Red Star Belgrade defeat CSKA Moscow at Kombank Arena

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade have caused another sensation at home by defeating CSKA Moscow 78-67 at a packed Kombank Arena in the 15th round of the basketball Euroleague late Thursday.

In a fantastic atmosphere, Red Star outplayed the reigning Euroleague champions, just a week after also defeating Real Madrid in Belgrade.

Red Star produced an excellent defensive display, containing CSKA's Milos Teodosic and Nando de Colo, who scored just 8 points combined.

After inflicting only the third defeat on CSKA, Red Star, which are now 7-8 in the competition, again have serious ambitions to reach the Top 8 stage.

Ognjen Kuzmic led the Belgraders with 16 points, followed by Marko Simonovic with 14 and Charles Jenkins with 11 points, while Andrey Vorontsevich excelled for the visitors with 21.

Red Star next play Zalgiris Kaunas on the road on...

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