Coach Pablo Laso's team rallied from a 19-point deficit
Baskonia comes from behind to beat Paris, 94-81
Game Report
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Regular Season
Round 18 of 34
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz returned to winning ways in Round 18's Rivalry Series game by downing Paris Basketball 94-81 at Buesa Arena on Friday night. Baskonia improved to 8-10 in the standings while Paris dropped to 11-6.
Chima Moneke led the winners with 29 points and 10 rebounds. Markus Howard added 28 points, while Nikos Rogkavopoulos netted 10. Nadir Hifi led Paris with 16 points. TJ Shorts added 14 and Maodo Lo had 12, while Collin Malcolm got 10.
Game Videos
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Big CONNECTION Forrest-Hall! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Chima Moneke: 'This is my favorite game I've ever been a part of'
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Paris Basketball | RS Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Hall throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:19
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Moneke stops Shorts! Motorola Magic Moment
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Nice alley-oop from Diop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Real Madrid | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Chima Moneke: 'This is our best win of the season'
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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:14
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Hayes’s block on Feliz! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:13
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Donta Hall makes creative bucket! Motorola Magic Moment
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LDLC ASVEL Vileurbanne-Paris Basketball | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Hall rises for spectacular swat! Motorola Magic Moment,
- 00:11
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Hall says give me that! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends: Spanoulis's start, the play of Maledon and Shorts...
- 01:33
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TJ Shorts: 'They're going to continue to doubt me...'
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Paris Basketball | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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TJ Shorts November MVP exclusive interview: 'I set the tone'
- 01:31
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Devin Booker: 'We had the energy from the fans'
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FC Bayern Munich-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Moneke with the chasedown block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Matteo Spagnolo joins Episode 6 of EuroLeague & Friends
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Donta Hall: 'We had to bring our hard hats too'
- 00:51
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TJ Shorts: 'We found our energy'
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv-Paris Basketball | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Moneke sends Hall flying for alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Thunder dunk by Kevarrius Hayes! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:12
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Donta Hall swats it away! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Moneke’s block on Milutinov! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:17
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TJ Shorts: 'We're taking it game by game'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Paris Basketball | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Forrest rejects Fournier! Motorola Magic Moment
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Shorts breaks Poirier's ankle! Motorola Magic Moment
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Malcolm throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends, ep. 4: The Belgrade derby, Paris's form and much more
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FC Barcelona-Paris Basketball | RS Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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TJ Shorts: 'It was my whole team stepping up'
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz–AS Monaco | RS Round 10 highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Moneke throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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TJ Shorts: 'This was an all-around team effort'
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Howard with the sweet dish! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
Shorts got Paris going with a floater and a mid-range jumper. Howard buried a floater in the lane and Moneke erased Kevarrius Hayes's jumper with a driving layup. Howard struck from downtown and Moneke's three-point play gave Baskonia an 11-6 lead. Hifi and Bandja Sy stepped up for Paris, but Moneke followed a layup with another triple. Sy buried a corner three-pointer and Lo scored in penetration to tie it at 16-16. Kamar Baldwin took over with a layup in transition and Rogkavopoulos added a three-pointer to restore a 22-16 Baskonia lead. Malcolm rescued Paris with a three-point play and Hifi improved Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot's close basket with a triple. Trent Forrest banked in a close shot and Rogkavoupoulos scored again, but Hayes and Tyson Ward kept Paris within 28-26 after 10 minutes.
Hayes scored down low early in the second quarter, then Ward and Shorts each struck from downtown to make Baskonia stop the game at 28-34. Shorts capped a 0-10 run with a floater, before Baskonia's Moneke stepped up with a three-point play. Lo took over with a fast-break layup and a three-pointer, restoring a 33-41 Paris lead. Leopold Cavaliere scored around the basket, then Malcolm made it a 12-point game, 33-45. Hifi and Howard each struck from beyond the arc for either team, and Cavaliere gave the visitors an extra boost with a fast-break basket for a 36-52 score. Hifi scored again before Paris's Yakuba Ouattara and Baskonia's Rogkavopoulos joined the three-point shootout to fix the halftime score at 41-57.
Howard struck from downtown soon after the break and Moneke added a fast-break layup to give Baskonia hope at 46-57. Ouattara and Moneke traded three-pointers and Lo also hit one from beyond the arc for a 51-63 score. Malcolm stepped up with an alley-oop layup, but Baldwin scored in penetration and Moneke's three-pointer made it a single-digit game, 58-65. Hifi hit free throws and Hayes added a put-back layup that gave Paris fresh air at 59-69. Shorts took over with a three-point play, however Forrest then buried a jump hook and Howard added a three-pointer for a 64-72 Baskonia deficit after 30 minutes.
Howard ignited the crowd with a huge triple early in the fourth quarter. He soon added a wild four-point play that brought Baskonia within striking distance, 70-72. Shorts hit a running floater that an unstoppable Howard better with another bomb from downtown. Hall dunked to complete Baskonia's comeback, 75-74. Rogkavopoulos added a driving layup and Moneke capped a 19-2 run from the foul line. Malcolm and Moneke exchanged three-pointers, then Forrest boosted the hosts' lead to 82-77. Howard hit free throws, Hifi erased those with a floater and Forrest found Hall for a huge dunk, good for an 86-79 Baskonia lead. Moneke buried another three-pointer to seal the outcome, 89-81, in the penultimate minute as Paris never recovered.
