Virtus Bologna strengthened its bid to make the EuroLeague Playoffs with an impressive 81-91 win at Saski Baskonia in Round 14 of the 2023-24 EuroLeague season.

Virtus Bologna proved itself to be title contenders in Vitoria-Gasteiz

Coming into [Thursday’s game against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/euroleague-live-blog-saski-baskonia-vs-virtus-bologna/), Virtus Segafredo Bologna’s players were aware that winning at one of the hottest teams in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was not going to be an easy task.

After replacing Joan Penarroya with head coach Dusko Ivanovic earlier this season, Baskonia had won seven of its last eight duels under the Montenegrin tactician. Meanwhile, Virtus had lost all three of its previous road games, having grabbed just two victories from five encounters away from Bologna.

### Virtus wanted a statement win – and then achieved it

Hence, the Italian side arrived at Buesa Arena looking for a statement win to prove to everyone that it should be considered a legitimate title contender after a strong start to the season. And that is exactly what Virtus did on Thursday night.

Baskonia may have to find a way of stopping its own former star, Toko Shengelia, who continued his stellar season with 27 points in Virtus' victory over Maccabi. Long-range fireworks could come from prolific three-point shooter Markus Howard, while Marco Belinelli is also regarded as a major deep threat.

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Round 14 Highlights | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Luca Banchi’s men hit the ground running and outscored Baskonia 15-24 in the first quarter to send a message to Baskonia and somewhat silence the home crowd. Naturally, the hosts responded and managed to turn the game around in the second quarter, taking a narrow 43-42 lead into the second half. The game became a tight affair in the third quarter, but Virtus went on a 0-10 run down the stretch in the final quarter to come away with the victory.

“I believe that we played a very solid second half,” Banchi said in the flash interview after the game. “It’s not only the rebound battle, but also the way we executed for most of the game. A very important win to consolidate our position in the standings, but also our identity as a team. This is a tight tournament where every game, especially on the road, matters. That win means a lot for us.”

### Some stellar performances on the night

[Marco Belinelli had an outstanding display](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/marco-belinelli-turned-back-the-clock-to-lead-virtus-bologna-past-saski-baskonia/), scoring a career-high 27 points. Meanwhile, Tornike Shengelia produced a player-of-the-game performance, pairing his 16 points with 6 rebounds. He also dished 4 assists, had 1 block and drew 6 fouls. The icing on the cake was an impossible basket that he scored at the end of the second quarter to make it 38-39 for the guests.

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“We have such experienced guys who can really lead the team, and tonight they’ve proved for another time that they can give everybody the right direction,” Banchi added. “But we need a team behind that. We need a squad. I believe that tonight we have to congratulate everyone, because everybody made a special effort to face such a good team like Baskonia in such a moment. \[Belinelli and Shengelia\] played as leaders, but everybody was able to follow \[their lead\].”

The two veterans scored 43 of their team’s 91 games but most importantly they netted 15 of Virtus’s 28 points in the fourth quarter, when the Italian side outscored Baskonia 21-28 to clinch the victory. In the post-game press conference, Banchi hailed Belinelli’s ability to step up and carry the team on his shoulders on Thursday night.

“It was our seventh game on the road between the Italian League and EuroLeague and we had six defeats,” the Italian play-caller said. “It was time to prove \[that we can win away from Bologna\]. When you have such that kind of leadership in the team, everything changes because everybody gets lots of confidence from \[Belinelli’s\] approach.”

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With its win at Baskonia, Virtus has sent a message to the rest of the EuroLeague teams. Currently boasting a 10-4 record, the third-best record in the competition, the Italian side is continuing to make a lot of noise under Coach Banchi.

Not many would have predicted Virtus would make the EuroLeague Playoffs before the season, but as the campaign goes on, it looks like we could be looking at a potential Final Four team in the making.

The Virtus Segafredo Bologna players celebrate their win against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in Round 14 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

The Italian side improved its road record to 3-3, having gone a dominant 7-1 at home.

Virtus's win in Vitoria-Gasteiz boosted its stock as a title contender

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz v Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2023-12-14T19:30:00.000Z)

Look back at all the action from Round 14 of the regular season by checking out the best photos of the week!

The Top 10 photos of the week, Round 14

Mathias Lessort of Panathinaikos dunks against ASVEL.

Nicolas Laprovittola of Barcelona dribbles past Milan's Stefano Tonut.

Scottie Wilbekin of Fenerbahce tries to split the Monaco defense of Alpha Diallo and Mike James.

James Nnaji of Barcelona soars to dunk on Milan's Kyle Hines.

Bonzie Colson of Maccabi dives for the loose ball in front of Efes's Darius Thompson.

Awudu Abass of Virtus dunks over Baskonia's Nikos Rogkavopoulos.

Sylvain Francisco of Bayern tried to pass around Real Madrid's Walter Tavares. 

Moustapha Fall of Olympiacos and Valencia's Nathan Reuvers vie for the ball. 

Kevin Punter of Partizan dribbles past Zalgiris's Dovydas Giedraitis.

Gabriele Procida of ALBA defends against Zvezda's Nemanja Nedovic. 

Euroleague Basketball has imposed a fan with a lifetime prohibition to access any Euroleague Basketball games and events due to the racist comments addressed to one of the officiating crew members at the Olympiacos Piraeus vs Valencia Basket game, on December 15, 2023.

The home club, Olympiacos Piraeus, had already canceled the individual’s season ticket shortly after the incident and announced that he would be prohibited from attending any Olympiacos’ games, ever.

Euroleague Basketball, Olympiacos Piraeus and all its fellow clubs are strongly committed to celebrating diversity and promoting respect, using basketball to unite fans, and applying a zero-tolerance policy at their events towards any acts that go against these values.

Euroleague Basketball issues lifetime ban to fan for racist comments towards referee

In the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague roll call we take a look at five players that had a big impact on their respective games for Round 14.

Round 14 roll call

### Nedovic paced Zvezda to much-needed win

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade got back onto the winning track with [a convincing 85-71 win](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/crvena-zvezda-meridianbet-belgrade-alba-berlin/E2023/124/) over ALBA Berlin, and [Nemanja Nedovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nemanja-nedovic/000848/) played a major role in the triumph. Nedovic topped all scorers in the game with 20 points as he knocked down 4 of 7 three-point shots and also 4 of 5 two-pointers. Not only playing the role of a scorer, Nedovic also tied for a team-high 5 assists, blocked 1 shot and took 1 steal for a PIR of 24. What's more, the Zvezda guard did all that in just under 22 minutes on the floor.

Nemanja Nedovic (20 points) Highlights vs. ALBA Berlin, 12/14/2023

Nedovic paced Zvezda to much-needed win

### Nebo did it both ways, in either half

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv protected its home floor away from home with a balanced effort against Anadolu Efes Istanbul, and starting big man [Josh Nebo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/josh-nebo/011199/) did a little bit of everything in [the 95-86 victory](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2023/122/). Nebo collected 8 points  on 4-for-6 shooting around the rim, pulled down a team-high 9 rebounds, including 3 on the offensive glass, and also delivered a career-high 4 blocked shots. Intrestingly, Nebo compiled all of his points and offensive rebounds, as well as 2 blocks, in the first half. Then, after the break, he had his other 2 blocks and pulled down 5 defensive rebounds.

Josh Nebo (8 points) Highlights vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul, 12/14/2023

Nebo did it both ways, in either half

### Dozier was huge in Partizan's road success

[PJ Dozier](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/perry-dozier-jr/012742/) has been coming into his role with Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade as of late, and his performance in [an 85-93 road win](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/zalgiris-kaunas-partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/E2023/121/) over Zalgiris Kaunas was more proof of that. Dozier did not allow his struggles from long range, where he shot 0-for-4, prevent him to contribute everywhere else. The Partizan guard scored 16 points, converting on 5 of 7 two-pointers, and drew 6 fouls that he turned into 6-of-7 free throws. He pulled down 7 rebounds, including 3 on offense, dished 4 assists, had 2 steals and 1 block. His PIR of 27 was his highest in his 14 EuroLeague appearances. Dozier’s contribution was so instrumental that he played the first 26 minutes of the game before taking his only break on the bench late in the third and early in the fourth quarter.

Perry Dozier Jr (16 points) Highlights vs. Zalgiris Kaunas, 12/14/2023

Dozier was huge in Partizan's road success

### Miller-McIntyre flirted with a triple-double

There have been only three triples-doubles – and those by two just different players  Nikola Vujcic and Nick Calathes – in EuroLeague history. On Thursday night, [Codi Miller-McIntyre](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/codi-miller-mcintyre/009048/) came close to joining this exclusive club. The Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz ended up on the losing end of [an 81-91 decision](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-virtus-segafredo-bologna/E2023/120/) against visiting Virtus Segafredo Bologna, but it wasn’t for his lack of trying. Miller-McIntyre collected 10 points, 13 assists and 8 rebounds for the hosts, which is arguably the most complete statistical game by any player this season. His 13 assists are also tied for the season-high through 14 rounds, but it was not enough to lift Baskonia over Virtus.

Codi Miller-Mcintyre (10 points) Highlights vs. VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA, 12/14/2023

Miller-McIntyre flirted with a triple-double

### Calathes went for a season-best night on the glass

When you think of someone grabbing a double-digit number of rebounds, [Nick Calathes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nick-calathes/001932/) of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is unlikely to be the first player you consider. Well, on Friday night, he grabbed more rebounds than any other player during [Fenerbahce’s game against AS Monaco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul-as-monaco/E2023/123/), as he secured 10 boards: 4 on the offensive end and 6 on the defensive glass. That is Calathes’s highest tally for rebounds this season and just the second time he has grabbed 5 or more in 2023-24. However, it was still shy of the career-best 13 boards he recorded on two occasions: once in 2021-22 and once in 2022-23. Against Monaco, Calathes’s activity on the boards allowed Fenerbahce to have some fastbreak opportunities and also second-chance situations in Monaco’s half. All in all, it was a good night’s work by the veteran guard.

Nick Calathes (7 points) Highlights vs. AS Monaco, 12/15/2023

Calathes went for a season-best night on the glass

Round 14 roll call: Calathes, Dozier, Miller-McIntyre, Nebo, Nedovic

FC Barcelona v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2023-12-15T19:30:00.000Z)

Olympiacos Piraeus v Valencia Basket (2023-12-15T19:15:00.000Z)

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade v ALBA Berlin (2023-12-14T18:00:00.000Z)

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v AS Monaco (2023-12-15T17:45:00.000Z)

Real Madrid v FC Bayern Munich (2023-12-14T19:45:00.000Z)

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2023-12-14T20:00:00.000Z)

Zalgiris Kaunas v Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2023-12-14T18:00:00.000Z)

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2023-12-14T19:05:00.000Z)

Olimpia Milano was able to protect its lead in the fourth quarter after several painful defeats

To Messina's delight, Milan finished what it started in Barcelona

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan produced the shock of the week in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with [an impressive 86-90 win](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/fc-barcelona-ea7-emporio-armani-milan/E2023/125/) over host FC Barcelona on Friday, after the home side had headed into the clash as odds-on favorites to come out on top.

The result snapped an eight-game home winning streak and dropped Barca to 10-4, now tied for second place and losing ground on reigning champs Real Madrid, who look unstoppable at the pinnacle with a 13-1 record.

Milan improved to 5-9, reigniting its postseason hopes and putting an end to a three-game losing streak that had sent the Italian side into a freefall towards the bottom of the 18-team standings.

The victory was all the more impressive given that Milan [was missing a number of key players](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/maodo-lo-out-three-weeks-nikola-mirotic-for-six/). [Nikola Mirotic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nikola-mirotic/000796/) and [Maodo Lo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/maodo-lo/007032/) were unavailable alongside long-term casualties [Billy Baron](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/billy-baron/005775/) and [Kevin Pangos](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kevin-pangos/006433/), meaning that the visitors were severely shorthanded for one of the most difficult road games of the season.

However, those who did make the trip stepped up to the plate magnificently. [Devon Hall](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/devon-hall/011205/) led the charge with a game-high 21 points, shooting 8-for-10 from the floor and 3-for-3 at the foul line. [Shavon Shields](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shavon-shields/007831/) scored 17 of his 19 points in the first half, when Milan twice engineered 15-point leads that proved too much for a misfiring Barcelona.

The Blaugrana wish to maintain its grip on second and a 100% home record when they take on stuttering Milan, who've lost three on the bounce and are set to be without injured former Barça star Nikola Mirotic, placing pressure on Johannes Voigtmann and Nicolo Melli to reproduce his overall repertoire.

FC Barcelona vs EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | Round 14 | Highlights

Veteran [Nicolo Melli](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nicolo-melli/002849/) racked up 16 points and 6 boards, while also celebrating a milestone as he climbed up to fourth place on the EuroLeague all-time list in defensive rebounds. Last but not least, role player [Diego Flaccadori](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/diego-flaccadori/005670/) netted 15 points and [Johannes Voigtmann](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/johannes-voigtmann/007201/) got Milan going with a pair of early long-range shots to finish on 8 points and 5 rebounds, underlining a balanced Milan effort.

The win was that much sweeter for Milan's head coach, Ettore Messina, whose team came under intense scrutiny after several tough losses when it was unable to hold its own in the home stretch, most recently in an 82-69 defeat at Partizan in Round 13, when Milan spilled a 45-60 third-quarter lead. Messina was overjoyed with how his team fended off a series of Barca attempts to conjure a comeback on Friday.

"We beat a great team on the back of a very good performance, and a disciplined one," Messina told the post-game press conference.

"It's a very important win because we've been unlucky recently and it will hopefully instill some confidence in the team. We played very well against the likes of Efes, Valencia, Zvezda and Olympiacos, but we lost most of those games and many of them in the fourth quarter.

"In our last outing at Partizan, we were up by 15 points in the third quarter and hence it was so important we were able to protect our lead tonight and come away with a win."

The result will have put wind into Milan's sails ahead of the next week's double-round schedule, with the Italian side at home to 17th-placed ASVEL Villeurbanne (2-12) and ninth-placed Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (7-7). 

If the performance against Barcelona is anything to go by, Milan could be on the verge of turning around its fortunes in Europe's premier club competition.

The Italian side was able to protect its lead in the fourth quarter after several painful defeats.

A career-best night in assists has seen Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens guard Kostas Sloukas earn MVP of the Round honors in Round 14 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 14 MVP: Kostas Sloukas, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens

[Sloukas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kostas-sloukas/001926/) played an integral role as [the Greens defeated LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 81-89](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/ldlc-asvel-villeurbanne-panathinaikos-aktor-athens/E2023/118/), pairing his career-high 12 assists with 18 points. He also had 5 rebounds and 1 steal, which gave him a PIR of 29, the highest of any winning player in this round. In his 365-game EuroLeague career, Sloukas had never reached 12 assists, while his 18 points and 3 triples made were both season highs. This is his third MVP of the Round honor in 13 EuroLeague seasons.

Despite recording the best PIR mark of anyone in Round 14, Keenan Evans’s career-high 38 PIR night was not enough to stop Zalgiris Kaunas from losing 85-93 to Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade. The guard scored a career-best 33 points, in addition to grabbing 3 rebounds, dishing 4 assists and recording 1 steal. The third-best performer in Round 14 was P.J. Dozier, who shined for Partizan with 16 points, a joint career-best 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Rounding out the list of top performers in Round 14 are Bonzie Colson of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Darius Thompson of Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Chima Moneke of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, each of whom had a 26 PIR. Colson recorded 19 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in a 95-86 win over Efes, while Thompson had 22 points, 7 assists 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Meanwhile, Moneke collected 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in an 81-91 loss against Virtus Segafredo Bologna.

Round 14 MVP: Kostas Sloukas, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens

Round 14 brought a lot of great individual performances and players who stepped up big. These were the leaders in the main statistical categories.

Round 14 individual highs: Keenan Evans, Zalgiris Kaunas, 33 points

[Points](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=score)

Evans led all scorers in Round 14 with 33 points. Mike James of AS Monaco is league's scoring leader with 19.4 points per game.

[Rebounds](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=totalRebounds)

Tyrique Jones of Efes had 16 rebounds in this round, tying a EuroLeague season high. Tadas Sedekerskis of Baskonia leads the league in rebounding with 8.2 per contest.

[Assists](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=assistances)

Baskonia guard Codi Miller-McIntyre tied a league season high by dishing 13 assists in Round 14. Real Madrid's Facundo Campazzo averages a league high 7.8 assists per night.

[Steals](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=steals)

Six players had 3 steals this round: Efes duo Jones and Shane Larkin, Olympiacos Piraeus guard Thomas Walkup, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne's David Lighty, Real Madrid forward Rudy Fernandez and Juancho Hernangomez of Panathinaikos. ASVEL's Paris Lee tops the steals charts with 2.1 per game.

[Blocks](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=blocksFavour)

Two players had 4 blocks in this round: Maccabi's Josh Nebo and Serge Ibaka of FC Bayern Munich. Ibaka is now the league leader for blocks with 1.6 per game.

[Double-doubles](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=miscellaneous&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=doubleDoubles)

There were five double-doubles in Round 14: Sloukas (18 points, 12 assists), Miller-McIntyre (10 points, 13 assists), Dinos Mitoglou of Panathinaikos (16 points, 11 rebounds), Jones (12 points, 16 rebounds) and Joffrey Lauvergne of ASVEL (10 points, 11 rebounds).

One of the most-celebrated big men of his generation added a new EuroLeague milestone to his collection on Friday.

Milan’s Hines climbed to second in all-time rebounds

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan center [Kyle Hines](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kyle-hines/002812/) climbed one spot in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague's all-time rebounds list, [going past Felipe Reyes to rank second overall with 1,803 career rebounds](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=All&sortDirection=descending&statistic=totalRebounds).

Hines needed 1 rebound in his team's Round 14 game at FC Barcelona to move ahead of Reyes, who had 1,799 for his career, and got it on the defensive boards late in the first quarter. He went on to finish the game with 5 rebounds, 3 on defense and 2 on offense. Paulius Jankunas leads the all-time table with 2,010 rebounds. The next active player in the EuroLeague this season is Barcelona’s Jan Vesely, who ranks fifth overall with 1,588 rebounds, 16 away from passing fourth-place Ioannis Bourousis

Hines already leads all-time in offensive rebounds, with 798 throughout his career. He ranks ninth overall in defensive rebounds with 1,005.

Additionally, Hines leads the EuroLeague in most games played, 405, ranks second in two-pointers made (1,307), third in blocks (311), fourth in PIR (4,228) and 10th in steals (280) and 

Hines made his EuroLeague debut with Brose Bamberg, grabbing 54 rebounds in 10 games in the 2010-11 season. He pulled down 286 in 53 games with Olympiacos Piraeus, getting 949 boards in 218 games with CSKA Moscow and 514 in 124 games with Milan.

A four-time EuroLeague champion, twice each with Olympiacos and CSKA, Hines was named to the 2010-20 EuroLeague All-Decade Team and was chosen as the competition's best defender three times, in the 2015-16, 2017-18 and 2021-22 campaigns.

EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Round 13 winner

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans, we have our 14th winner in the [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/home)! Branislav Vuckovac beat everyone else in Round 14 with his team Zelenjak 23/24, which had a Fantasy Challenge score of 234.5.

Dimitris had the following lineup: team captain Keenan Evans of Zalgiris Kaunasl, Josh Nebo of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Rokas Giedraitis and Nemanja Nedovic of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, and PJ Dozier of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade as starters.

His sixth man was Vanja Marinkovic of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, while the rest of the bench was made up of Diego Flaccadori of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, Vincent Poirier of Real Madrid, Tadas Sedekerskis of Baskonia and Danielius Lavrinovicius of Zalgiris. His head coach was Ioannis Sfairopoulos of Zvezda.

The prize for finishing first in Round 14 is a free subscription to Euroleague TV for the 2024-25 season, so congratulations, Dimitris!

Ilias T remains the leader of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge overall standings with 2,396.06 points.

Trades are now open for Round 15. Remember, it's back to three trades allowed between Rounds 14 and 15!

The first game in Round 15, Crvena Zvezda vs. Real Madrid, tips off on Tuesday, December 19, at 19:00 CET. This contest marks the deadline to get trades done, so don’t leave it too late!

Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become our next round winner in the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge!

Weekly prizes are on offer for the top team manager in the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge, so don't miss out!