Walter Tavares Real Madrid Zenit Saint Petersburg
Photo: EuroLeague Basketball

Real Madrid escaped from Saint Petersburg with a big win (71-75) and swept the EuroLeague season series with Zenit (0-2).

Thanks to a 2-9 run in crunch time, Real earned the victory and improved to 17-11 in the standings, maintaining a top four push.

For its part, Zenit dropped to 16-11, but is still within the playoff zone in the competition.

In the other matches: Anadolu Efes (17-10) – CSKA Moscow (18-9): 100-70

Maccabi Tel-Aviv (11-15) – Valencia (14-14): 84-72

Bayern Munich (18-10) – Panathinaikos (9-17): 76-71