{"id":436580,"date":"2025-04-04T22:23:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=436580"},"modified":"2025-04-04T22:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:23:44","slug":"epic-battle-in-belgrade-efes-stuns-crvena-zvezda-in-ot-to-clinch-play-in-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/epic-battle-in-belgrade-efes-stuns-crvena-zvezda-in-ot-to-clinch-play-in-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic battle in Belgrade: Efes stuns Crvena Zvezda in OT to clinch play-in spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"296\">Anadolu Efes overcame adversity and injuries to pull off a dramatic <strong data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"174\">97-96 overtime win<\/strong> over <strong data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"197\">Crvena Zvezda<\/strong> in Belgrade, clinching a <strong data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"240\">play-in berth<\/strong> and boosting their <strong data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"277\">playoff hopes<\/strong> in the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"685\">Despite a tough week marked by illness for <strong data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"357\">Shane Larkin<\/strong>, who suffered a cut during the game, and a serious Achilles injury to <strong data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"449\">Rodrigue Beaubois<\/strong>, Efes battled with grit. They entered the final minute of regulation up by 7, but Crvena Zvezda roared back to force overtime after <strong data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"615\">Isaiah Canaan\u2019s clutch triple<\/strong> and a coast-to-coast layup from <strong data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"667\">Yago dos Santos<\/strong> tied it at 88-88.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"911\">In the extra period, <strong data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"742\">Larkin hit a crucial 3-pointer<\/strong>, and Efes led by 6 with under 90 seconds left. Crvena Zvezda made it a one-point game, but <strong data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"884\">Codi Miller-McIntyre\u2019s last-second shot missed<\/strong>, sealing the win for Efes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"1150\"><strong data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"930\">Elijah Bryant<\/strong>, despite missing a key free throw late, was instrumental, while <strong data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1008\">PJ Dozier<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1013\" data-end=\"1032\">Darius Thompson<\/strong> contributed in key stretches. <strong data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1080\">Crvena Zvezda<\/strong> fought back behind Canaan and <strong data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1122\">Kalinic<\/strong>, but ultimately fell short.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1262\">Efes improves to <strong data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1178\">17-16<\/strong> and will finish the regular season with hopes of reaching the playoffs still alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1284\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anadolu Efes overcame adversity and injuries to pull off a dramatic 97-96 overtime win over Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":436581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-436580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Gnt5xT5X0AAws_B.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436580"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=436580"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=436580"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=436580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}