### TJ Parker, LCLC ASVEL Villeurbanne head coach

“When we have intensity on defense, we’re a much better team. It also gets you rhythm offensively and after that we did a really good job. You’ve got those guys like Jonah Mathews, we've got Dee Bost, we've got Nando \[De Colo\]… We've got some weapons out there and, after that, we had to make some big shots and that’s what we did tonight.

“It was a good game and we knew what we had to do to win. At this stage, you have to produce defensive intensity and we did it for a long period of time. \[Jonah Mathews\] is the top guy; he had a good match-up against \[Giampaolo\] Ricci. I gave him the ball to be aggressive and he made tough shots. That’s what he does and, when it’s not him, we have two guys like Nando De Colo and Dee Bost on the court."

### Ettore Messina, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan head coach

“What made the difference was turnovers at crucial moments, and they hit 3 three-pointers that decided the game.

“They won, that’s the most important thing. Again, one more time, we failed. We had a five-point lead at one point and, unfortunately, as you saw… turnovers, not great shooting. It happens, but on top of that we missed free throws. I think 2-for-8 in the last quarter, but that’s part of the game. You cannot blame anybody for missing free throws, but for sure in the fourth quarter the decisions on the court were not good. We will keep working.”

Game Videos

### Jonah Mathews, LCLC ASVEL Villeurbanne forward

“We’ve been losing a couple of games in a row. Milan is a great team. We had to come here and do what we could to win. We have confidence in each other and tonight we got the job done. It’s a long game. It’s a game of runs; you can have a bad first quarter and a great second quarter. It’s basketball. I tried to stay confident and just play my game.”

### Nando De Colo, LCLC ASVEL Villeurbanne guard

“Tonight, we had something to show, and we did it. It wasn’t easy for us since the turn of the year, but we tried to keep working and tonight the victory is good. We knew that if we wanted to win the game, we had to have a high tempo, but we started with defense. Milan is a great defensive team, so playing them in the halfcourt is difficult. We kept moving the ball as the coach wanted and, for sure, we had some players who made tough shots.”

Game News

TJ Parker, ASVEL: 'We've got some weapons out there'

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan v LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (2023-01-20T19:30:00.000Z)

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EuroLeague Live Blog: Bayern, ASVEL grab big road wins; Olympiacos becomes co-leader

Olympiacos Piraeus v Real Madrid (2023-01-20T19:00:00.000Z)

Anadolu Efes Istanbul v FC Bayern Munich (2023-01-20T17:30:00.000Z)

Zalgiris Kaunas v Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade (2023-01-20T18:00:00.000Z)

Olympiacos Piraeus overcame Real Madrid 73-60 in a full-blooded powerhouse battle at Peace and Friendship Stadium on Friday night. The teams now have identical records at 13-7, locked in a four-way tie for first place, but Olympiacos now holds the head-to-head advantage after this victory.

Olympiacos edged a tight first half and extended its lead to double digits early in the third. Real could never get its offense going, as the hosts maintained a comfortable advantage until the end. Thomas Walkup led the Reds with 18 points, while Sasha Vezenkov scored 15 and Kostas Sloukas had 11 points and 6 assists. Walter Tavares and Dzanan Musa both scored 12 for Real.

Tavares scored twice early for Real, but Walkup and Kostas Papanikolaou matched that for a 12-8 lead. Tavares added another pair of baskets, yet Walkup’s triple made it 19-15 after 10 minutes. Mario Hezonja’s fastbreak slam capped a 0-8 run to send Real ahead, but a three-pointer by Kostas Sloukas and two layups by Shaquielle McKissic gave the hosts a 36-28 halftime lead. Vezenkov and Gabriel Deck both scored twice early in the third, 45-37, and Isaiah Canaan’s triple helped make it 54-44 after three quarters. After a low-scoring start to the final period, McKissic and Tarik Black scored tough baskets for a 60-48 lead. Olympiacos’s defense continued to hold firm as Real failed to find rhythm. Then, Black scored at the rim again to wrap up a crucial win.

Olympiacos powers past Real Madrid to share first place, 73-60

### Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos Piraeus head coach

“The key to the game was that we allowed only 60 points to such a talented offensive team; not even 20 points in any quarter. We were really solid defensively. Everybody did his job. We didn’t give anything easy to them and we managed to win the game against a team that is a very strong competitor for the league. We have proved all season that we have character. After big losses, we have bounced back to win. It’s not the first time we’ve proven our mentality. We’re only halfway through the season, it’s just January, but we are happy about our performance today.

“It was a great night for our team. Everyone understands it was a crucial game. I have to say \[that\] the team, the players, in this challenge they had in front of them, were ready to play. Through our defense we controlled the pace of the game, and we just needed be a little bit less nervous because of the importance of the game to score more. Congratulations to our team and our fans; it was a fantastic atmosphere and I’m sure everyone enjoyed a typical EuroLeague derby. As I always say, we need to forget it immediately, because we have a lot of important games in front of us. Win or lose, \[we'll\] move onto the next one.”

### Chus Mateo, Real Madrid head coach

“We played very bad on offense. We didn’t communicate too much on defense at the end. It was a tough game; it’s not easy to win here. We tried 100% and now we’ve got to keep going.

“We played against one of the biggest teams in the competition, and we knew it would not be easy to win here. Probably the difference was that, in the important moments, Olympiacos had more energy. We didn’t play smart offense to make open shots, but Olympiacos played good defense and with more physicality than us. One key point was our terrible percentage with threes, and another was that we lost some important defensive rebounds.”

### Thomas Walkup, Olympiacos Piraeus guard

“There’s a ton of jobs to be done and everybody is pitching in. \[All the players\], one through 12, played great tonight and that’s why we won this game.”

 

### Tarik Black, Olympiacos Piraeus center

“I feel pretty beat up! We had to do it tonight. We just had to fight and I’m glad that we came out with the W. It feels great to get the win. I feel like we’re all coming together; we’re very talented all together. We have the type of roster where, \[on\] different nights, different people shine or do different things to help us win. I’m just glad it’s all coming together at the right time.”

Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos: 'It’s not the first time we’ve proven our mentality'

Zalgiris Kaunas experienced another magical night in front of its fans at Zalgirio Arena after downing Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade 71-66 on Friday night. The hosts sparked a 13-0 run late in the fourth quarter, capped by key back-to-back threes by Edgaras Ulanovas, to turn the tables when the visitors were up 57-64 with 4:53 minutes remaining. Zalgiris also grabbed the head-to-head advantage against Zvezda, overcoming the 4-point disadvantage it had from its meeting in Belgrade.

Ulanovas finished the game with 13 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists to lead Zalgiris, while Achille Polonara and Rolands Smits contributed 10 points apiece. Filip Petrusev was the game's leading scorer with 16 points, and Nemanja Nedovic added 11 in the losing effort. Zalgiris improved to 12-8 with its fourth win in a row, while Zvezda dropped to 10-10.

Rolands Smits boosted Zalgiris in the early going, as he nailed a couple of threes that helped the hosts build a 12-5 edge. Lukas Lekavicius made it 18-9 from the free-throw line, but a timeout by the visitors was followed by a triple from Branko Lazic and a jumper by Nedovic to kept Zvezda close, 20-14, after 10 minutes. Polonara took over in the second period, providing the hosts with extra energy and a huge contribution on both offense and defense. Then, 8 points in a row from the Italian allowed Zalgiris to amass a double-digit lead, 30-18. Even though Zvezda improved a bit on offense thanks to Luca Vildoza and Petrusev, Zalgiris retained a safe margin at halftime, 38-30.

The picture changed after the break, however, as Zvezda stepped up defensively, playing with more physicality and making the most of its dominance in the paint. In the first five minutes of the third quarter, 3 three-pointers brought the visitors back into the game. Petrusev and Luka Mitrovic took over later in the quarter to turn the game upside down. Right after Ignas Brazdeikis hit from deep to make it 50-45, the Petrusev-Mitrovic duo initiated a 0-11 run that Ognjen Dobric capped with a buzzer-beater triple to put Zvezda in front, 50-56, entering the last stanza. The visitors remained in charge for the majority of the final quarter, with Vildoza burying a jumper that made it 57-64 with 5 minutes to go. But, that was the last Zvezda bucket before a 4-minute dry spell gave Zalgiris a chance to comeback. That it did, thanks to Ulanovas. The Zalgiris captain erupted with 8 of his team’s next 13 points, including crucial back-to-back three-pointers, to bring the hosts back in charge, 70-64, entering the last minute. Zvezda was unable to respond, as Zalgiris came away with an important victory.

Zalgiris rallied back to defeat Zvezda, 71-66

### Kazys Maksvytis, Zalgiris Kaunas head coach

“Like we expected, it was a hard game. We had a plan in the fourth quarter: to pass the ball to \[Edgaras\] Ulanovas. Our captain was great, he helped us. We were lucky, but I think we deserved the win and we won twice, because we won the game and also the point-difference. Zvezda gave us big contact on both ends, good speed, good aggressiveness. We started to lose possessions, but as we have been doing all season, we fought until the end and we deserved the win. We expected somebody would take his \[Keenan Evans’s\] role and the captain did it."

### Dusko Ivanovic, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade head coach

"I think that tonight we started badly, and soft. When we played our defense, and with patience on offense, we got good results. It’s true that in the last 2 minutes we lacked ideas, we played nothing and \[Edgaras\] Ulanovas hit two three-pointers that decided the game.”

### Arnas Butkevicius, Zalgiris Kaunas forward

“Actually, I don’t know \[how we managed to take this victory\]. Our captain took the ball in his hands and sealed the deal, because we were struggling a lot in the second half on offense, on defense. Somehow, we manage to stay in the game, but those 2 threes of the captain decided everything. Absolutely \[Edgaras Ulanovas is the leader when we are missing Keenan Evans\], yes. Especially in crunch time, as he has shown this season a lot of times. He feels good in his team; he is not afraid of taking responsibility and he does it well."

 

### Edgaras Ulanovas, Zalgiris Kaunas forward:

“It was a long game, we had a lead in the first half and there were some bad moments in the third quarter and in the beginning of the fourth. We started to lose rhythm, they played really physical \[and\] didn’t let us score easily. We needed to suffer a lot, but the thing is that we showed is big character, because when you are winning for a long time and you start to lose, you need to stay in the game. There are still a lot of things to do better, to improve and to learn; we cannot think that we are good at the moment. The game can change in two minutes. We were struggling and there were still 4-5 minutes remaining. It’s a long time, so we needed to stay together, share the ball, be aggressive and take responsibility at the end. Somebody needs to take responsibility. But I’m going to repeat the same: we must play much better if we want to be a contender for the playoffs."

Kazys Maksvytis, Zalgiris: 'Edgaras Ulanovas was great'

Bayern stuns host Efes with comeback to win 81-89

FC Bayern Munich pulled off a spectacular second-half rally for an 81-89 road win that stunned hosts Anadolu Efes Istanbul on Friday at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall. Trailing by 16 points with 14 minutes left, Bayern stormed back to finally use a 0-10 fourth-quarter takeover run to win going away and end a five-game road losing streak. Bayern improved to 8-12 while Efes fell to 10-10.

Othello Hunter led the charge with 18 points on a career-high 4-for-6 shooting from downtown, but had plenty of help. Augustine Rubit and Cassius Winston added 14 points each while Niels Giffey and Ognjen Jaramaz had 11 and 10, respectively. Efes got 15 points from Vasilije Micic, 13 from Elijah Bryant and 10 from Tibor Pleiss, but suffered from a 23-36 disparity on the boards.

Pleiss, in his 300th EuroLeague game, scored 7 early points as Bayern went ahead 15-11 but a hustling Nick Weiler-Babb sparked Bayern to flip that to 21-24 after 10 minutes. Efes would take the lead back 29-26 after triples from Amath M'Baye and Rodrigue Beaubois but Hunter responded with 5 points before Bryant pulled the hosts back in front, 40-36, at halftime.

Efes came out strong after the break as 2 triples by Micic and a lot of perfect free-throw shooting boosted the hosts ahead by 59-43 after 26 minutes. Giffey sparked the turnaround with his second three-pointer before 5 points from Ognjen Jaramaz and 4 from Freddie Gillespie cut the deficit to 64-59 at the end of the third quarter. Efes still led 74-68 with 5:32 to play after a three-pointer from Micic. But Winston, Hunter and Giffey all stroked from the arc in under a minute as Bayern seized a 74-77 advantage. Shane Larkin's game-tying three-pointer for Efes turned into a blip as Hunter and Rubit took over from there, hitting 1 each from deep in a 10-0 run that put the game out of reach at 77-87 with 2 minutes left. 

 Othello Hunter, Bayern: 'We got stops and hit shots' 

### Andrea Trinchieri, FC Bayern Munich head coach

"I believe that we just needed somebody to show us the way. And usually this is a veteran. And Othello played as a veteran, and showed the team the way. And then the ball was lighter. The first half, we were taking great shots. We missed all open shots. In modern basketball, it's very difficult to play and compete without hitting open shots. Then, I believe, you just need a spark. Our veteran showed us the way, we followed him, and everybody played a great fourth quarter."

### Ergin Ataman, Anadolu Efes Istanbul head coach

"It's a very strong loss for us, this game. For 25 minutes, we played perfect, but then we stopped. There is not any reason for that. It's very difficult to make a comment about those minutes after the halfway point of the third quarter. We tried to do everything; we made all the rotations; we tried to change the players. But when we started to miss on offense, we forgot to play defense, and Bayern found incredible shots, incredible three-pointers, especially for Hunter. And then, with the panic, we lost the game. The only complaint is Bayern took 10 offensive rebounds and we took only 2 on our end. I think that every time we shot the ball, everyone thought we would make it. This is a mental problem for the last quarter, but anyway if a strong team like Efes, up 16 points in the last 15 minutes at home lost the game, it's my fault. That's all."

### Niels Giffey, FC Bayern Munich player

"I think it was a win where we had to fight back from a large deficit in the second half. That was really good that we kind of stuck together mentally, kept our head in the game, and then put together some good basketball in the second half. I think the speed of the game kind of changed to our speed. We took early shots, we made early shots. That was the big difference. When the ball doesn't fall like it did in the first half, when we only made 3 threes, the game didn't go our way. And then in the second half, we passed the ball ahead and played a fast-paced game that helped us a lot."

### Othello Hunter, FC Bayern Munich player

"Our second group that came in for the third quarter, playing defense, getting on the floor, diving for balls, kept us believing. Then we got stops and hit shots. My teammates got me open, it's all them, nothing from me. Just them."

Othello Hunter, Bayern: 'We got stops and hit shots'

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv has confirmed that guard [Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/lorenzo-brown/009622/) will be out of action for between two and three weeks after suffering a sprained ankle in the team's Round 20 game against ALBA Berlin on Thursday night.

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As reported in a tweet by the club, Brown will be reevaluated in 10 days' time. Brown is in his debut campaign with Maccabi and has posted averages of 16.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 6.0 assists and a PIR of 17.0 in 20 games this season. He was named as the Round 5 MVP after shining in Maccabi's 85-74 win against Panathinaikos Athens.

TJ Parker, ASVEL: 'We've got some weapons out there'

EuroLeague Live Blog: Bayern, ASVEL grab big road wins; Olympiacos becomes co-leader

Olympiacos powers past Real Madrid to share first place, 73-60

Georgios Bartzokas, Olympiacos: 'It’s not the first time we’ve proven our mentality'

Zalgiris rallied back to defeat Zvezda, 71-66

Kazys Maksvytis, Zalgiris: 'Edgaras Ulanovas was great'

Bayern stuns host Efes with comeback to win 81-89

Othello Hunter, Bayern: 'We got stops and hit shots'

Maccabi star Lorenzo Brown to miss 2-3 weeks with sprained ankle