Crvena Zvezda 94-98 Barça: Overtime win in Belgrade

Joan Peñarroya's team picked up an impressive 98-94 overtime win at Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade with Kevin Punter starring with 26 points to take his team to their third win of the season in four matches in the Euroleague.

Great blaugrana start 

The blaugranes knew that this would be one of their most difficult games away from home and so Peñarroya's team began on the front foot, taking the lead early in the first quarter. However, the Serbians fought back to take a 26-25 lead at the end of the first quarter. 

 In the second quarter Crvena Zvezda took the lead at 39-33 but Barça came back to level things up before the home side surged ahead before the break to take a 47-44 lead at half time. 

The second half started in great fashion for the visitors with Parker and Laprovittola nailing three pointers to put Barça 54-49 ahead. More three pointers were exchanged before Brizuela's entrance led the blaugranes to a 66-63 lead.

Overtime in Serbia

The fourth quarter saw the game see-saw between the two sides and when Kevin Punter landed a three pointer to put Barça 84-82 ahead it seemed that the contest was over. However, the Serbians came back to level things up and take the game into overtime. Former Partizan Belgrade man Punter took control for Barça, nailing a vital three pointer at 96-93 to help close out a 98-94 in Belgrade. 

MATCH STATS

Crvena Zvezda: 94
Barça: 98

Crvena Zvezda: Canaan (3), Miller-Mcintyre (7), Kalinic (19), Daum (10), Bolomboy (11) - starting five - Teodosic (3), Mitrovic (9), Lazic (0), Dobric (2), Giedraitis (6), Nedovic (1), Dos Santos (23).

Barça: Núñez (1), Punter (26), Abrines (0), Parker (13), Hernangómez (11) - starting five - Anderson (2), Vesely (19), Brizuela (6), Metu (0), Satoransky (11), Fall (-), Laprovittola (9).