-4 in the group despite Martynas Gecevicius and Renaldas Seibutis both scoring 17 points. Juan Palacios added 13 points, Omar Cook had 4 points and 10 assists, and Stevan Jelovac chipped in a career-high 11 points.