Name: Top 10 Plays | RS Round 30 | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Round 30 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague had something for everyone. Check out round's best plays and see who had the best of them!

Top 10 Plays | RS Round 30 | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Round 30: Top 10 plays

EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Round 30 winner

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans, we have our 30th winner in this season's [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/)! Kwstas Hasiotis beat everyone else in Round 30 with his team 'KOB BC RISKY', which had a Fantasy Challenge score of 223.60.

The winning team had the following starting lineup: Paris Basketball's TJ Shorts as team captain, then Roman Sorkin of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Donta Hall of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, and FC Barcelona duo of Chimezie Metu and Dario Brizuela. His sixth man was FC Bayern Munich's Johannes Voigtmann. The rest of the bench consisted of Paris Basketball's Yakuba Ouattara, Shavon Shields of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, Jerian Grant of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and Barcelona's Justin Anderson. His team's head coach was Tiago Splitter of Paris.

The prize for finishing first in Round 30 is a free VIP Euroleague TV subscription for the 2025-26 season!

Marko Djukic and his team 'Kughat' remains the leader of the [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/) overall standings with 5,081.34 points.

Trades are now open for Round 31. Remember, four trades are allowed before each round until the end of the regular season. You can either trade up to four players, or a head coach and three players.

The first game in Round 31 tips off already on Tuesday, March 25, as Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul hosts Paris Basketball at 18:45 CET. That game marks the next round's deadline.

Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become our next round winner!

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Anadolu Efes recorded its fourth win in a row in the EuroLeague by demolishing KK Partizan 65-97 in Round 30, a victory that has seen Luca Banchi's men move into the postseason places.

Efes rolls on under Luca Banchi and gets into postseason picture

[Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/anadolu-efes-istanbul/ist/) showed in no uncertain terms that it means business in the home straight of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season, romping away to [a 65-97 road demolition of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/dominant-efes-blows-away-partizan-65-97/) to squeeze into the top 10.

The result allowed Efes to climb three places up to ninth on a 16-14 record, while it also relegated Partizan to 12th at 15-15 after a third successive loss and the heaviest on its home court in the Serbian club’s EuroLeague history.

Efes, which looked unlikely to feature in the business end of Europe’s premier club competition before the February break, continued to thrive under Italian head coach [Luca Banchi](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/anadolu-efes-istanbul/ist/banchi-luca/?season=E2024) after the 59-year-old had endured a patchy start in Istanbul.

Glimpses of the Turkish side’s vast potential were made obvious by [the 110-66 home destruction of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/coach-banchi-celebrates-first-win-as-efes-thrashes-milan-110-66/), Banchi’s first win after opening with three defeats at the helm. Now that Efes has hit top gear, few would bet against the back-to-back EuroLeague winners in 2021 and 2022 making the playoffs this term.

Against Partizan, a pack of five players finished in double digits paced by [Darius Thompson](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/darius-thompson/011078/), who sank 19 points after scoring his team’s opening eight and then poured 11 in the third quarter to effectively seal the game as a contest in front of 20,000 home fans.

Thompson personified the visiting team’s razor-sharp offense as he shot 5 of 5 from downtown and 2 of 3 from inside, although it was the ironclad defense which initially did the damage as Efes pulled away from 16-16 early in the game to a 37-69 lead late in the third quarter.    

“The end of the season is near and we are trying to get a playoff spot, so we’ve got to fight in every game and today we played well as a team,” Thompson said in his postgame comments. “We knew this was a hard place to play at so we just wanted to stay together and fight for every possession.”

Having expressed hope that [Rodrigue Beaubois](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/rodrigue-beaubois/006590/) and [Dan Oturu](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/dan-oturu/012788/) would recover swiftly from knocks and bruises they picked up in the grueling matchup, Banchi stressed it was all about staying consistent in the home stretch of the regular season.

“We are happy with the performance and for showing such character against a team like Partizan,” he said. “I am very proud but also a bit worried about the injuries we picked up. We wanted to have an intense game and the players responded well.

“We prepared and approached the game very well and were able to stay consistent throughout the 40 minutes. We built this win on solid defense and it was a promising performance which should help us push on through a very tough schedule in the final stage of the regular season.”

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Partizan head coach [Zeljko Obradovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/par/obradovic-zeljko/?season=E2024) cut a dejected figure at a loss of words to explain the horror show his players served up in a crunch game, when a win was so desperately needed to keep the club’s postseason ambitions on track.

“I take responsibility as the head coach and we must now turn our attention to the upcoming games,” Obradovic told the postgame press conference. “I’ve never been a defeatist in my entire career but this was a completely substandard performance which came in the midst of a tough stretch in all competitions.

“Credit to Efes as it’s a great team with one of the best rosters in the EuroLeague, while we committed an avalanche of mistakes. I can’t remember a performance worse than this one.”

Partizan will have a chance to make amends when it hosts the competition’s bottom team, ALBA Berlin, in Round 31 while Efes is looking forward to a home game against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in its bid to keep up the good work.

Game News

The Turkish side stretched its fine run of form to five wins out of six with a magnificent display against Partizan

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2025-03-21T19:45:00.000Z)

Thanks in large part to Dario Brizuela and Justin Anderson, two players who have become irreplaceable for FC Barcelona, the Spanish club now sits in fifth place in the EuroLeague standings.

Barcelona 'trending in the right direction', climbing the standings after Zalgiris win

[FC Barcelona](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fc-barcelona/bar/) had to fight hard on Friday night but it controlled everything on the floor in the last three quarters [to beat Zalgiris Kaunas 82-70](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/barcelona-wins-third-straight-gets-past-zalgiris-82-70/). 

Neither team had good shooting percentages and Barcelona, a team that came into the game as the best scoring team in the league with 87.6 points per game, did not score more than 23 points in any quarter.

“It’s two teams fighting in March, it’s not going to be easy,” Barcelona forward [Justin Anderson](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/justin-anderson/012795/) said during a courtside interview with EuroLeague TV after the game.

But once Barcelona took the lead thanks to a 9-0 run bridging the first and second quarters, it never relinquished it.

“It’s four weeks to go and every game needs to be played 100% physical and 100% mental,” commented coach [Joan Penarroya](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fc-barcelona/bar/penarroya-joan/) after the big win. “I think we deserved the win tonight.”

And while Penarroya, like most of his colleagues, does not want to comment on his team’s playoff chance, it is a fact that with four games to go in the regular season, this win catapulted Barcelona into fifth place in the standings.

Admittedly, it’s a four-team tie at 17-13 record, which means Barcelona has the same number of wins as its next opponent, eighth-placed [FC Bayern Munich](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fc-bayern-munich/mun/). But it is also just a win away from fourth place.

“What’s the most important is our next game here at home. Nothing else matters,” Anderson added. “One game at the time. And this team is trending in the right direction.”

With three wins in a row and a 3-1 record after the February break, Barcelona certainly seems to be where it wants to be. [Kevin Punter](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kevin-punter/009862/), [Jabari Parker](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/jabari-parker/012745/), [Chimezie Metu](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/chimezie-metu/013379/) and [Tomas Satoransky](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/tomas-satoransky/002939/) are carrying the biggest load, expectedly, but [Dario Brizuela](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/dario-brizuela/009992/) and Anderson have become irreplaceable pieces.

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Brizuela led Barca with 20 points, scoring eight in the final quarter, as the hosts never allowed Zalgiris to get closer than six points.

“I am just happy to help my team in the situation we are missing players,” Brizuela commented modestly after the win.

Meanwhile, Anderson played more than 30 minutes for just the second time this season, his first in the EuroLeague, and was his team’s second-best scorer on the night with 16 points.

Despite the season-ending injuries to [Nico Laprovittola](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nicolas-laprovittola/006435/) and [Juan Nunez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/juan-nunez/010106/), and the extended absence of [Jan Vesely](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/jan-vesely/000925/), it feels as though Barcelona is exactly where it wanted to be all along. And it keeps playing winning basketball in the month of March.

Thanks to its Round 30 victory, the Blaugrana are now in fifth place

Barcelona 'trending in the right direction', climbing the standings

FC Barcelona v Zalgiris Kaunas (2025-03-21T19:30:00.000Z)

Trailing 69-77 to ALBA Berlin with six minutes to go, Panathinaikos BC put together a 21-0 run as it came away with a 91-81 victory.

Panathinaikos leaned on its defense to mount late charge against ALBA

When [Will McDowell-White](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/will-mcdowell-white/008062/) hit a three-pointer that set a game-high eight-point lead, 69-77, in [ALBA Berlin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/alba-berlin/ber/)'s favor with 6 minutes to go against [Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-aktor-athens/pan/), there was some concern inside OAKA. After all, the visitors were looking like they might get their second win in a row and second since coach [Pedro Calles](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/alba-berlin/ber/calles-pedro/?season=E2024) took over for the German powerhouse.

“It was a strange game,” Panathinaikos boss [Ergin Ataman](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-aktor-athens/pan/ataman-ergin/?season=E2024) stated right after the final buzzer. “Because we seriously risked losing the game. Offensively it was a terrible day for us, we scored only 4 three-pointers on 20 attempts."

Aware that its offense was not firing on all cylinders against a team that had nothing to lose, Panathinaikos decided to shift things around. Ataman brought February MVP [Kendrick Nunn](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kendrick-nunn/012774/) and [Kostas Sloukas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/kostas-sloukas/001926/) to the bench and went with a defensive-minded lineup containing [Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/lorenzo-brown/009622/), [Panagiotis Kalaitzakis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/panagiotis-kalaitzakis/011209/), [Jerian Grant](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/jerian-grant/011204/), [Juancho Hernangomez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/juancho-hernangomez/012712/) and [Wenyen Gabriel](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/wenyen-gabriel/013383/).

And, with this configuration, the Greens came back to life.

“We made some shots, we dug in deep for some turnovers and, you know, this was a must-win for us,” Gabriel explained. “I think it showed a lot about our character and \[that we\] understand that this game meant a lot to us. We played well at the end of the game. We're a good team, that's what good teams to do.”

Ataman’s changes to the rotation turned into a 21-0 run in less than 6 minutes totally turned the tables. The visitors’ offense was totally shut down [as ALBA lost 91-81](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/panathinaikos-comes-back-to-beat-alba-91-81/), having had just one field goal and a couple of free throws, which came in the last 30 seconds of the game.

“We managed the last five or six minutes well,” Ataman celebrated. “I believe \[the key was to put together\] that defensive team. We kept out \[Kostas\] Sloukas and Kendrick Nunn and we played these minutes with \[Wenyen\] Gabriel, \[Panagiotis\] Kalaitsakis, \[Jerian\] Grant, Lorenzo Brown, all defensive players.

“And with this defense, we stole the ball, we made them find difficult shots and won the game. You cannot win all the games with your best scorers; sometimes you have to win them with your defensive players. We took the risk. We needed to play these changes in the last 5 or 6 minutes and we were successful."

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But the defensive effort would have been for nothing without offensive production, with [Jerian Grant](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/jerian-grant/011204/) – who heard his name chanted by the OAKA crowd – finishing as the team's top scorer with 19 points.

“It was special," he admitted when asked about the fans' chants. “Definitely it’s one of the most special nights of my life. To hear 20 000 people calling my name. It really gave us a lot of energy and, you know, when we hear those fans like that we really feel like we can't lose."

A 21-0 run in 5 minutes during the last period saw the Greens flip the script

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens v ALBA Berlin (2025-03-21T19:15:00.000Z)

Anadolu Efes guard Elijah Bryant spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat KK Partizan in Round 30 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Elijah Bryant: 'Maybe I'll have some ice cream to celebrate'

Anadolu Efes Istanbul guard Elijah Bryant spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in Round 30 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Anadolu Efes boosted its hopes of making the EuroLeague postseason with a crushing 65-97 road win over KK Partizan. Luca Banchi's men improved to 16-14, while Zeljko Obradovic's squad dropped to 15-15 after a third successive defeat.

Dominant Efes blows away Partizan, 65-97

Anadolu Efes Istanbul boosted its hopes of making the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague postseason with a crushing 65-97 road win over Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade. Luca Banchi's men improved to 16-14, while Zeljko Obradovic's squad dropped to 15-15 after a third successive defeat.

Darius Thompson paced Efes on 19 points and Elijah Bryant added 18 for the visitors, who shot an impressive 25 of 33 (75.8 percent) from inside and 11 of 24 from downtown. Former Partizan player PJ Dozier chipped in with 13 points, Shane Larkin added 11 and Dan Oturu netted 10 for the visiting team.

Tyrique Jones, Frank Ntilikina and Isaac Bonga scored 11 points each for a disjointed Partizan, which has seriously derailed its postseason hopes after its heaviest home defeat in EuroLeague history, surpassing its 31-point loss to CSKA Moscow (55-86) in 2007.

Game Videos

Ironically, droves of CSKA fans joined their Partizan comrades ahead of Saturday’s football friendly between the two clubs which nurture brethren relations, but they had little to cheer about throughout a lop-sided contest with Efes taking it by the scruff of the neck early on.

Thompson sank the opening 8 points for Efes as the Turkish outfit raced into a 2-8 lead before Partizan hit back to level 16-16 thanks to 9 points from Tyrique Jones, but that was as good as it got for the home team.

Efes found another gear in the second quarter after taking the first 18-24 and simply shot the lights out as the backcourt trio of Thompson, Bryant and Larkin toyed with their rivals, silencing a raucous 20,000 crowd inside Belgrade Arena. 

The visitors were 33-54 up at halftime as Dozier also caught fire and then pressed on the gas even harder in the third quarter, as Efes carved out a 37-69 advantage with the home team looking lost at sea.

Sensing that an unspeakable debacle was on the cards, Partizan fans got behind their team in full force in the fourth quarter, making a valiant effort to help the Serbian side salvage some pride but to little effect.

Efes kept going at full throttle and wrapped up a memorable win, its third in a row and the fifth in the last six games, staying firmly on course to reach the business end of the competition after the Istanbul giant’s stretched its fine run of form under Coach Banchi.

The former champion produced a vintage performance to keep alive its postseason hopes

FC Barcelona continued its climb up the standings by downing the visiting Zalgiris Kaunas 82-70 on Friday night. It was Barcelona’s third consecutive win, which improved it to a 17-13 record, tied for the fifth best in the league. Zalgiris, meanwhile, dropped to 14-16 on the season.

Barcelona wins third straight, gets past Zalgiris, 82-70

FC Barcelona continued its climb up the standings by downing the visiting Zalgiris Kaunas 82-70 on Friday night. It was Barcelona’s third consecutive win, which improved it to a 17-13 record, tied for the fifth best in the league. Zalgiris, meanwhile, dropped to 14-16 on the season.

Barcelona grabbed the lead for good in the second quarter and extended it to double digits late in the third, then never allowed the visitors to get close again. Dario Brizuela led the way with 20 points. Justin Anderson had 16 points, Kevin Punter netted 14 and Chimezie Metu finished with 12 points and 8 rebounds in the win. Three Zalgiris players scored 13 points: Sylvain Francisco, Ignas Brazdeikis and Deividas Sirvydis.

The two teams traded blows from the early going, with Francisco scoring 5 points for the visitors and Anderson doing the same for the hosts, including a three-pointer. A three-point play from Brizuela made it 14-10, but Sirvydis nailed back-to-back triples to put Zalgiris ahead before a pair of baskets from Bryant Dunston opened a 14-20 lead. The visitors had a 16-20 advantage after 10 minutes.

Joel Parra opened the second quarter with a three-pointer and his basket from close range capped a 9-0 run to put the hosts 23-20 ahead. Edgaras Ulanovas ended the visitors’ drought, but Metu hit a pair of shots, and transition baskets from Satoransky and Brizuela opened a 31-24 lead. Sirvydis answered by hitting a long-range jumper, but the lead reached 8 points before Brazdeikis hit from short range and deep as Barcelona went into halftime with a 36-31 edge.

Anderson and Willy Hernangomez, who had a fast-break dunk, opened a 40-33 lead. Brazdeikis hit a triple for the visitors, but Jabari Parker nailed one for the hosts. Giedraitis and Francisco took it to the rim to cut the margin to 45-42. But Brizuela nailed a triple and added a short off-balance jumper, then Parra fought his way inside to open a 52-43 advantage. A triple from Anderson gave Barcelona the first double-digit lead of the night, 57-47, and the hosts led 59-51 after 30 minutes.

Smailagic opened the fourth quarter with a layup, but Anderson scored inside before Brizuela hit a wide-open three to open a 64-53 margin. Brazdeikis hit a long jumper, but Brizuela scored a mid-range shot, then a second-chance three-pointer to open 71-58. Isaiah Wong cut it back to single digits, but Metu scored twice more. Sirvydis kept Zalgiris hope alive with another triple, but Punter and Anderson made sure the visitors do not get closer than 9 points, closing out the game.

The Blaugrana also secured the head-to-head tiebreaker with this 12-point win

Panathinaikos BC bounced back from its defeat in the Greek derby with a hard-fought 91-81 win over the visiting ALBA Berlin at OAKA on Friday night.

Panathinaikos comes back to beat ALBA, 91-81

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens bounced back from its defeat in the Greek derby with a hard-fought 91-81 win over the visiting ALBA Berlin at OAKA on Friday night. The Greens led by double digits at halftime, 46-35, but a strong run early in the fourth period boosted ALBA to a 69-77 advantage with just 6 minutes remaining. The Greens didn’t step back, though, as Jerian Grant and Lorenzo Brown sparked a 21-0 run to inspire the comeback and seal the victory. 

Panathinaikos, which improved to 19-11, was led by Grant, who scored 19 points on 10-of-10 free throws. Kendrick Nunn followed with 18 and Wenyen Gabriel and Brown had 13 apiece for the winners. Matt Thomas paced ALBA with 14 points, Gabriele Procida chipped in 13 and Yanni Wetzell netted 11 for the visitors, which slipped to 5-25.

Despite a balanced start, the hosts rapidly amassed a 12-4 lead with Grant and Nunn pulling the strings in the backcourt and Gabriel rocking inside. ALBA survived thanks to its better outside shooting as Louis Olinde and Procida hit from downtown to reduce the gap to 14-12. Another spurt fueled by Juancho Hernangomez allowed the Greens to escape again, 19-12, but the guests needed not much to tie it at 19-19 behind a 0-7 run capped by a triple by Robert Baker. Grant came to the rescue with four free throws in a row to close the first quarter with a 23-19 advantage for the hosts.

Coach Ergin Ataman needed just 102 seconds to call a timeout right after the game resumed, as Olinde and Wetzell made it all square, 23-23. The first free throw of the game for ALBA was followed by the first three of Panathinaikos, which helped the hosts build a 30-24 edge while using a small backcourt with three guards at the same time. Despite Olinde’s effort to bring ALBA back, Nunn stepped up as a couple of quick offense sets kept PAO on track, 36-30. It turned even worse for the guests as Panathinaikos geared up on defense and used a couple of three-point plays by Grant and Ioannis Papapetrou to open a double-digit lead, 44-32, entering the last minute, which turned into a 46-35 halftime margin.

A 2-12 run fueled by Wetzell inside and Procida and Thomas outside early in the third period brought ALBA within 50-47, making it interesting again. Panathinaikos looked a little bit shocked after losing Papapetrou with a sprained ankle, joining Cedi Osman who also had to leave the court midway through the first period. The visitors’ accuracy from downtown and a fast-break layup by Procida finished the comeback and turned the tables, 54-55, soon after. Tim Schneider made it 56-58 from deep, but a more aggressive offense and free-throw shooting returned the Greens on top, 64-60. A couple of buckets by Matteo Spagnolo avoided further damage as ALBA trimmed the deficit to 66-64 entering the last stanza.

ALBA started strong and used a lucky three and a couple of free throws by Thomas, plus a technical foul called on Ataman to boost a 0-10 run that put Panathinaikos on red alert, 66-74, with 8 still minutes to play. Will McDowell-White hit from downtown to keep ALBA in charge, 69-77, but that became the last field goal of the visitors for nearly 6 minutes. With renewed poise, the Greens locked in on defense to shut down ALBA’s offense completely, while taking advantage of the offensive inspiration of the Brown-Grant duo and the hustle of Gabriel inside to launch a 21-0 run that brought the fans inside OAKA to their feet. A couple of free throws allowed the guests to end the drought, but it was too late to prevent Panathinaikos from celebrating again at home.

The hosts trailed 69-77 in the last period but had a 21-0 run to turn the tables

FC Barcelona forward Justin Anderson spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Zalgiris Kaunas in Round 30 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Justin Anderson: 'This team is trending in the right direction'

FC Barcelona forward Justin Anderson spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Zalgiris Kaunas in Round 30 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

FC Barcelona-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Panathinaikos BC guard Jerian Grant spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat ALBA Berlin in Round 30 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague.

Jerian Grant: 'It was one of the most special nights of my life'

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens guard Jerian Grant spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat ALBA Berlin in Round 30 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

Top 10 Plays | RS Round 30 | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Elijah Bryant: 'Maybe I'll have some ice cream to celebrate'

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Justin Anderson: 'This team is trending in the right direction'

FC Barcelona-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Jerian Grant: 'It was one of the most special nights of my life'

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-ALBA Berlin | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Punter-to-Metu alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night

Nunn destroys the rim! Motorola Magic Moment

Oturu with a incredible play! Motorola Magic Moment

Procida soars to kill PAO's defense! Motorola Magic Moment