Name: Air Metu! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
Channel: Euroleague Basketball

Chimezie Metu stops the advantage and goes for it to detonate a two-handed slam!

Air Metu! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night

 Chimezie Metu stops the advantage and goes for it to detonate a two-handed slam!

FC Barcelona v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2025-01-15T19:30:00.000Z)

Alexander leaps sky high to flush it down the rim

Flying Alexander! Magic Moment of the Night

 Alexander leaps sky high to flush it down the rim

Turk Telekom Ankara v Veolia Towers Hamburg (2025-01-15T16:30:00.000Z)

FC Bayern Basketball recorded its first win over AS Monaco Basket by winning 95-94, with Shabazz Napier draining a three-pointer with eight seconds remaining to wrap up the win.

Bayern holds off Monaco to win thriller, 95-94

FC Bayern Munich returned to winning ways by edging AS Monaco 95-94 on Wednesday night at SAP Garden. The hosts led by the majority of the game, with Monaco trailing by as many as 23 points (46-23) midway through the second quarter. The visitors pulled off an epic comeback to take their first lead (88-90) with 1:25 left on the clock, but Shabazz Napier drilled a huge triple to win it for Bayern. The German side improved its record to 12-9, with Monaco dropping to 13-8.

Carsen Edwards led all scorers with 25 points, while Nick Weiler-Babb netted a season-high 18 points. Napier and Booker nailed four triples each to finish the game on 17 points apiece. Mike James paced Monaco with 20 points, Jordan Loyd had 16, Matthew Strazel scored 14, Elie Okobo bagged 12 and Mam Jaiteh added 10.

Game Videos

Niels Giffey opened the scoring from behind the arc before a layup by Edwards gave Bayern a 5-0 lead. Strazel and Alpha Diallo responded with back-to-back jumpers, but Weiler-Babb and Johannes Voigtmann drained one each from deep to restore an 11-6 cushion. Edwards took over with five straight points that extended Bayern’s run to 8-0 and opened a double-digit lead. The hosts refused to take their feet off the gas, as Edwards, Booker and Weiler-Babb nailed triples that swelled the lead to 25-8. Okobo and Voigtmann exchanged three-pointers before a floater from Elias Harris gave Bayern a 30-13 lead after 10 minutes.

Monaco opened the second quarter with a 2-8 run inspired by Nick Calathes, who produced 3 assists to cut the difference to 32-21. Yet, Andreas Obst netted inside, Napier scored his first five points of the game and Booker nailed back-to-back triples for a 46-23 cushion. James and Voigtmann traded threes before an open layup from Weiler-Babb allowed Bayern to maintain a 51-30 lead. Yet, Monaco responded with a 2-10 surge fueled by James and Jaiteh, who helped cut the deficit to 53-40 at halftime.

Game News

Loyd hit a buzzer-beating jumper to start the third quarter before a hook shot from Jaiteh and back-to-back triples from Terry Tarpey slashed the deficit to single digits, 56-50, for the first time since the first quarter. Yet, three points from Edwards and a triple by Weiler-Babb restored a 62-50 lead for the hosts. But James replied with a three-point play and Okobo nailed one from beyond the rainbow to make it 62-56. Then, Edwards added 10 points to his tally and Napier nailed a couple of triples to open a 78-64 lead. But four straight points from Strazel brought Monaco back within 78-68 heading into the fourth quarter.

Strazel and Loyd netted inside before a triple by the former trimmed the deficit to 80-77. Booker answered with five points in a row, but Strazel nailed another three to make it a two-point game, 85-83. Weiler-Babb drilled his fourth triple of the night, yet Loyd netted five consecutive points to tie it, 88-88. Jaiteh scored inside for Monaco’s first lead of the night, before Edwards responded with a jumper at the other end. Then James made a long two-pointer, but Booker tied it again from the line with 0:38 left on the clock. James nailed another jumper, however there was another Bayern response as Napier drained a triple to put the hosts back ahead, 95-94, with 8 seconds remaining. James was off the mark with his shot on the final possession as Bayern clinched the victory.

Monaco came back from 23 points down, but Shabazz Napier sealed it from deep


FC Bayern Munich v AS Monaco (2025-01-15T19:30:00.000Z)

Sylvain Francisco and Arnas Butkevicius both enjoyed huge roles as Zalgiris Kaunas ended its losing streak with a 77-68 win over Virtus Bologna in Round 21.

The Francisco and Butkevicius show brought joy back to Zalgirio Arena

[Zalgiris Kaunas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/zalgiris-kaunas/zal/) is renowned for having some of the best fans in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, yet they arrived at Zalgirio Arena on Wednesday night having seen three straight defeats on their home floor and four successive losses overall. [Sylvain Francisco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sylvain-francisco/007975/) and [Arnas Butkevicius](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/arnas-butkevicius/002676/), however, ensured that this time the supporters could go happy after [a 77-68 triumph over Virtus Segafredo Bologna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/sylvain-francisco-scores-20-as-zalgiris-topples-virtus-77-68/).

Butkevicius certainly left his mark in the first quarter, recording 2 early steals, the second of which stopped an almost guaranteed bucket by Achille Polonara, who was alone under Zalgiris’s rim. When his deep three-pointer dropped, the hosts held a 16-4 advantage and the wind was in their sails, thanks in large part to the Lithuanian forward.

Needing a leader after a tough run that had seen Zalgiris lose to LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (72-78), Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (95-78), Olympiacos Piraeus (85-92) and Real Madrid (64-83), Butkevicius was determined to be that man. His hustle on both ends was leading to loud roars from the crowd, no more so than when he chased back to block Alessandro Pajola before then hitting a three-pointer down the other end just eight seconds later. At the break, he had 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, emphasizing his do-it-all nature.

Francisco, meanwhile, had 6 first-quarter points but didn’t add to his tally again until the third, when he started the second half with a bomb from downtown – his third from 4 attempts. He added another triple in the third frame, but – as EuroLeague and Zalgiris fans have become accustomed to – he really showed his quality in the final stages.  

With his fifth three-pointer on the night early in the fourth, Francisco was finding get out of jail free cards for a Zalgiris offense that was starting to look stagnant. He also displayed his playmaking ability, driving to the rim but showing the patience needed to find teammate [Alen Smailagic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/alen-smailagic/011051/) for a dunk. Inside the final 2:11 minutes, that is when Francisco really stood up for Zalgiris.

Virtus was looking confident at 70-66 and Zalgiris found itself in the penalty, but Francisco showed great determination to lock in on Matt Morgan and block the guard’s shot, with the ball rebounding off the Virtus player and giving possession back to the hosts. At the other end, Francisco danced with Morgan before draining a mid-range jumper to put Zalgiris 72-66 ahead. But he wasn’t stopping there.

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Butkevicius almost put the win on ice with another deep three-point shot, but the ball bounced in and out, leaving the score 72-68 entering the final minute. Even if nerves could have set in, Francisco stayed ice-cold by driving past Andrejs Grazulis and scoring a layup with 40 seconds remaining to give Zalgiris a 74-68 edge, with Butkevicius and Francisco then converting free throws to secure the 77-68 victory – Zalgiris’s first of 2025 and first since December 17.

“I know we lost a couple of games, especially here. I think we fixed what we’re supposed to do. I think we were more locked in and made right decisions \[compared\] to other games,” Francisco told EuroLeague TV afterward.

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Certainly, with Butkevicius and Francisco stepping up at different points, Zalgiris got a taste of the winning feeling once more – something the fans more than deserved for their passionate, continuous support.

Both players were at their best in Round 21

Zalgiris Kaunas v Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2025-01-15T18:00:00.000Z)

Fenerbahce Beko forward Nigel Hayes-Davis spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat KK Crvena zvezda in Round 21 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'We took a better step forward offensively'

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul forward Nigel Hayes-Davis spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade in Round 21 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2025-01-15T19:00:00.000Z)

Napier wins the thriller! Motorola Magic Moment 

 Napier wins it with a step-back triple!


Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 21 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

U-BT Cluj-Napoca bounced back in style from its last home loss against Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem by pulling off a hard-fought win in Venice against Umana Reyer, 77-88, at the Palasport Taliercio in Round 15 on the BKT EuroCup

Cluj shocks Venice on the road, 77-88

U-BT Cluj-Napoca bounced back in style from its last home loss against Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem by pulling off a hard-fought win in Venice against Umana Reyer, 77-88, at the Palasport Taliercio on Wednesday night. Despite being ahead for 29 minutes, Cluj saw Venice tie the game entering the last period but managed to hold on and punished its opponent with a 0-10 run late in the game after the home team came within 77-78.

Zavier Simpson led all scorers with 25 points and also contributed 6 rebounds and 7 assists for a career-high PIR of 36. DJ Seeley followed with 16 points, Sasu Salin added 12, Mareks Mejeris chipped in 11 and Zach Hankins and Adam Makoka delivered 10 apiece for the winners. Tyler Ennis paced Reyer with 19 points of which 15 came in the first half. Mfiondu Kabengele recorded a double-double of 17 points and 10 boards, Jordan Parks scored 15 and Davide Moretti had 10 in the losing effort.

Seeley and Simpson run the show for the visitors early in the game. The former opened fire with back-to-back threes and the latter added a four-point play and an acrobatic layup to boost Cluj to a 2-12 lead after just 3 minutes. Reyer stopped the game, but had to wait until Xavier Munford took the court to see a reaction. Despite having missed all games since Round 1, he immediately delivered a three that Ennis followed with another two of his own to bring the hosts within 13-16. Cluj didn’t step back, though, and used a timeout to lock down on defense and keep the hosts scoreless for the next 4 minutes, during which they reconstructed a 14-22 advantage at the end of the first quarter.

Reyer kept struggling when the game resumed, unable to stop Hankins inside and allowing the Romanian backcourt to drive and score. As such, Cluj almost doubled the gap, making it 20-35 midway through the second quarter. Ennis came to the rescue for the home team, scoring 7 points in a row in less than 2 minutes to force a Cluj timeout with the score at 27-35. Kabengele shortened it even more with a baseline jumper, but the rally stopped when Seeley nailed a three and Makoka converted twice from the line to rebuild a double-digit lead, 29-40. A late layup by Mejeris, capping a superb ball movement by Cluj, closed the first half with the visitors ruling 29-42.

Kabengele stepped up right after the intermission, leading Reyer's offense with 6 consecutive points and securing the boards on both ends to reduce the gap to 35-42. Even though the visitors tried to slow down the hosts with a timeout, Reyer had already found its spark. Parks drilled a tough jumpshot, Seeley provided a layup and Kabengele kept delivering from the free throw line to make it a one-possession game, 44-46. Ennis evened things soon after, but Makoka, Mejeris and Salin showed up from deep with one triple each to abort the rally, 51-55. Cluj stopped a little bit when Hankins collected his third and a technical foul, as Wiltjer nailed his first three of the game to give Venice its first lead, 57-56, after 29 minutes. Amadeo Tessitori got the hosts even hotter with a three-point play, but Mejeris beat the shot-clock buzzer to close the third quarter with a 60-60 tie.

Mejeris inside and Simpson outside took the reins from Cluj entering the last stanza, allowing the visitors to regain a short advantage, 62-66. The hosts had Moretti as their main weapon, as he provided a couple of three-pointers to match the visitors’ offensive production. It wasn’t enough, though, because Seeley joined the party with a triple of his own and Simpson added a three-point play to cool it down, 70-76, with 6 minutes remaining. Reyer pushed inside with Kabengele once he got back on court, but cool-blooded Cluj responded to all comeback attempts. Salin hit from downtown to make it 77-81 when Reyer got within 1, as Simpson went again to the line to extend it to 77-83 entering clutch-time. Consecutive missed three-point attempts by Munford and Ennis allowed Salin to get another one and make it 77-86 soon after, good to seal the outcome and secure a tie-breaker advantage against Reyer.

A 0-10 run in the last 3 minutes decided the game for Cluj

Umana Reyer Venice v U-BT Cluj-Napoca (2025-01-15T19:00:00.000Z)

Fenerbahce Beko beat KK Crvena zvezda 91-96 on the road to record its third successive victory in the EuroLeague, improving to 13-7, while the Serbian team dropped to 12-9 after suffering its first defeat in five games.

Rampant Fenerbahce earns big road win at Crvena Zvezda, 91-96

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul beat Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade 91-96 on the road to record its third successive victory in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, improving to 13-7, while the Serbian team dropped to 12-9 after suffering its first defeat in five games.

The lethal Nigel Hayes-Davis paced the visitors with a game-high 27 points, with Tarik Biberovic and veteran Nicolo Melli adding 16 apiece, the latter sinking his opening four shots from downtown as Fenerbahce went on to nail 17 of 35 behind the arc.

Marko Guduric produced an effervescent performance against his former club as he pulled all the strings on offense for Fenerbahce, posting 11 points and 8 assists while committing a single turnover.

At the other end, Codi Miller-McIntyre shined for Zvezda with a team-high 23 points and Isaiah Canaan chipped in with 17, of which 10 came in a third-quarter blitz when he bedazzled his markers with a pair of audacious floaters coupled with two long-range shots.

Filip Petrusev scored 12 points for Zvezda and Ognjen Dobric added 10, but the hosts were undone by poor defense which allowed the Turkish side a barrage of open looks as well as some easy points in the paint.

In addition, Fenerbahce took better care of the ball as it dished out 22 assists and managed 8 steals against only 6 turnovers, too much for while Zvezda’s tally of 16 assists, 11 turnovers and just 2 steals.

The hosts made a bright start and carved out a 24-21 lead at the end of the first quarter as they sank four of their opening five efforts from long range, but Fenerbahce turned the tide in the second as Melli and Biberovic found their range and buried Zvezda’s basket with an avalanche of three-pointers.

The visiting team hit 10-of-20 triples in the first half and took a 43-49 lead into the locker room at the interval. Fenerbahce carried on early in the third quarter right where they left off in the second, as Melli drained another one to give Fenerbahce a 45-55 advantage. Canaan then turned up the decibel level in the gym as he netted 10 points in a row for Zvezda, but Fenerbahce held firm and was still in cruise control, 61-70, ahead of the final 10 minutes of an absorbing contest.

Hayes-Davis, who gave his markers a roasting all night as he kept hitting shots from all over, hit top gear in the fourth to keep Fenerbahce in the driving seat as the Turkish team engineered an 80-92 lead in the home stretch. A late rally gave Zvezda a glimmer of hope as the hosts closed the gap to 91-94 in the final minute, but Guduric was ice cool from the foul line to make sure there was no last-gasp drama.  

The visitors shot the lights out from downtown to silence a raucous home crowd inside Belgrade Arena 

Jabari Parker had 19 of his 25 points in the second half as FC Barcelona beat Panathinaikos BC 82-73 in Round 21.

Jabari Parker leads Barcelona past Panathinaikos, 82-73

FC Barcelona grabbed its third consecutive victory by downing Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens 82-73 at Palau Blaugrana in Round 21 on Wednesday. Barca improved to 12-9 in the standings while Panathinaikos dropped to 13-8 and saw its five-game winning streak come to an end. 

Jabari Parker paced the winners with 25 points and 7 rebounds. Dario Brizuela added 15 points while Alex Abrines had 12 for Barca, which also gained the potential head-to-head tie-break advantage against the Greens. Jerian Grant led Panathinaikos with 15 points, Cedi Osman added 14, Juancho Hernangomez tallied 12 points and 10 rebounds and Omer Yurtseven netted 11 points for the visitors.

Grant got Panathinaikos going with a four-meter jumper, igniting a 0-6 run in which Osman had 4 points. Parker scored in penetration and fed Youssoupha Fall for an alley-oop layup. After Grant struck from downtown, Fall responded by scoring twice in the paint. Kendrick Nunn's floater restored a slim Panathinaikos lead. Parker followed a baseline jumper with a driving layup that tied it at 12-12. Nunn beat the buzzer with a step-back triple and Wenyen Gabriel added a driving basket for a 12-17 Panathinaikos lead. Chimezie Metu dunked and Abrines erased Konstantinos Mitoglou's jumper with a tip-in. Kostas Sloukas and Metu exchanged baskets to fix the score at 18-21 after 10 minutes.

Abrines buried a floater early in the second quarter and Metu's turnaround jumper put Barca ahead, 22-21. Brizuela erased Gabriel's layup with a floater and soon gave his team a 26-23 edge. Jan Vesely hit a jump hook before Hernangomez got his team within 28-26. Sloukas struck from beyond the arc and Grant bettered Metu's jumper with a three-pointer that prompted Barca to call a timeout at 30-32. Osman scored off a wild spin move and Yurtseven finished a three-chance Panathinaikos offense with a dunk for a 30-36 lead. Hernangomez took over with a tip-in that made it 30-38 at halftime.

Parker and Hernangomez traded three-pointers right after the break. Abrines joined the three-point shootout and Parker dunked to bring Barca within 38-41. Tomas Satoransky added a fastbreak layup and Punter buried a triple that completed the hosts' comeback, 43-41, after a 10-0 run. Hernangomez scored around the basket and Osman erased Parker's jumper with a driving layup that tied it at 45-45. Parker buried another turnaround jumper and bettered Grant's backdoor layup with a bomb from downtown. Grant scored again, but a red-hot Parker and Brizuela each scored from beyond the arc, which caused Panathinaikos to stop the game at 56-49. Brizuela sank a floater and got help from Juan Nunez to boost Barca's lead to 59-50 after 30 minutes.

Brizuela insisted from downtown to make it a double-digit game, 62-52, early in the fourth quarter. Yurtseven dunked and fed Nunn for a baseline jumper that made Barca call timeout at 62-56. After Nunez buried a jumper, Yurtseven answered with a close basket. Parker gave Barca a 66-58 lead. Brizuela improved on Yurtseven's dunk with a wild off-balance triple. Yurtseven kept pushing the Greens with a reverse layup which Parker matched with another jumper. Osman took over with a wild fastbreak basket and Grant erased Kevin Punter's baseline jumper with an acrobatic layup. Vesely scored around the basket but Hernangomez answered from downtown to give Panathinaikos hope, 75-70, with 46.3 seconds left. Abrines made free throws and added a corner triple to seal the outcome in style.

The Barcelona forward scored 19 of his game-high 25 points in the second half


Strazel drives and connects with Papagiannis, who slams it home!

Papagiannis dunks off a smart Strazel dish! Motorola Magic Moment

 Strazel drives and connects with Papagiannis, who slams it home!

Kendrick Nunn missed but Omer Yurtseven fixed it with a wild put-back slam!

Yurtseven's put-back slam! Motorola Magic Moment

 Kendrick Nunn missed but Omer Yurtseven fixed it with a wild put-back slam!

Umana Reyer Venice-U-BT Cluj-Napoca | Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse took care of business in Round 15 of the BKT EuroCup and cruised past Aris Midea Thessaloniki to keep pace with the other teams in the playoff battle while exacting a bit of revenge

Bourg took care of business versus Aris - and avenged home loss

[Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/jl-bourg-en-bresse/roster/bou/?season=2024-25) took care of business in Round 15 of the BKT EuroCup and cruised past [Aris Midea Thessaloniki](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/aris-thessaloniki/roster/ari/?season=2024-25) to keep pace with the other teams in the playoff battle while exacting a bit of revenge.

Bourg had three players score in double figures and seven more had at least 6 points in [the 51-92 victory in Greece](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/bourg-blows-by-aris-51-92-to-stay-in-playoff-zone/). The French side lost [88-91 at home](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/aris-stuns-bourg-88-91-on-the-road/) to Aris in Round 6.

“It was important for us to win here tonight for the future of the competition because the standings are very tight. And the first game against Aris was a loss for us. So it was revenge for us,” said Bourg head coach [Frederic Fauthoux](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/cosea-jl-bourg-en-bresse/bou/fauthoux-frederic/?season=U2024). “We are very happy. We did a very good job in the first half.”

The 2024 EuroCup runner-up put together a strong first 20 minutes and led 26-46 and never looked back for two straight wins. That gave Fauthoux’s team an 8-7 record as it tries to move up the Group B standings while also holding off [U-BT Cluj-Napoca](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/u-bt-cluj-napoca/roster/clu/?season=2024-25).

“It was a good game. We fought hard and that was what we came here to do,” said [Xavier Castaneda](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/xavier-castaneda/013266/), who scored 14 points in just 15 minutes of action. “We knew they were a tough team. They like to foul a lot. They fight hard so we had to fight hard as well. And we came out with a victory and that’s all that matters.”

Bourg showed why it is a strong offensive rebounding team with 17 boards off its own misses to lead to 17 second-chance points. Bourg had averaged 12.4 offensive rebounds - ranked fourth in the EuroCup.

The French side’s defense did more than enough, especially hassling Aris’s ball-handlers. The home team committed 21 turnovers against the team that forces the most miscues in the EuroCup - averaging 17.1 turnovers a game with a league-high 9.4 steals. That defense led to 23 points off turnovers, including 18 fastbreak points.

Bourg lays the foundation in the first half for a comfortable win 

Aris Midea Thessaloniki v Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse (2025-01-15T18:00:00.000Z)

Salin fixes what seemed to be a turnover, tapping the ball from the floor to launch the perfect fastbreak that Mokoka finishes with a strong  dunk

Salin creates a fastbreak from the floor! Magic Moment

Salin fixes what seemed to be a turnover, tapping the ball from the floor to launch the perfect fastbreak that Mokoka finishes with a strong  dunk 

Devon Dotson delivers the fine dime and Ante Tomic throws it down.

Tomic throws it down! Magic Moment

 Devon Dotson delivers the fine dime and Ante Tomic throws it down.

Dreamland Gran Canaria v Joventut Badalona (2025-01-15T20:00:00.000Z)

Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse avoided a slip-up in the fight for the playoffs with a dominant 51-92 victory at Aris Midea Thessaloniki in Round 15 of the BKT EuroCup

Bourg blows by Aris 51-92 to stay in playoff zone 

Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse avoided a slip-up in the fight for the playoffs with a dominant 51-92 victory at Aris Midea Thessaloniki. Bourg gave up only 26 points in the first half to improve to 8-7, giving it two straight wins after a three-game losing skid.

Brandon Paul poured in 19 points and Xavier Castaneda had 14 points to pace Bourg. Aris was eliminated from playoff contention as it fell to 3-12 on the season and 1-6 at home. D’Moi Hodge had 11 points as Aris’s leading scorer.

Bourg got into the bonus early on and made 8 free throws in the first 4 minutes for a 7-10 lead. Castaneda buried a three-pointer for 9 points and a 7-13 advantage. The cushion grew to 9-17 and Paul’s triple had Bourg up 12-23 after 10 minutes. 

Bourg continued to roll in the second quarter with the first 7 points for a 12-30 margin as Aris needed nearly 3 minutes to get on the scoreboard. Aris could not come up with stops and Brandon Jefferson and Castaneda drilled triples as Bourg doubled up Aris 23-46. The score was 26-46 at the break.

Aris was able to score a bit more consistently in the early stages of the second half and was down 32-49. But Bourg scored the next 9 points and increased the lead to 32-58. The advantage grew to 27 points three times and it was 40-67 after three periods.

Hodge opened the final frame with a three-point play but Bourg ended any doubts with the next 15 points en route to a comfortable win.

The French side had little trouble on the road to eliminate Aris 

Trefl Sopot-Bahcesehir College Istanbul | Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

Trefl Sopot v Bahcesehir College Istanbul (2025-01-15T18:00:00.000Z)