[Zach LeDay](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/zach-leday/008987/) of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade led all scorers in Game 4 with 25 points. Olympiacos Piraeus star [Sasha Vezenkov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/sasha-vezenkov/003469/) remains the scoring leader this season with 17.2 points per night.

Two players – [Dzanan Musa](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/dzanan-musa/006540/) of Real Madrid and [Mike James](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/mike-james/005985/) of AS Monaco – grabbed 8 rebounds in Game 4, more than anyone else. Partizan center [Mathias Lessort](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/mathias-lessort/003842/) is the league's top rebounder this season, averaging 7.2 boards per contest.

[Sergio Rodriguez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/sergio-rodriguez/cvm/) of Real dished the most assists in Game 4 with 7. Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz playmaker [Darius Thompson](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/darius-thompson/011078/) leads the league with 6.7 dimes per game.

[Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/lorenzo-brown/009622/) of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and [Isaiah Canaan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/isaiah-canaan/010612/) of Olympiacos both recorded 3 steals apiece in Game 4. Olympiacos guard [Thomas Walkup](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/thomas-walkup/008855/) leads the way for steals this season with 1.9 per night.

Game 4 MVP, Real's [Walter Tavares](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/walter-tavares/005791/) had 2 blocks, the highest of any player. The Real center remains the league leader for blocked shots with 2.2 per game.

Game 4 individual highs: Zach LeDay, Partizan, 25 points

Playoffs Game 4 MVP: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid

[Walter Tavares](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/walter-tavares/005791/) once again lifted Real Madrid to a 78-85 road win over Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in Game 4 of the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs, which tied the series at 2-2 on Thursday night and saw the big man earn his second MVP of the Round accolade this week. Tavares scored 15 points, making 4-of-7 two-point shots and 7-of-8 free throws, while he also pulled down 7 rebounds, including 4 on the offensive glass, and had 2 steals and 2 blocks for a PIR of 30, the highest of any player in Game 4. With his Game 4 MVP, Tavares became the first player to secure MVP honors in back-to-back playoff games since his former teammate and 2018 EuroLeague MVP Luka Doncic did so in Games 3 and 4 in 2017. This is Tavares's third MVP of the Round award this season and the sixth in his career.

Game 4's second-best PIR is shared by two players, Partizan's [Zach LeDay](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/zach-leday/008987/) and Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv's [Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/lorenzo-brown/009622/), who each had a rating of 25. LeDay scored 25 points on 12-for-14 two-point shooting and also grabbed 3 rebounds in a loss against Real, while Brown collected 22 points on 6-for-8 three-point shooting, in addition to recording 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 rebounds in a 104-69 win over AS Monaco. Olympiacos Piraeus guard [Shaquielle McKissic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shaquielle-mckissic/007853/) had a 23 PIR in his side's road loss at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, as he amassed 20 points and 5 rebounds. Rounding out the list of best Game 4 performers is Brown's teammate, [Wade Baldwin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/wade-baldwin-iv/009863/), as he had 19 points, 6 assists, 2 rebounds and a steal for a PIR of 21.

Walter Tavares once again lifted Real Madrid to a 78-85 road win over Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in Game 4 of the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs, which tied the series at 2-2 on Thursday night and saw the big man earn his second MVP of the Round accolade this week.

Walter Tavares | Playoffs Game 4 MVP | 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge: Playoffs Game 4 winner!

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans, we have our 38th winner in the [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge, powered by Ardu Prime](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/)! George Tsolkas beat everyone else in Playoffs Game 4 as his team Coach-B had a whopping Fantasy Challenge score of 211.6.

Dimitris used the following lineup: Walter Tavares (team captain) and Dzanan Musa of Real Madrid, Mike James of AS Monaco, Dyshawn Pierre of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and Wade Baldwin of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv all as starters. Lorenzo Brown of Maccabi was his sixth man.

The bench featured Josh Nebo of Maccabi, Alec Peters and Isaiah Canaan of Olympiacos Piraeus and Nigel Hayes-Davis of Fenerbahce. His coach was Oded Kattash of Maccabi.

The prize for finishing first in Round 38 is a free subscription to EuroLeague TV for the 2023-24 season!

Andreas Zeppos is atop the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge overall standings. Andreas leads everyone else with a score of 6,566.78 fantasy points.

Trades are now open for Game 5 of the playoffs. Remember, unlimited trading is allowed before each round until the end of the season, throughout the playoffs and the Final Four!

The first game in this round is Olympiacos vs. Fenerbahce, scheduled on Tuesday, May 9 at 20:30 CEST, making that the next round's deadline for trades.

Try to improve your teams and challenge for more prizes at the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge, powered by Ardu Prime!

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul head coach Dimitris Itoudis has no doubt about exactly why his team – the eighth seed heading into the playoffs – has been able to force regular-season standings leader Olympiacos Piraeus into a fifth and decisive game in his native Greece next week.

Fenerbahce’s defense put the clamps on Olympiacos… again

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul head coach Dimitris Itoudis has no doubt about exactly why his team – the eighth seed heading into the playoffs – has been able to force regular-season standings leader Olympiacos Piraeus into a fifth and decisive game in his native Greece next week.

Following Friday’s do-or-die 73-69 home victory, which kept Fenerbahce’s Final Four dreams alive, Coach Itoudis noted: “Overall in the series, strategically and defensively, we’ve managed to keep Olympiacos below 20 points in each quarter. I think \[that in\] only one quarter they scored 26. That’s a huge effort defensively.”

Although his exact figures aren’t quite accurate – Olympiacos scored 27 during the final quarter of Game 3 – his general point is absolutely right. With just 79, 78, 72 and 69 points scored in the four games, Olympiacos has been restricted to an increasingly lower points tally game by game, failing to reach the 80-point mark in four consecutive games for the first time this season. In fact, it never previously happened more than two games in a row. During the regular season, the Reds averaged 84 points per game; in the playoffs, that figure has dropped to just 74.5.

“They have extremely good and talented players and a great system,” continued Itoudis. “The fact that today they were sharing only 11 assists says something, too.” He’s right again, with Fenerbahce’s clever defensive schemes and all-out hustle enjoying great success in slowing down the Greek team’s usual fast tempo, as those 11 assists – nearly half the Olympiacos season average of 21.1 – were also accompanied by 14 turnovers.

Although the struggles of Sasha Vezenkov will get the most attention, an equally telling victim of Fenerbahce’s defense is sharpshooter Giannoulis Larentzakis, who averaged more than 1 triple per game during the regular season with a conversion rate of 39%. His figures so far in this playoff series? Just 1 field goal across the four games, with a 16.7% success rate.

Against Itoudis’s defensive schemes, nothing is coming easily for the Reds.

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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v Olympiacos Piraeus (2023-05-05T17:45:00.000Z)

Tyler Dorsey, Fenerbahce: 'Every game’s come down to the wire'

### Dimitris Itoudis, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul head coach

“I want to say congratulations to our team, everybody: those that played the game and those that were not dressed due to injuries or the fact that we need to dress \[just\] 12 players. Everybody deserves congratulations. Overall in the series, strategically and defensively, we’ve managed to keep Olympiacos below 20 points in each quarter; I think \[that in\] only one quarter they scored 26. That’s a huge effort defensively on their key players – they have extremely good and talented players and a great system. The fact that today they were sharing only 11 assists says something, too. We had issues, and obviously this was a close game – they took over, we took over – but we stayed composed. We’ve got to fix offensive boards and turnovers; they’re playing good defense too. Big applause to the fans, they kept believing in us. Even though in Game 3 they hit a big shot, they kept believing. And in this process as a new team, we proved that we deserve to be over here this year and that we can play with and compete with whoever, with huge respect to Olympiacos. We got to a tiebreak, to the final \[game of the series\]. It’s not going to be easy, but we’ll try to analyze and leave it to the moments. The players trust and believe the process. A lot of things happen behind closed doors. In any business, you get a reward for what you’re doing behind closed doors. You’re getting rewards in front of the fans, in the lights, but you get those rewards for your effort behind closed doors. The guys are working hard and it’s not an easy process. We have a lot of new systems, but it helps that from the management to the personnel and the fans, we’re believing in the process. We’re trying to build and everybody deserves congratulations. It’s not over. Before Game 1 I had the feeling it would be a long series – it is a long series and we’re enjoying the moment right now.”

### Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos Piraeus head coach

“Dyshawn Pierre scored three-point shots which were crucial in that moment of the game. We needed to be careful to avoid his shots, because we mentioned that this guy would be the decision-maker, the crucial guy. We allowed him to make 3 open shots, and he made them. Congratulations, it was a game as we expected it to be, a tough game, and now we have a game on our home court. This is our chance now.

“Another tough game, difficult for both teams. With the pressure \[Fenerbahce applied\], we made a lot of mistakes. I’m not talking about turnovers, I’m talking about mistakes on defense and offense.”

### Dyshawn Pierre, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul forward

“We’re happy that we could get this win and stretch it to Game 5. Obviously, me making open shots was on my teammates. A lot of the attention was on the big men, especially Johnathan Motley, who got the ball out to open shooters, and luckily we were able to make the shots. It’s going to be an interesting atmosphere in Piraeus. Obviously we’re excited, we knew it would be a hard series, but we trust in ourselves and we’ve seen that we can beat them. We’ve just got to get the next one.

(Message for the fans): "We really feel the support – thank you for coming out tonight. It was a great atmosphere, it’s like this always but today was a little bit special. So, thank you and we’re gonna try to get the win in Greece for y’all.”

### Tyler Dorsey, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul guard

“We laid it all on the line. It’s elimination. We made mistakes, both teams made mistakes. It’s been a tough series; every game’s been coming down to the wire, so I expect nothing less for Game 5. It’s amazing, we battled and we gotta get prepared. We’ve got a couple of days and we’ve got to focus. No matter how it goes, we’ve got to play hard and leave it on the line \[in Piraeus\]. We’ve got a big opportunity. We talked about turnovers, that was the big thing at halftime – trying to limit that – and we did better in the second half. We’ll learn from that. We’ll look at the film and we can’t do that in Game 5. Everything’s going to be critical and we’ll get better. We get another game to look at things and that’s a blessing. We’re coming, we’ve got this mentality and we’re here for a reason. They’re the No. 1 team and we’re the eighth seed, and we’re taking them to Game 5. We should be proud, but we want more and we’ve got a chance to make the Final Four. We’ve put ourselves in a great position, now we’ve got to let this game go and get ready.”

Game 4 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs delivers a trio of games which could see Final Four tickets secured…or series pushed to the limit and a decisive Game 5. Here's a look at what's at stake.

Fenerbahce joins Maccabi, Real Madrid in forcing Game 5! 

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The first night of Game 4s of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs assured a pair of Game 5s next week as Maccabi blew out Monaco at home. Meanwhile, Real Madrid evened its series 2-2 with a second consecutive win on the floor of Partizan. On of those teams will make playoffs history next week: Partizan, as the first Game 5 road winner ever or Real Madrid as the first team to come back from an 0-2 deficit to reach the Final Four. But first, there's another Game 4 on Friday, with Olympiacos seeking to qualify for Kaunas when it visits Fenerbahce two nights after Kostas Sloukas stole Game 3 on the buzzer.

### [Fenerbahce 73-69 Olympiacos | FINAL](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul-olympiacos-piraeus/E2022/319/)

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul became the third team to force Game 5 in the playoffs by rallying late to beat Olympiacos Piraeus 73-69 and even their series 2-2. Game 5 is next Tuesday in Piraeus, Greece.  The first three quarters ended with one-point differences, and there were 17 ties and lead changes before Fenerbahce surged in the final 5 minutes. Nigel Hayes-Davis had flipped the scoreboard and brought down the house with consecutive triples to open the fourth quarter, putting Fenerbahce suddenly in charge. 54-49. Soon enough, though, Shaquielle McKissic was attacking the rim for 5 straight points that put Olympiacos up 56-58. The lead then changed hands three times in a row, the last on Dyshawn Pierre's triple at 62-60 . Free throws and another Pierre three-pointer marked a 67-61 lead, the game's biggest yet, with 2:42 remaining. Tyler Dorsey's deep three a minute later was answered in kind by McKissic at 70-66. Pierre and McKissic traded threes next, already in the final minute, but Olympiacos ran out of time after that. Pierre led the winners with 17 points while Dorsey added 16 and Hayes-Davis 12. McKissic had 20 for Olympiacos

 7DAYS Magic Moment: Papanikolaou’s transition slam!


### [Maccabi 104-69 Monaco | FINAL](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade-real-madrid/E2022/321/)

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv avoided elimination with its first home playoff win in eight years in spectacular fashion on Thursday, blowing out AS Monaco 104-69 to force a do-or-die Game 5 next week in their series. After trailing 17-24 after 10 minutes, Maccabi outscored Monaco 62-29 in the middle quarters to win going away. The backcourt duo of Lorenzo Brown and Wade Baldwin led six Maccabi double-digit scorers with 22 and 19 points, respectively. A 20-0 run to start the second quarter turned the game around and Maccabi never looked back on the way to a Game 5 date in Monaco next Wednesday.

7DAYS Magic Moment: Brown and Baldwin combine off inbounds

### [Partizan 78-85 Real Madrid | FINAL](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-as-monaco/E2022/320/)

In a series whose unique circumstances won't be forgotten for a very long time, Real Madrid downed host Partizan Mozzart Bet Begrade 78-85 on Thursday to force a Game 5 next week to settle the matter. Mario Hezonja put Real up 55-63 to start the fourth but Dante Exum, Mathias Lessort and Ioannis Papapetrou soon cut that to 62-65. Sergio Rodriguez, from downtown, helped Real maintain a 66-71 advantage. Zach LeDay emerged from a timeout with back-to-back baskets at 70-71, but Gabriel Deck and Rodriguez combined for 5 points that put Real up 72-76. LeDay was smooth as silk from the baseline, then his collision with Deck left the Real player limping to the locker room. Nigel Williams-Goss hit 4 free throws to make it 74-80 with under 2 minutes left. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Yam Madar stole and scored twice in just 3 seconds to make it 78-80 with 1:19 left. An amazing third-chance put-back-and-one by Tavares put Real up 78-83 inside the final minute and Dzanan Musa's layup settled it. Tavares and Adam Hanga had 15 points each for Real while Zach LeDay led all scorers with 25 for Partizan.

 7DAYS Magic Moments: Papapetrou beats the buzzer! 

Fenerbahce joins Maccabi, Real Madrid in forcing Game 5!

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv v AS Monaco (2023-05-04T18:05:00.000Z)

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v Real Madrid (2023-05-04T18:30:00.000Z)

Fenerbahce beats Olympiacos, 73-69, to force a Game 5!

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Real's Gabriel Deck has torn knee ligament

As communicated by the club on Friday afternoon, Real Madrid forward [Gabriel Deck](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/gabriel-deck/009005/) is expected to miss  the rest of the playoff series against Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade due to injury. During Game 4 of the series on Thursday, Deck suffered a tear of the inner collateral ligament on his left knee in a fourth-quarter collision with Partizan forward Zach LeDay.

Deck scored 14 points and pulled 3 rebounds in the 33 minutes he was on court during Game 4 in Belgrade, more than any other player for Real. Next Wednesday, the series will travel back to Madrid, Spain, for the fifth and definitive game that will decide who advances to the 2023 Final Four in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Deck ranks second on Real Madrid this season in both average points (12.3) and rebounds (5.4), and third PIR (15.7).

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Real Madrid v Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2023-05-10T19:00:00.000Z)

Sergio Rodriguez steered Real with veteran savvy

Veteran guard [Sergio "El Chacho" Rodriguez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/sergio-rodriguez/cvm/) produced a masterclass performance on Thursday in helping steer Real Madrid to [a 78-85 road win at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade-real-madrid/E2022/321/) to even their best-of-five playoff series 2-2, forcing a decisive Game 5 in the Spanish capital next Wednesday.

It was a second successive win in Belgrade for last season's Turkish Airlines EuroLeague runner-up, which had dropped Games 1 and 2 at home before clawing its way back into the series on the road.

Big man Walter Tavares -- who had already stood out in Tuesday's lifeline 80-82 win at Stark Arena with 26 points and 11 rebounds -- played a huge role again in Game 4 as he completed a three-point play in the final minute, effectively sealing Real's victory. Tavares finished the game on 15 points and 7 rebounds as Real's joint top scorer alongside surprise package Adam Hanga.

However, the 36-year-old Rodriguez earned the plaudits this time as the unsung hero of a win that shifted the series back to Madrid, where the club with a record 10 EuroLeague titles will hope to finally make home-court advantage count.

Rodriguez, who won the 2015 EuroLeague crown during his first stint with Real and another with CSKA Moscow in 2019, posted 8 points and 7 assists in 18:21 minutes on the court, hitting both his three-point shots and a solitary one from two-point territory. It was a selfless and mature display from Rodriguez, who pulled the strings on offense and also marshalled the defensive effort after he came off the bench. 

Rodriguez may no longer have the same speed and agility that made him one of the most valued European guards in his prime. But his vision and experience makes him an indispensable part of Real's current roster, which aims to overcome three do-or-die games in order to reach the May 19-21 Final Four in Kaunas.

Sergio Rodriguez (8 points) Highlights vs. Partizan Mozzart Bet, 05/04/2023

In no small part thanks to "El Chacho's" commanding role, Real's confined Partizan's backcourt to a poor shooting night on Thursday, as Dante Exum and James Nunnally combined for just 8 points on 2-of-21 shooting from the floor. Yam Madar and Danilo Andjusic scored 13 between them, meaning that heroic performances from Zach Leday and Ioannis Papapetrou, who netted 25 and 18 points respectively, were not enough to see Partizan across the finish line.

As ever, Rodriguez was humble in victory, first extending his condolences to the families of the victims who died in Wednesday's mass shooting in a Belgrade elementary school. Game 4 had started in a somber atmosphere in the wake of the tragedy before the home fans got going in the second half.

"First of all I want to extend my condolences to all the people here in Belgrade, the atmosphere was very emotional," Rodriguez said in a flash-post game interview. "We were ready from the beginning and had our rhythm. Now we have to rest for a couple of days and be ready \[for Game 5\]. The energy will be crucial. We have been preparing ourselves from the beginning of the season for this moment and we now want to make the home-court advantage count."

With forward Gabriel Deck facing the possibility of missing the clash with a knee injury he picked up late in Game 4 and power forward Guerschon Yabusele suspended, Real will again rely on Rodriguez to provide an invaluable contribution in the club's quest to reach the Final Four.