Baskonia escapes Belgrade with win

Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz registered its second consecutive road win of the season, using its defense to hold off Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 63-70 in the Serbian capital on Friday night. Baskonia held Zvezda to only 2 points in the final six minutes of the game to improve to 3-2, while Zvezda dropped to 2-3. Baskonia grabbed control in the opening minutes, and never relinquished the lead or control of the game. The visitors led by as many as 14 points, and never allowed Zvezda to come closer than 5. Shane Larkin led in victory with 16 points, and also had 6 assists and 4 steals. Rodrigue Beaubois also netted 16 points, while Johannes Voigtmann collected 11 points and 8 rebounds in victory. Marko Guduric netted 12 points, and Marko Simonovic had 11 in defeat.