Name: Gillespie stops a dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
Channel: Euroleague Basketball

Wetzell goes for a dunk, but Gillespie is at the rim to stop it.

Gillespie stops a dunk! Motorola Magic Moment

 Wetzell goes for a dunk, but Gillespie is at the rim to stop it.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan v ALBA Berlin (2025-01-14T19:30:00.000Z)

ALBA on a fast break, but Caruso denies it slapping the ball emphatically off the backboard.

Caruso swats it of backboard! Motorola Magic Moment

 ALBA on a fast break, but Caruso denies it slapping the ball emphatically off the backboard.

Maccabi turns defense into offense! Motorola Magic Moment

Real Madrid v Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (2025-01-14T19:45:00.000Z)

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade issued a statement of intent with an overwhelming 62-93 win at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, which improved the Serbian team’s regular season record to 10-11 while the hosts dropped to 9-12. 

Vintage Partizan crushes ASVEL, 62-93

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade issued a statement of intent with an overwhelming 62-93 win at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, which improved the Serbian team’s regular season record to 10-11 while the hosts dropped to 9-12.

Big man Tyrique Jones led a ferocious Partizan pack with 22 points in as many minutes on the court, shooting 9 of 10 from the floor as his only miss came by way of fumbling an alley-oop.

Iffe Lundberg produced his most impressive performance of the season to register 18 points, as Sterling Brown chipped in with 16 and Brandon Davies added 11. At the other end, Melvin Ajinca was the only home player in double digits with 14 points.

Game Videos

Partizan hit top gear from the start as the visiting team sank 6 of 7 shots from deep in the first quarter, with Brown nailing 11 points to propel the Serbian side into a 20-31 lead at the end of the opening period. Partizan also took much better care of the ball as it dished out 9 assists and committed just 1 turnover, while the home team had a mere 3 assists while committing 4 turnovers.

ASVEL was unable to take advantage of Partizan’s offensive woes in the second quarter as the visitors ramped up their defense and eventually held on to their advantage, although the French team at one point slashed the deficit to 31-35.

Lundberg was instrumental in keeping Partizan in the driving seat as he sank a pair of clutch threes late in the first half, enabling his team to take a 34-45 advantage into the locker room at the interval to delight a large and vociferous bad of traveling Serbian fans.

Game News

Any hopes of a comeback ASVEL might have had were vanquished in the third quarter as Partizan fired on all cylinders at both ends and won the period 9-29, with Davies catching fire to sink all his 11 points down the stretch. Defensively, Partizan’s EuroLeague debutant Arijan Lakic totally stifled ASVEL’s top performer Theo Maledon, who was confined to just 7 points on 0-of-6 shooting from the floor.

Partizan romped away to 45-80 early in the fourth and kept its foot on the gas all the way, with Tyrique Jones putting the icing on the cake with some spectacular dunks while many of the home supporters left the gym in a hurry well before the final buzzer.

The visitors produced a flawless performance for their biggest win of the season 

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2025-01-14T19:00:00.000Z)

Dolomiti Energia Trento-ratiopharm Ulm | Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

Dolomiti Energia Trento v ratiopharm Ulm (2025-01-14T19:00:00.000Z)

KK Partizan guard Iffe Lundberg spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat LDLC ASVEL in Round 21 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Iffe Lundberg: 'Every game has to be a final for us'

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade guard Iffe Lundberg spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in Round 21 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade| RS Round 21 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Vezenkov produces a wonderful over-the-head pass to find Fall in the paint!

Vezenkov’s over-the-head dish to Fall! Motorola Magic Momentc

 Vezenkov produces a wonderful over-the-head pass to find Fall in the paint!

Vezenkov’s over-the-head dish to Fall! Motorola Magic Moment

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz v Olympiacos Piraeus (2025-01-14T19:30:00.000Z)

Fournier tries to beat the buzzer, but Hall pulls off a ferocious block!

Hall rejects Fournier! Motorola Magic Moment

 Fournier tries to beat the buzzer, but Hall pulls off a ferocious block!

Dolomiti Energia Trento kept alive its slim chances of reacing the postseason by blowing out ratiopharm Ulm 86-69 at home. 

Trento rolls past Ulm 86-69 to keep playoff hopes alive

Dolomiti Energia Trento kept alive its slim chances of reacing the postseason by blowing out ratiopharm Ulm 86-71 at home. Trento scored the first 15 points of the game and never looked back in snapping a three-game losing streak to move to 5-10 in Group A.

Anthony Lamb led the way for Trento with 21 points and Jordan Ford netted 20 points on a night when Trento’s veteran Toto Forray became the EuroCup’s all-time leader in games played with 145. In addition, Mario Machetti played the final 74 seconds at age 15 years, 9 months and 1 day to become the third-youngest player in EuroCup history behind Stefan Petkovic of Benetton Freibourg (15y 0m 10d) and Nikolaos Vasileiou of Promitheas Patras (15y 6m 4d).

Ulm has lost back-to-back games after winning five straight games to fall to 9-6 on the season. Ulm has averaged just 72.5 points in those two games after scoring 106.7 points in the previous three contests. Noa Essengue was Ulm’s top scorer with 18 points and 8 rebounds and Justinian Jessup had 12 points and 6 steals.

Ulm had a nightmare start to the game with 9 missed shots and 3 turnovers while Lamb made 2 three-pointers for 8 points in a 15-0 run for Trento. Isaiah Roby finally scored for Ulm after more than 5 minutes. Karim Jallow made it 17-8 for the guests while Ford scored 7 points for Trento, which led 25-10 after 10 minutes.

Ulm did a good job slowing down Trento’s offense with a 0-6 run over a 3-minute spurt to get within 27-18. Quinn Ellis and Ford both drained triples in an 11-2 surge to stretch the lead to 38-20. Ulm missed its first 11 three-pointers before Marcio Santos finally hit from deep but the visitors were down 43-26 at the break.

Roby opened the second half with the first score but Ulm could not get the defensive stops as Trento went on an 11-3 run to extend the advantage to 21 points at 54-33. Ulm managed to make 3 triples in trimming the deficit to 56-44. Ford punched back with 5 points and Trento led 65-50 after three quarters.

Ellis converted a three-point play to start the fourth quarter and Ulm’s offense produced only 2 points in the first 3 minutes and the cushion was 75-54. Ulm had one more run with Alfonso Plummer and Essengue bookending a 0-10 surge with triples to get as close as 75-64. Lamb answered with three jumpers to secure an 84-69 lead with only 98 seconds to go to lock up the win.

Quick start helps Trento snap a three-game losing streak 

Trento rolls past Ulm 86-71 to keep playoff hopes alive

Tre’Shawn Thurman spins on his man and then hammers it home in traffic.

Thurman hammers it home! Magic Moment of the Night

Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul v Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius (2025-01-14T17:00:00.000Z)

Jordan Nwora races across to stop TJ Shorts' layup attempt.

Nwora gets across for the block! Motorola Magic Moment

 Jordan Nwora races across to stop TJ Shorts' layup attempt.

Paris Basketball v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2025-01-14T19:30:00.000Z)

Nothing was going right for [Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/besiktas-istanbul/roster/bes/?season=2024-25) in the third quarter offensively in its big game against [Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/wolves-vilnius/roster/wol/?season=2024-25). Luckily for Besiktas head coach Dusan Alimpijevic, the Turkish side found the energy to continue its fight on defense - and [Jonah Mathews](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jonah-mathews/011936/) had a near career night on offense - to get a crucial victory.

Mathews poured in 27 points and Besiktas held Wolves under 20 points in each of the final three quarters for [a 79-77 victory](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/besiktas-rallies-to-beat-wolves-79-77-snap-three-game-skid/) and an 8-7 record in Group A while Wolves dropped to 7-8. It was a performance that impressed the home side’s coach.

“I don’t know how we found the energy to win this game. I don’t care how we won this game. I just care that my guys found the energy and found a way to win this game,” Coach Alimpijevic said.

Jonah Mathews delivered scoring as Besiktas found energy to beat Wolves

Besiktas failed to score for the first 7:34 minutes in the second half and watched Wolves pull away with a 0-11 run for an 11-point deficit. After scoring 15 points in the first half, Mathews did not score in the third quarter until 11 seconds were left.

The 26-year-old American led the comeback in the fourth quarter with 10 points, including 8 straight points inside the final 4 minutes.

"A win is always good. My teammates found me I was able to hit some shots. They are a very good team and have shown that in the EuroCup and the Lithuanian League. So I am happy we got the win,” said Mathews, who also had 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 7 fouls drawn for a performance index rating of 30.

That PIR set a new personal high for Mathews, topping his previous high of 27 while his 27 points were 1 shy of his personal best. 

Besiktas shot an impressive 41.7% on three-pointers, which is not a surprise given the Turkish side had made 38.0% from long range coming into the game, which was third-best in the EuroCup. But Besiktas did surprise many by converting 23 of 25 free throws (92.0%). Alimpijevic’s team was the worst free-throw shooting team in the league at just 71.1%.

Coach Alimpijevic was impressed with his team’s defensive performance 

Jonah Mathews delivered scoring as Besiktas found energy to beat Wolves 

McKissic drives to the basket, but Luwawu-Cabarrot rejects him with force!

Luwawu-Cabarrot stops McKissic! Motorola Magic Moment

 McKissic drives to the basket, but Luwawu-Cabarrot rejects him with force!

Tyrique Jones goes ballistic as he flushed down another nasty jam down the iron !

Tyrique Jones with a big slam! Motorola Magic Moment

 Tyrique Jones goes ballistic as he flushed down another nasty jam down the iron !

Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem-Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana | Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem v Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (2025-01-14T18:00:00.000Z)

Aquila Basket Trento legend Toto Forray etched his name into BKT EuroCup history when he became him the competition’s all-time leader in games played with 145 appearances.

Toto Forray becomes EuroCup career leader with 145th appearance 

[Dolomiti Energia Trento](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/dolomiti-energia-trento/trn/) legend [Toto Forray](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/toto-forray/006382/) etched his name into BKT EuroCup history when he took the court against ratiopharm Ulm on Tuesday night. 

That appearance made him the EuroCup’s all-time leader in games played with 145. Forray, 38, takes the record away from three-time champion and [Valencia Basket](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/valencia-basket/pam/) great [Rafa Martinez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/rafa-martinez/001351/).

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RECORD BREAKER! 📈<br><br>With today&#39;s start Toto Forray is the ALL TIME player with the most appearances in EuroCup history! 💯<br><br>All games in one club! Take a bow 👏<a href="https://twitter.com/AquilaBasketTN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AquilaBasketTN</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZGY4uWiQop">pic.twitter.com/ZGY4uWiQop</a></p>&mdash; BKT EuroCup (@EuroCup) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup/status/1879242026258182644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Forray, a native of Argentina, has spent the vast majority of his career with Trento, which he joined in 2011 when it was in Italy’s third division. He helped the club climb all the way to Italy’s top flight and has been Trento’s captain since 2016.

In nine EuroCup seasons, Forray has amassed 944 points on 237 triples, 282 assists and 154 steals. He entered Tuesday’s game ranked fourth in career steals, 30th in assists, 32nd in three-pointers made and 41st in points scored.

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Tyrique Jones on the alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment

 The Joneses do their thing as Carlik finds Tyrique for the dunk!