Marjanovic leads Crvena Zvezda to final road win

Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade finished its 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague season in style by thrashing Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 75-99 in the Lithuanian capital on Friday. Zvezda finished fifth in Group D with a 4-6 record while Rytas was sixth at 1-9. Both teams were eliminated before the game and will carry on playing European competitions this season in the Eurocup Last 32. Boban Marjanovic paced the winners with 25 points on 11-of-13 two-point shooting and 11 rebounds in less than 18 minutes. DeMarcus Nelson added 12 points, Blake Schilb scored 11, while Rasko Katic and Jaka Blazic each had 10 for Zvezda. Juan Palacios led Rytas with 26 points. Martynas Gecevicius added 16 while Zab Dowdell had 10 for the hosts. Marjanovic had 11 points and 8 rebounds in a first quarter in which Zvezda went 13 of 15 from two-point range to take a 17-28 lead after 10 minutes. Zvezda boosted its margin to 30-51 at halftime and then again to 36-71 on a wild alley-oop tip-in by Schilb. Rytas never gave up, but Zvezda kept a safe margin all the way until the final buzzer.