Markus Howard was held 0 for 4 from the floor as Anadolu Efes grabbed an important 84-89 win at Baskonia on Tuesday night.

Mijatovic praises his Efes players for keeping Howard scoreless

[Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/anadolu-efes-istanbul/ist/) came into the important Round 9 game against [Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz/roster/bas/) with a game plan of slowing down the Spanish side’s scoring ace [Markus Howard](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/markus-howard/011948/). Efes head coach Tomislav Mijatovic didn’t think his team would do the nearly impossible - but it did: holding Howard scoreless.

Baskonia’s marksman missed all 4 of his three-point attempts and failed to score in [Efes’s 84-89 road victory](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/efes-gets-crucial-road-win-hands-baskonia-first-home-loss/) in a battle of teams on either side of the line for the final play-in spot. Howard, who entered the game averaging 12.8 points, did dish out 3 assists, but he did not score.

“We all know he is a great scorer and great player. Collectively we kept him to zero points. This is not a reality. This doesn’t happen,” Mijatovic told the post-game press conference.

It was just the second time in 81 games that the American failed to score a point. The other game came in Round 26 of the 2022-23 season in 7:26 minutes against Valencia. 

Howard had made at least 1 three-pointer in 20 straight and 43 of his last 44 games and he was the league leader in three-pointers made with 2.8 per game. And Howard came into the game after an amazing performance over the weekend, hitting 8 three-pointers in scoring 38 points in a 100-99 win over Lleida in the Spanish League. 

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“He scored 38 the other night and now he’s kept to zero. There are no machines here. We’re all humans,” the Efes coach said. “But at the same time, it is a team sport. Okay, he scored zero, but if you go down the line, Chima Moneke scored 22. Players of that caliber whenever they are on the court, they draw so much defensive attention on themselves that the other guy is gonna score a little bit more.”

Still, Mijatovic praised his players for sticking to the game plan.

“When he got into the game, our players really followed the principle. They were close, they were on him, they were challenging the shots. And they were making him take contested shots. When you play against a player with that kind of scoring capacity you have to do that, otherwise it is difficult to guard,” he said.

"Okay, he scored zero today, thank god he scored zero on us. But it’s still Markus Howard, one of the greatest shooters and scorers. He opened other players with his presence. But our guys, hats off, they did a super, super job focusing and guarding him like that. That was great.”

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Preventing the Baskonia sniper from finding his range proved key in the win

Mijatovic praised his Efes players for keeping Howard scoreless

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2024-11-12T19:30:00.000Z)

Filip Petrusev tied a career-high with 25 points scored and set a personal best with a PIR of 38 as Crvena Zvezda Belgrade held off Monaco 90-98. 

Filip Petrusev was at his best for Zvezda in Monaco 

Just four games into the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, Olympiacos Piraeus granted [Filip Petrusev](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/filip-petrusev/011194/) his wish and loaned him out to his former team, [Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/crvena-zvezda-meridianbet-belgrade/red/). On Tuesday, Petrusev showed why he was eager to join a club where he could get more playing time as the Serbian big man produced the best game of his EuroLeague career in [a road win at AS Monaco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/zvezda-tops-monaco-on-the-road-90-98/).

Petrusev tied a career high with 25 points scored and set a personal best with a PIR of 38 as Zvezda held off Monaco 90-98. He had a great shooting night in making all 11 of his free throws, 4-of-6 two-pointers and 2-of-3 threes – with the missed triple being a forced shot with no time left on the shot clock. Petrusev also corralled 7 rebounds and added 1 assist and 1 steal.

To put Petrusev’s line in perspective, he had 20 points, 10 rebounds and a PIR of 7 in 43:28 minutes combined in his four games with Olympiacos.

Filip Petrusev was on at Monaco

Petrusev’s success should not surprise many. After all, he was tied for third on Serbia in PIR at the Olympic Games in Paris over the summer and was second in rebounds behind only NBA MVP Nikola Jokic. He came home from Paris with a bronze medal.

Despite failing to secure a key role with the Reds, Petrusev’s confidence was intact when he returned to Belgrade. Through four games with Zvezda, he has seen his minutes, points scored and PIR increase in every game thus far.

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Against Monaco, Petrusev was a factor all night long. He scored 12 points and grabbed 3 rebounds in the first half and posted 13 and 4 in the second. He scored 8 points in the final 6 minutes, including 6 free throws to all but ice the game.

After this monster game in the principality, it is back to France for Petrusev on Thursday when he and Zvezda visit LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne. Rest assured, he is not overlooking that opponent: "We came here for two wins on this road trip and we have one more at ASVEL in two days, so we need to forget this game and focus on ASVEL tomorrow."

With Petrusev playing the way he did in Monaco, he and Zvezda can be a threat to every opponent as they seek their fourth road win of the campaign.

The big man tied his career best with 25 points scored

AS Monaco v Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade (2024-11-12T18:00:00.000Z)

After a first half that saw him score zero points, Nigel Hayes-Davis erupted for 25 in the second half to ensure Fenerbahce Beko beat FC Bayern Basketball in Round 9.

Nigel Hayes-Davis flipped the switch against Bayern

Things were not looking good for [Nigel Hayes-Davis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nigel-hayes-davis/008962/) heading into the halftime break during [Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul's Round 9 content against FC Bayern Munich](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/hayes-davis-leads-fenerbahce-past-bayern-87-76/). But, that pause in the game seemed to do him the world of good as he came out for the second half a different man.

Hayes-Davis did not have a good start, picking up two quick fouls and missing three consecutive shots as Bayern built a double-digit lead, 11-21. He barely saw playing time in the second quarter and had a goose egg at halftime. It’s not to say that he lit things up immediately after the break, either, picking up a turnover and missing two more shots to take him to 0 of 6 from the field.

Once Hayes-Davis found his rhythm, however, things were very different. Hayes-Davis went on to score his next nine shots, starting with back-to-back three-pointers. He had 18 points in the final 7 minutes to break a Fenerbahce club record for most points in a third quarter, and by the time he followed a driving layup with a bomb from beyond the arc, his team led 67-58 after 30 minutes.

Far from stopping there, Hayes-Davis banked in a close shot early in the fourth quarter and buried his fifth three-pointer to pretty much seal the outcome, 72-58. Once Hayes-Davis took a rest, Fenerbahce found a new go-to guy who had been off target until that moment in [Tarik Biberovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/tarik-biberovic/006961/). After being scoreless for the majority of the game, Biberovic scored all 11 of his points in the final 6 minutes to make sure Bayern did not get back into the game.

Hayes-Davis finished the game with 25 points, which all came in the second half. That's four second-half points less than when [he had 50 against ALBA Berlin last season](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/nigel-hayes-davis-sets-euroleague-single-game-scoring-record-with-50-points/) to break the EuroLeague's all-time single-game scoring record.

"It was actually [Devon Hall](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/devon-hall/011205/). I have a little thing I like to do with him about microwave in the second half, and he doesn't believe in me, so his negativity infused me," Hayes-Davis joked after the game. "Teammates believed in me, Coach drew plays for me and at the start of the second half, even when I had zero points, I ultimately just believed in myself. The things I say to myself when I walk on the court, positive self-talk. I just try a better teammate and help the team win."

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Play-caller Saras Jasikevicius was particularly impressed with the mental strength that Fenerbahce’s No. 11 showed on the night.

"It is fantastic how he kept going and didn't lose his composure, his confidence,” he said. “It is his second game in a row that he is doing the right thing, basically getting himself in foul trouble by doing the right things for the team. So in Lyon \[against ASVEL\] and here, he was in foul trouble but ultimately didn't lose his composure, didn't lose his confidence and became so hot in the second half that he was impossible to stop."

Fenerbahce is on a four-game winning streak, a period in which Hayes-Davis has averaged 23.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and a PIR of 23.3. He now travels to a familiar place as he comes up against his former team, Zalgiris Kaunas, on the road in Round 10 on Friday.

He went scoreless in the first half but then scored 25 points after the break

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v FC Bayern Munich (2024-11-12T17:45:00.000Z)

Real Madrid remained undefeated at WiZink Center by downing Virtus Segafredo Bologna 98-86 in the Spanish capital in Round 9 on Tuesday. 


Real bounces back against Virtus, 98-86! 

Real Madrid remained undefeated at WiZink Center by downing Virtus Segafredo Bologna 98-86 in the Spanish capital in Round 9 on Tuesday. 

Real improved to 4-5 in the standings, snapping a three-game losing streak, while Virtus dropped to 2-7. Mario Hezonja led the winners with 20 points. Xavier Rathan-Mayes added 17, Facu Campazzo and Walter Tavares each had 14 while Serge Ibaka had 11 for Real. Toko Shengelia led Virtus with 20 points. Isaia Cordinier added 18, Will Clyburn had 15 while Momo Diouf and Marco Belinelli each got 10 for the visitors.

Game Videos

Tavares got Real going with a layup and soon added an alley-oop dunk for a 5-0 lead. Cordinier banked in a three-pointer and soon added a reverse layup in a 0-6 run that gave Virtus its first lead, 5-6. Hezonja scored in the low post and erased Shengelia's layup with a dunk. Ante Zizic hit a jump hook, which Clyburn followed with a corner triple for a 9-13 score. Hezonja answered from downtown. After Clyburn hit a jumper, Campazzo's layup drew Real within 14-15. Shengelia improved on Eli Ndiaye's tip-in with a three-point play. Clyburn and Hezonja traded triples and Tavares gave Real a 23-21 lead. Rathan-Mayes buried a fadeaway jumper, then Shengelia and Hezonja each struck from beyond the arc for a 28-24 score. Diouf got Virtus closer, 28-25, after 10 minutes.

Matt Morgan followed Diouf's put-back layup with a three-pointer for a 28-30 Virtus lead early in the second quarter. Shengelia shocked the crowd with a high-flying tip-in and Clyburn added a fastbreak layup, prompting Real to call a timeout at 28-34 after a 0-10 run. Rathan-Mayes rescued the hosts with a triple and Ibaka added a jump hook for a 33-34 Real deficit. Diouf dunked and Shengelia banked in a jump hook, but Ibaka followed a two-handed slam with a triple that tied it at 38-38. Rathan-Mayes insisted from downtown, but Zizic buried a jump hook and Marco Belinelli's three-pointer gave Virtus a 41-44 edge. Sergio Llull joined the three-point shootout, Gabriel Deck added a three-point play and Tavares's dunk gave Real fresh air at 50-44. Llull sank another triple, but Cordinier gor the visitors within 53-49 at halftime.

Shengelia followed a triple with a step-back fadeaway jumper soon after the break. Alberto Abalde answered from downtown and Campazzo added a floater for a 58-54 score. Shengelia insisted from beyond the arc. Tavares scored down low and Abalde's second triple boosted his team's lead to 63-57. Campazzo found Hezonja for a layup that caused Virtus to call timeout at 65-57. Cordinier sank a three-pointer, Abalde answered with a layup and Campazzo's triple made it a double-digit game, 72-60. Clyburn hit a three-pointer over Tavares and added a jump hook. Campazzo found Hezonja for a triple and hit a circus shot. Rayjon Tucker banked in a running floater that Campazzo somehow matched at the other end for an 80-67 Real lead after 30 minutes.

Rathan-Mayes buried a three-pointer early in the fourth quarter. Belinelli hit a leaning shot that a red-hot Rathan-Hayes bettered with another triple. Belinelli kept pacing Virtus with an unbelievable three-pointer. Ibaka scored around the basket and Hezonja soon made it 90-74, with les than 6 minutes left. Zizic scored off a high-post pick-and-roll play, Deck bettered that with a layup-plus-foul and by the time Rathan-Mayes downed his fifth three-pointer everything was said and done, as Real had cruised to yet another convincing home victory.

'Los Blancos' ended their three-game losing streak in style

Real bounces back against Virtus, 98-86

Real Madrid v Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2024-11-12T19:45:00.000Z)

Despite missing eight first-team players due to injury, ALBA Berlin managed to beat Olimpia Milano 105-101 in overtime in Round 9 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Undermanned ALBA showed incredible fight to beat Milan in OT, 105-101

The odds were truly stacked against ALBA Berlin heading into its Round 9 clash against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, with the German side missing eight first-team regulars due to injury. Yet, Israel Gonzalez’s side pulled off the unthinkable by going on to beat the Italian opponent 105-101 in overtime at Mercedes-Benz Arena on Tuesday night. As a result of this scoreline, ALBA improved to 2-7 and Milan dropped to 3-6.

Most of ALBA’s scoring came courtesy of four men, with Gabriele Procida (29 points), Trevion Williams (23), Jonas Mattisseck (21) and Matteo Spagnolo (20) all netting 20 points or more. All four players recorded career highs in scoring. Williams also grabbed 11 rebounds to give him a double-double, with this being the third game this season that he has pulled down a double-digit number of boards. 

Two 18-year-olds, Dorian Grosber and Amon Doerries, made their EuroLeague debuts in this game, while another 18-year-old, Anton Nufer, had played just 2:48 minutes in the competition and more than doubled that total in Round 9.

For Milan, Nikola Mirotic had a 28-point, 10-rebound double-double, Zach LeDay netted 23 points, Neno Dimitrijevic added 14, and Stefano Tonut finished with 10.

There was plenty of scoring in the early going as Milan went 3 for 3 on triples to take an early 2-9 lead, but ALBA started to find its feet and managed to go 13-11 ahead after back-to-back triples by Procida and Mattisseck. However, that would prove to be the last time ALBA was ahead for quite some time. LeDay was causing all sorts of problems for the ALBA defense and helped spur an 11-0 run that put Milan in the driving seat, 13-22. Spagnolo came to the fore late in the first quarter by scoring 6 points to cut the deficit to four points, 19-23, at the end of the period.

Procida’s layup to start the second quarter made it a one-possession ballgame, 21-23, but Milan continued to find ways to keep ALBA at arm’s length, first through Mirotic and then via Armoni Brooks and Tonut. Still, the visitors were unable to pull away, and Procida leveled the score at 31-31 after capitalizing on a Fabien Causeur to score a fast-break layup. That only seemed to rile up Milan, which reeled off 10 straight points to make it 31-41. That distance more or less remained in check the rest of the way before halftime, with Milan leading 43-55 at the break.

It became the Italian show for ALBA once the third quarter got underway as Procida and Spagnolo combined to devastating effect to reduce the gap to five points, 52-57. Milan reestablished its double-digit advantage through Causeur, Dimitrijevic and LeDay, with the score swelling to 55-68, but there was a good response by ALBA. In particular, Mattisseck and Williams really stood up on the offensive end to make Milan uncomfortable once more, then Procida’s layup with the final play of the period reduced the gap to eight points, 69-77.

The fight that ALBA showed throughout showed no signs of slowing down, even if the hosts were missing several key players, and it was Mattisseck and Rapieque who helped get the German side within touching distance of Milan, 80-83. Williams kept thriving inside and Spagnolo was getting more involved, with his jumper making it 84-86. Williams twice helped ALBA get within two points of the visitors, 86-88 and 88-90, but it was Spagnolo’s layup and then Tim Schneider’s 2 made free throws that saw Coach Gonzalez’s men finally level it up at 92-92 and send the game to overtime.

In what seemed like a good omen, Mirotic fouled Williams on the tip, giving ALBA a 94-92 advantage and its first lead since it was 13-11 in the first quarter. Mirotic didn’t take long to tie the game once more, but Procida’s three-point play and Schneider’s wing three had visiting coach Ettore Messina sweating on the sideline, 100-94. Tonut reduced the deficit with a perfect trip to the line, 100-96, but Mattisseck caused the roof to come off Mercedes-Benz Arena with his fifth triple on the night, 103-96. Even when Nico Mannion hit a three-pointer with 23 seconds left to make it 103-101, Procida kept his cool from the line with 6 seconds remaining as ALBA came away with a memorable 105-101 triumph.

The home team's fans will not forget this game any time soon

ALBA Berlin v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2024-11-12T19:00:00.000Z)

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens returned to winning ways with a hard-fought home win over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, 93-87, having trailed for the lion’s share of the contest before hitting top gear in the last 4 minutes in Round 9 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. 

Panathinaikos finds another gear to subdue Maccabi, 93-87 

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens returned to winning ways with a hard-fought home win over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, 93-87, having trailed for the lion’s share of the contest before hitting top gear in the last 4 minutes in Round 9 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

Kendrick Nunn paced Panathinaikos with 21 points and 4 assists, while Mathias Lessort racked up 18 points and 6 boards. Cedi Osman and Juancho Hernangomez chipped in with 12 points each while Jerian Grant added 11 for the home team, which improved to 6-3 as it bounced back from last week’s Greek derby defeat at the hands of eternal rival Olympiacos Piraeus.

At the other end, Roman Sorkin led Maccabi with 21 points and 7 boards. Jaylen Hoard amassed 14 points and 5 rebounds and Rokas Jokubaitis netted 13 points for the visitors, who dropped to 3-6 after suffering their fifth defeat in the last six games.

Maccabi made a tremendous start and caused the Greens all sorts of problems inside, with Hoard doing the damage early on as the home team’s incensed head coach Ergin Ataman called a timeout inside the first minute of the game. Maccabi led 21-25 at the end of the first quarter as it sank 10 of 13 shots from two-point range while Panathinaikos committed 5 turnovers in the opening 10 minutes.

The hosts closed the gap to 27-29 early in the second but Maccabi held firm and engineered its biggest lead of the night, 33-45, late in the first half before Panathinaikos managed to trim its deficit to 37-47 at halftime. The misfiring hosts shot 2 of 10 from deep in the opening 20 minutes, having also committed 10 turnovers while losing the battle of the boards 11-15.

Panathinaikos came up with an 8-0 run early in the third to close in on the visiting team, 49-51, but stubborn Maccabi refused to relinquish its lead and headed into the final 10 minutes 60-63 ahead, although Lessort made some big plays in the pain to keep his team’s challenge alive.

Maccabi looked the more likely winner when a 0-8 run at the start of the fourth gave the visitors a 60-71 lead, but Panathinaikos once again dug deep into its vast resources to flip the script and come out on top. With Nunn and Lessort carrying the effort, Hernangomez and Osman joined the party with clutch shots from downtown as Panathinaikos nosed ahead for the first time, 79-76, with 4 minutes left on the clock.

Maccabi was still in it before a Lessort blitz basically sealed the contest, as the big man did it all in less than 60 seconds several plays later. He sank a pair of free throws to make it 86-82, then smothered a defensive rebound and finally dished out a pass to Hernangomez to nail a triple that effectively forced Maccabi into submission. The visitors battled hard to force a final twist but it never came as ice-cool free throw shooting in the final minute saw Panathinaikos grab a precious win in its bid to stay in the playoff picture.   

The reigning champs trailed for 36 minutes and then turned the tide behind Mathias Lessort and Kendrick Nunn

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens v Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (2024-11-12T19:15:00.000Z)

Anadolu Efes Istanbul earned a crucial victory in the early fight for the play-in spots as it knocked off Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 84-89 on the road to hand the Spanish side its first home defeat. 

Efes gets crucial road win, hands Baskonia first home loss

Anadolu Efes Istanbul earned a crucial victory in the early fight for the play-in spots as it knocked off Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 84-89 on the road to hand the Spanish side its first home defeat. Efes entered the game in 10th place and wasted a 15-point lead, but improved to 5-4 including a 4-1 road record.

Elijah Bryant scored 20 points to go with 8 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners, who also saw Darius Thompson pour in 18 points and Rodrigue Beaubois drain 5 three-pointers for 16 points.

Baskonia, which was 11th coming into the contest, fell to 4-5 including 4-1 at Buesa Arena. Chima Moneke paced the hosts with 22 points and Khalifa Diop had 13 points and 9 rebounds. Markus Howard missed all four of his three-point attempts in going scoreless - just the second time in 80 games that he failed to score a point after Round 26 in 2022-23 against Valencia in just 7:26 minutes. 

Beaubois started the game hot with a three-pointer for a 0-5 lead. Ousmane Ndiaye knocked down 2 triples at the other end and Trent Forrest had 4 points as Baskonia led 16-12. Beaubois drained his third and fourth three-pointers of the quarter in a 0-10 Efes run to pull ahead 16-22. Baskonia finished the quarter strong and was down 21-24.

Baskonia was still close at 24-29 when Efes’s defense held tough and Bryant and Stanley Johnson knocked down triples in a 5-15 run for a 29-44 cushion. Baskonia went into the locker room on a high note with a 10-2 close of the first half thanks to 5 points from Nikos Rogkavopoulos to trail 39-46.

Baskonia retained the momentum from the end of the first half and held Efes scoreless for more than 5 minutes. Moneke converted a three-point play and Kamar Baldwin drained a triple in a 12-0 start to the third quarter for a 51-46 lead. Efes countered with three and-ones of its own and Thompson knocked down back-to-back threes as the visitors went up 61-63. The score was 63-65 after 30 minutes.

Efes drained 3 three-pointers and was ahead 70-74 in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter. The visitors went cold again and Baskonia answered with the next 7 points to lead 77-74. Efes punched back with 4 straight points to move back ahead and start a string of five lead changes with Thompson hitting a triple with 80 seconds left to make it 82-83. Bryant followed with a layup off the glass and Efes went up 82-85 with 28 seconds remaining. After Moneke and Bryant swapped free throws, Moneke was called for an offensive foul with 8 seconds left to give Efes the win.

Elijah Bryant came up big for the visitors 

Olympiacos Piraeus extended its winning streak to four games by edging LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 94-92 on Tuesday at the Peace and Friendship Stadium. 

Olympiacos outlasts ASVEL, 94-92

Olympiacos Piraeus extended its winning streak to four games by edging LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 94-92 on Tuesday at the Peace and Friendship Stadium. The hosts were trailing for most of the game, but managed to mow down ASVEL in the last 3 minutes of the game. With the win, Olympiacos improved its record to 6-3. Despite its huge effort in Piraeus, ASVEL fell to 2-7.

Sasha Vezenkov paced Olympiacos with 21 points and Evan Fournier netted 20. Nikola Milutinov chipped in with 13 points and 7 rebounds for a team-high PIR of 26.

An extraordinary Theo Maledon led all scorers with a career-high 31 points, with Joffrey Lauvergne and Shaquille Harrison netting 16 and 15 points, respectively. Mbaye Ndiaye recorded 11 points and David Lighty added 10 in a losing effort.

Fournier and Vezenkov netted from inside, but Lighty scored ASVEL’s first 5 points of the game and Maledon nailed two straight triples for a 6-11 lead. Fournier’s triple was followed by Maledon’s layup. Kostas Papanikolaou drilled a corner three to bring Olympiacos within 12-13. Baskets from Lauvergne sandwiched a Milutinov bucket, as ASVEL extended its lead to 14-19. The visitors fired on all cylinders, with Maledon and Ndiaye drilling back-to-back triples for a 16-25 cushion. Then, Harrison and Tarik Black netted in the paint to open an 18-29 margin.  Moses Wright and Thomas Walkup made 3 free throws each, cutting the difference to 24-29 after 10 minutes.

Alec Peters opened the second quarter with a triple, but Maledon responded with a layup to make it 27-31. Harrison and Peters traded baskets before Charles Kahudi nailed a high-flying layup to maintain a 29-35 lead. Lauvergne completed a three-point play and then nailed a triple, with an Ndiaye slam giving ASVEL a 31-43 cushion. Yet, Olympiacos reacted, as 4 points from Milutinov and 2 triples from Luca Vildoza brought the hosts within 41-43. Yet, a Harrison dunk off a steal was followed by a triple from Ndiaye for a 42-50 lead at the break.

Moustapha Fall netted Olympiacos’s first 7 points of the third quarter to bring the hosts within 49-54. ASVEL responded with Lighty scoring 5 points and Harrison nailing a layup that extended the visitors’ lead to 49-61. Vezenkov took over with a triple and two buckets from inside to bring Olympiacos within 58-63. Maledon and Fournier exchanged triples before Vezenkov completed a three-point play to trim the deficit to 65-67. Then, Harrison and Kahudi netted inside, but a deep triple from Fournier cut the difference to 71-73 heading into the closing quarter.

Fournier and Kahudi exchanged buckets before Milutinov made 2 from the line to bring Olympiacos within 75-76. But Maledon was cooking, as he netted a triple before completing a three-point play for a 77-82 lead. Fournier and Lauvergne then traded baskets from inside before a corner triple from Walkup and a Vezenkov bucket tied it at 84-84. Lauvergne dunked off a pick-and-roll play, but Walkup netted a big three and Fournier scored a long two-pointer to give Olympiacos an 89-86 cushion with 1:40 left on the clock. After Nigel Williams-Goss nailed 2 free throws, a triple from Ndiaye made it 92-89 with 0:47 remaining. Fournier made a couple of free throws before Maledon went 3-for-3 from the line, but it wasn’t enough for ASVEL to stun Olympiacos.

Sasha Vezenkov led the Reds with 21 points  

Olympiacos Piraeus v LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (2024-11-12T19:00:00.000Z)

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade proved too strong for AS Monaco on Tuesday night with a 90-98 come-from-behind win at Salle Gaston Medecin. 

Zvezda tops Monaco on the road, 90-98

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade proved too strong for AS Monaco on Tuesday night with a 90-98 come-from-behind win at Salle Gaston Medecin. After allowing 54 first-half points, Zvezda held the hosts to just 36 in the last 20 minutes. The result left both teams with 5-4 records.

Filip Petrusev dominated with 25 points – including 11 of 11 free-throw shooting – and Codi Miller-McIntyre added 20 points for the winners. Isaiah Canaan knocked down 3 three-pointers in scoring 11 and Nikola Kalinic contributed 8 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists for Zvezda. Elie Okobo and Mike James each netted 20 in defeat and Donatas Motiejunas and Jordan Loyd scored 10 points apiece.

Donatas Motiejunas banked in a hook shot and James took a steal in for a layup as Monaco took charge. Nikola Kalinic put the visitors on the scoreboard only to see threes by Vitto Brown and Jordan Loyd make it 10-2, prompting a Zvezda timeout. Kalinic came to the rescue with a triple and soon a slam by Uros Plavnic and 4 points by Miller-McIntyre had Zvezda within 15-11. The Zvezda guard then tied the score at 16-16 with a three-pointer. Petrusev heated up and gave the visitors their first lead, 20-21, with a three-point play. Georgios Papagiannis evened things at 26-26 after 10 minutes.

Okobo and Petrusev swapped threes in the first minute of the second quarter, which gave Petrusev 10 points on the night. Petr Cornelie, making his first appearance of the season, attacked the basket for a three-point play and Loyd buried a jumper as Monaco went back ahead. Petrusev and Isaiah Canaan kept Zvezda close, while Okobo continued to generate offense for the hosts. Yago Dos Santos’s first score drew Zvezda within 41-39 midway through the quarter. Matthew Strazel scored the next 5 points for Monaco before Canaan answered with his third three of the night. Monaco twice extended the lead back out to 8 before Nemanja Nedovic’s steal and layup made it 54-48 at the break.

Rokas Giedraitis beat the shot clock with a three from the corner and Miller-McIntyre sank free throws to trim Zvezda’s deficit to 56-53 early in the second half. Soon after, the latter’s stutter move evened the game at 60-60. Despite another basket from Okobo, Petrusev’s three-pointer gave Zvezda the lead, 62-63, midway through the third quarter. Miller-McIntyre added a three-point play in transition before James answered with a jumper for Monaco. The teams traded points for several minutes and Zvezda held its slim lead until Okobo beat the third-quarter buzzer with a jumper that tied the score at 74-74.

Luka Mitrovic nosed Zvezda back in front and Milos Teodosic added a three-pointer. His next three gave Zvezda a promising 76-84 cushion. Motiejunas revived the hosts, but Petrusev kept Zvezda humming. Loyd connected from deep to get the hosts within 4 with 3 minutes remaining, however Petrusev continued to shine for Zvezda with a rebound and 2 more free throws. A triple by Canaan with 2 minutes left was another blow to Monaco. Giedraitis made it 85-94. Miller-McIntyre fouled out and James scored 5 points as Monaco tried to chase down the visitors, but it was too little, too late, as Petrusev put the game on ice.

The visitors took control of the game in the second half