Name: Top 10 Plays | RS Round 13 | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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\- This is the first-ever official meeting between Paris and Olympiacos.

\- Paris guard Maodo Lo earned MVP of the Round honors while playing for ALBA in a 90-75 win over Olympiacos in March 2022. He accumulated a PIR of 34.

\- Big men Kevarrius Hayes of Paris and Moustapha Fall of Olympiacos were teammates at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne during the 2020-21 season.

\- Olympiacos's Fall and Evan Fournier have been teammates of Paris's Yakuba Ouattara on the French national team.

\- Olympiacos's Naz Mitrou-Long and Keenan Evans were teammates with Paris center Kevarrius Hayes at Zalgiris Kaunas. Hayes and Evans were teammates the past two seasons, while Mitrou-Long was there for the first part of last season.

\- Paris's Yakuba Ouattara scored 15 points by making a career-best 5 three-point shots in Game 5 of the 2023 playoffs while playing for AS Monaco against Olympiacos.

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Game Notes: Olympiacos vs. Paris

Olympiacos Piraeus v Paris Basketball (2024-12-06T19:15:00.000Z)

\- Monaco and ALBA have met six times in the EuroLeague, and Monaco has won the last five

\- Monaco beat ALBA 92-89 on its home floor last season on Elie Okobo's buzzer-beating triple.

\- ALBA swept Monaco in two games in the BKT EuroCup Top 16 during the 2018-19 season. ALBA won 83-74 in Berlin and 61-75 in Monaco.

\- ALBA guard Matt Thomas and Monaco center Georgios Papagiannis were teammates at Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens in the 2022-23 season.

\- Matt Thomas made a career-best 5 three-pointers in Round 4 loss against Monaco.

\- Tim Schneider had career highs with 5 three-pointers made and a PIR of 16 in a road loss against Monaco last season.

\- Jordan Loyd posted his career high in steals with 5 while playing for Zenit St Petersburg against ALBA Berlin in November 2021.

\- Elie Okobo posted his career high with 7 rebounds while playing for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne against ALBA in October 2021.

Game Notes: Monaco vs. ALBA

AS Monaco v ALBA Berlin (2024-12-06T18:00:00.000Z)

\- Last season in Madrid, Fenerbahce beat Real 79-89, its first road win over Real in six years, as Nigel Hayes-Davis led the way with 17 points and his career high of 12 rebounds and 6 offensive rebounds.

\- Last season in Istanbul, Fenerbahce rallied for an 100-99 OT win, with Yam Madar scoring a game-winning basket with 0.6 seconds to go.

\- Real's Facundo Campazzo tied a EuroLeague record after going 11 for 11 on two-pointers en route to a career-high 33 points in that overtime loss against Fenerbahce last season.

\- In their meeting in Istanbul in April 2021, Real set a club record with 19-three-point shots made in a 67-93 victory. The team shot 50% on threes that night.

\- In the 2018 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game, Real Madrid beat Fenerbahce 85-80 in Belgrade to lift its 10th EuroLeague crown.

\- In the 2017 EuroLeague Final Four semifinal, Fenerbahce registered an emphatic 84-75 victory over Real.

\- Real and Fenerbahce battled in the semifinals at the 2015 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in the Spanish capital. Real topped Fenerbahce 96-87 behind Gustavo Ayon's 18 points.

\- Fenerbahce swept Real 3-0 in the 2016 EuroLeague Playoffs.

\- Fenerbahce and Real played in the third-place game at the 2019 Final Four, with Real winning 75-94 as Facundo Campazzo set a Final Four single-game record with 15 assists. In that game, Gustavo Ayon tied a EuroLeague single-game record for two-pointers made without a miss, going 11 for 11.

\- Real forward Mario Hezonja was a teammate of Fenerbahce head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius during the 2012-13 campaign at FC Barcelona.

\- Real's Dzanan Musa was a teammate with Fenerbahce's Erten Gazi at Anadolu Efes Istanbul in the 2020-21 season.

\- Real guard Sergio Llull matched his career-best PIR of 32 in his team’s 2017 Final Four semifinal loss against Fenerbahce. In that game he made a career-best 10 free throws.

\- Llull matched his career high in steals with 3 against Fenerbahce in March 2017.

\- Fenerbahce center Sertac Sanli delivered a career-high 5 blocks while playing for FC Barcelona against Real Madrid in January 2023.

\- Sanli tied his career high with 8 rebounds while playing for Anadolu Efes Istanbul in Game 1 of the 2021 playoffs against Real Madrid.

\- Fenerbahce's Nicolo Melli posted a career-high 28 points in the Turkish team’s 2018 championship game loss against Real.

\- Fenerbahce guard Wade Baldwin had a career-high 3 blocks while playing for FC Bayern Munich against Real in January 2021.

Game Notes: Madrid vs. Fenerbahce

Real Madrid v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2024-12-05T19:45:00.000Z)

\- Baskonia head coach Pablo Laso moved from Bayern to Baskonia this past summer after spending one season in Munich. He led Bayern to a season sweep of Baskonia, including a 112-109 overtime win in Munich last January.

\- Last season in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Bayern beat Baskonia 68-76 with Nick Weiler-Babb collecting a career-high 11 rebounds.

\- Bayern forward Vladimir Lucic had a career-high and club-record 14 rebounds in a home loss against Baskonia in December 2021.

\- Baskonia guard Ognjen Jaramaz spent two seasons with Bayern, from 2021 to 2023.

\- Bayern's Vladimir Lucic and Jaramaz have also been teammates on the Serbian national team.

\- Bayern's Johannes Voigtmann spent three seasons with Baskonia. He made his EuroLeague debut there during the 2016-17 season.

\- Baskonia forward Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot was a teammate of Bayern's Shabazz Napier and Voigtmann at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in the 2022-23 season.

\- Voigtmann tied his career high in blocks with 3 while playing for Milan against Baskonia last March.

\- Bayern's Elias Harris grabbed a career-high 6 rebounds while playing for Brose Bamberg against Baskonia in February 2016.

Game Notes: Bayern vs. Baskonia

FC Bayern Munich v Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (2024-12-05T19:30:00.000Z)

\- Both of their head-to-head games in Belgrade the past two seasons went down to the wire, including Partizan's 92-87 overtime win last season.

\- Panathinaikos center Mathias Lessort became a fan favorite with Partizan fans during the season and a half he played for the team. In the 2022-23 campaign, he helped Partizan reach the EuroLeague Playoffs while earning All-EuroLeague First Team honors.

\- Panathinaikos forward Ioannis Papapetrou also played for Partizan in the 2022-23 season.

\- Zeljko Obradovic cemented his status as a coaching legend during his 13 seasons with Panathinaikos. During that time, he led the Greens to five EuroLeague titles, 11 Greek League championships and seven Greek Cups.

\- Panathinaikos point guard Kostas Sloukas played under Coach Obradovic at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul for five seasons, from 2015 to 2020. They reached four EuroLeague Final Fours together and won the 2017 EuroLeague title.

\- Panathinaikos center Omer Yurtseven played under current Partizan head coach Zeljko Obradovic at Fenerbahce in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.

\- Lessort and Partizan playmaker Frank Ntilikina have been teammates on the French national team, winning the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the bronze medal at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

\- Panathinaikos guard Marius Grigonis was a teammate of Partizan's Iffe Lundberg at CSKA Moscow during the 2021-22 season.

\- Panathinaikos playmaker Jerian Grant and Partizan center Tyrique Jones played at Turk Telekom Ankara in the 2022-23 season. Together they reached the 2023 EuroCup Finals and Turkish League finals.

\- Partizan's Tyrique Jones earned MVP of the Round honors after leading Anadolu Efes Istanbul to a 71-68 win over Panathinaikos in Round 12 last season, as he had a career-high 22 points, plus 13 rebounds, for a career-best PIR of 36.

\- In a road loss against Partizan last season, Panathinaikos forward Konstantinos Mitoglou recorded a career-high 4 steals.

\- Partizan guard Iffe Lundberg dished a career-high 8 assists while playing for Virtus Segafredo Bologna in an 88-85 overtime loss in Athens in November 2022.

Game Notes: Partizan vs. Panathinaikos

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2024-12-05T19:30:00.000Z)

\- The last time these two teams faced each other, Barcelona registered its fourth straight win, 92-89, on Nico Laprovittola's game-winning triple with 5 seconds to go.

\- Barcelona edged Maccabi 90-92 in Belgrade last season when James Nnaji posted his career highs in points (11) and PIR (16).

\- When Maccabi beat Barcelona at Palau Blaugrana 80-104 in April 2022, it was the highest point total by a visitor at Palau Blaugrana in EuroLeague games there since 2000.

\- Maccabi and Barcelona faced each other in the 1991 EuroLeague Final Four in Paris, France. Barcelona thrashed Maccabi 101-67 in the first semifinal behind Jose Antonio Montero, who shined with 25 points off the bench.

\- Maccabi and Barcelona met in the 2000 EuroLeague semifinals in Thessaloniki, Greece. Maccabi prevailed 51-65 thanks to 24 points from the late Nate Huffman.

\- Gianluca Basile set a Barcelona club record against Maccabi with 34 points in Game 2 of the 2008 EuroLeague Playoffs.

\- Rokas Jokubaitis joined Maccabi this past summer after spending three seasons with Barcelona. He helped the team reach the EuroLeague Final Four in 2022 and 2023.

\- Maccabi center Jasiel Rivero played under Barcelona headd coach Joan Penarroya at Valencia Basket in the 2021-22 season.

\- Barcelona swingman Alex Abrines posted his career high in PIR with 28 against Maccabi in April 2013.

\- Maccabi point guard Tamir Blatt had a career-high 5 three-pointers made while playing for ALBA Berlin against Barcelona in December 2022

Game Notes: Maccabi vs. Barcelona

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv v FC Barcelona (2024-12-05T19:05:00.000Z)

\- The last time they played, Zalgiris thrashed Efes 96-70 in Kaunas last January with Laurynas Birutis scoring a career-high 18 points, and Tomas Dimsa dishing his career-high 7 assists.

\- Last season in Istanbul, Efes beat Zalgiris 86-82 after overtime. That was Efes's sixth straight win over Zagiris, with Derek Willis collecting his first career double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds.

\- Zalgiris's single-game club record for three-pointers made is 19, which it set in a 96-91 road loss against Anadolu Efes Istanbul in February 2020.

\- Zalgiris's single-game record for three-pointers made by a player is 7, which Marko Popovic tied against Anadolu Efes Istanbul in November 2012.

\- Zalgiris center Bryant Dunston spent eight seasons with Efes. He joined the team in 2015 and helped it win EuroLeague championships in 2021 and 2022 and reach the championship game in 2019.

\- Rolands Smits joined Efes this past summer after spending two seasons with Zalgiris.

\- Efes guard Rodrigue Beaubois scored 20 points and dished a career-high 7 assists in a 60-86 thrashing in Kaunas in December 2022.

\- Zalgiris forward Edgaras Ulanovas scored a career-high 22 points in a 91-83 home win against Efes in November 2017.

\- Efes guard Shane Larkin collected a career-high 4 steals against Zalgiris in March 2021.

\- Zalgiris's Ignas Brazdeikis posted his career highs in PIR (25) and points (23) in an 80-70 road loss against Efes in February 2023.

Game Notes: Zalgiris vs. Efes

Zalgiris Kaunas v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2024-12-05T18:00:00.000Z)

Be sure to take a look at the best ten plays of the 2024 25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 13!

Top 10 Plays | RS Round 13 | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

 Be sure to take a look at the best ten plays of the 2024 25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 13!

Top 10 Plays | Round 13 | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Be sure to take a look at the best ten plays of the 2024 25 BKT EuroCup Regular Season Round 10!

Top 10 Plays | Round 10 | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup

 Be sure to take a look at the best ten plays of the 2024 25 BKT EuroCup Regular Season Round 10!

It was Georgios Bartzokas's Olympiacos BC which got the better of Vassilis Spanoulis's AS Monaco in Round 13, with the Reds leaning on their defense to get the victory.

Georgios Bartzokas hails ironclad defense in gritty win over Monaco

[Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/olympiacos-piraeus/oly/) climbed up to second place in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague standings with [a workmanlike 80-89 win at AS Monaco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/olympiacos-sinks-monaco-80-89-handing-spanoulis-first-defeat/) after steely second-half defense saw the visitors stifle out the home side’s main weapons, notably the competition’s all-time top scorer [Mike James](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/mike-james/005985/), who was limited to a mere 10 points.

James dished out 12 assists and [Alpha Diallo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/alpha-diallo/011226/) finished on a game-high 21 points, but Monaco went ice-cold from the floor when the chips were down while Olympiacos made a barrage of big shots at the other end and improved to 9-4 while Monaco dropped to 8-5.

It was a welcome victory for the visiting team’s head coach Georgios Bartzokas as Olympiacos bounced back from last week’s 78-70 reverse at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, and the 59-year-old tactician heaped praise on his men for a rock-solid performance.

“The level of the quality from both teams was really high. Great players on both teams and I think it was a spectacular game for the fans,” Coach Bartzokas told the post-game press conference. “This is the EuroLeague nowadays and you need to be at the highest level. We were good defensively in the second half, when we allowed 35 points. Monaco had 16 assists in the first half but in the end, they reverted to their nature. A lot of pull-up jumpers and we defended them really well. It was another important road win for us in a tough schedule as we head into the game with Paris.

“We changed three defenses during the game as we wanted to keep the ball away from Mike James, hence we risked a little bit by allowing pull-up jumpers from players like Elie Okobo and Matthew Strazel.”

It was the first EuroLeague clash between Bartzokas and former Olympiacos legend Vassilis Spanoulis, who took over as head coach at Monaco last week and made a dream start with an 88-91 win at reigning champ Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens – his other former club.

Bartzokas assessed that a glittering and trophy-laden career as a player had opened the doors to Spanoulis for top coaching jobs, as the 42-year-old enjoyed stints with Greek top division club Peristeri and the country’s national team before a stunning move to Monaco.

“I am happy for Vassilis,” said Bartzokas.” Because of the amazing name he made for himself as a player, he got an immediate opportunity to take very good \[coaching\] jobs. Monaco is a target for pretty much every European coach and after only two years of experience at this level, he has the opportunity to coach some great players and a really good team.”

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="el" dir="ltr">Ο πρόεδρος της ΚΑΕ Ολυμπιακός, κ. Παναγιώτης Αγγελόπουλος και η σύζυγός του, κα. Ελευθερία Κούκου, ταξίδεψαν στο Μονακό και βρέθηκαν στο πλευρό της ομάδας μας! <br><br>Μετά το τέλος της αναμέτρησης ο Πρόεδρός μας φωτογραφήθηκε με τον Πρόεδρο της <a href="https://twitter.com/ASMonaco_Basket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ASMonaco_Basket</a> , Alexey Fedorychev και… <a href="https://t.co/mthegNFavA">pic.twitter.com/mthegNFavA</a></p>&mdash; Olympiacos B.C. (@Olympiacos_BC) <a href="https://twitter.com/Olympiacos_BC/status/1864439358847143944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Bartzokas added that EuroLeague debutant Paris Basketball, his team’s next opponent, has left an overwhelming impression after rocketing to the top of the pile with nine straight wins which propelled the top-flight newcomer to a 10-3 record.

“It’s a big surprise for everybody but it’s a good surprise. Basketball needs something new sometimes and they deserve to be here. France now has three teams in the EuroLeague thanks to the country’s outstanding natural talent and athletic ability, two of them being strong contenders for at least the top eight.” 

Spanoulis conceded that Monaco had lapsed at crunch time against Olympiacos but took a lot of positives from a defeat which he described as part of a learning curve.

“We gave away the too many easy points in the first half and we just need to be more focused defensively,” said the winner of three titles as a player in Europe’s premier club competitions. “The EuroLeague is a marathon, there will be wins and losses and we’ll see what happens.

“This loss will make us better and we will be ready for Friday \[at home to ALBA Berlin\]. This is a great example for us that you can’t win all the time as improving the team is a process and teams that improve the most during the season will go all the way, it’s as simple as that. The important thing is to learn from every loss as I am not the kind of guy looking for excuses.”

The Olympiacos head coach is relishing a top-of-the-standings clash with EuroLeague debutant Paris in the next round 

AS Monaco v Olympiacos Piraeus (2024-12-04T18:00:00.000Z)

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans, we have our 13th winner in this season's EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge! Zah Zaharis beat everyone else in Round 13 with their team 'zahateam', which had a Fantasy Challenge score of 218.45.

EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Round 13 winner

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans, we have our 13th winner in this season's [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/)! Zah Zaharis beat everyone else in Round 13 with their team 'zahateam', which had a Fantasy Challenge score of 218.45.

Zah had the following starting lineup: Nikola Mirotic of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan as team captain, then Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade duo Carlik Jones and Tyrique Jones, Paris Basketball guard TJ Shorts, and FC Bayern Munich center Devin Booker. His sixth man was Olympiacos Piraeus guard Shaq McKissic. On the bench, Zah had Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade's Isaiah Canaan, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens's Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, and Milan duo Giampaolo Ricci and Guglielmo Caruso. His team's head coach was Bayern's Pablo Laso. 

The prize for finishing first in Round 13 is a free VIP Euroleague TV Subscription for the 2025-26 season, so congratulations, Zah!

Marko Dukic and his team 'Kughat' remains the leader of the [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/) overall standings with 2,192.45 points.

Trades are now open for Round 14. Remember, four trades are allowed before each round. You can either trade up to four players, or a head coach and three players.

The first game in Round 14 tips off on Thursday, December 5, as Zalgiris Kaunas hosts Anadolu Efes Istanbul at 19:00 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!

EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge offers weekly prizes to the top team manager. 

Congratulations to Matej Karamarko, our eighth winner in the 2024-25 EuroCup Fantasy Challenge! Matej's team, 'm199', posted a score of 225.75.

EuroCup Fantasy Challenge: Round 9 winner

Congratulations to Yogev Tebulle, our 10th winner in the 2024-25 [EuroCup Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/)! Yogev's team, 'Hapoel j', posted a score of 204.10.

Yogven had the following starting lineup: Jared Harper of Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem as team captain, then Umana Reyer Venice duo Tyler Ennis and Mfiondu Kabengele, and Turk Telekom Ankara pair Braian Angola and Anthony Brown. ratiopharm Ulm's Noa Essengue was his sixth man.

His team's head coach was Ulm's Ty Harrelson, while his four bench players were Ulm's Ben Saraf, 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys's Georgios Kalaitzakis, Jerusalem's Gabriel Chachashvili, and Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse's Maxime Courby. 

The prize for finishing first in Round 10 is a free subscription to Euroleague TV for the 2025-26 season, so congratulations, Yogev!

The leader in the overall standings remains Milos Mihajlovic and his squad, 'BallIsLife', which has a total of 1,705.80 points after the first 10 rounds. Trades are now open for Round 11. Remember, four trades are allowed before each round until the end of the regular season.

Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become EuroCup Fantasy Challenge's next winner!

EuroCup Fantasy Challenge offers weekly prizes to the top team manager, so get in the game and go for the gold!

EuroCup Fantasy Challenge: Round 10 winner

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica-Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica v Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul (2024-12-04T18:00:00.000Z)

For the third time in a row, Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul won its game on the road, and this time it need to give everything it got to hold off Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 88-90.

Besiktas has turned its 'disadvantages into advantages'

For the third time in a row, Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul won a game on the road, and this time it needed to give everything it got to hold off Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 88-90.

Kelan Martin scored 8 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and Dustin Sleva had 9 of his 16 points in the final stanza.

Jonah Mathews and Kyle Allman hit important shots, but none was more important than Derek Needham's triple with 35 seconds left that made it 85-89.

"The win is important for the standings, for team chemistry," Mathews said. "Important for everything."

Coach Dusan Alimpijevic agreed.

"This is an amazing win for us," the Besiktas head coach said. "We have been playing without a '5', and the main thing is we just turn our disadvantages into our advantages."

Due to their lack of size, Besiktas's bigs were stretching the floor more rather than rolling to the basket.

"I think that was a problem for Buducnost to find a solution," added Alimpijevic.

Looking at the box score, with Besiktas outrebounding the hosts 35-33, and 17-9 on the offensive glass, few would think Besiktas had a size disadvantage.

"Big congrats to my players for their desire. Without a '5', 17 offensive rebounds. A big game for them."

Besiktas now hosts the Group A leader and city rival Bahcesehir College Istanbul, then goes on a stretch of three more road games.

Considering how it has fared away from home lately, don't be surprised the team holding a 6-4 record continues its climb up the standings.

The Turkish outfit displayed its road warrior mentality once again

The second part of the regular season might have started, but not much changed for Bahcesehir College Istanbul as it downed Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius 84-74 on Wednesday. It marked Bahcesehir's seventh consecutive win and the fifth time during this streak that finished with a double-digit margin.

Bahcesehir took care of business in the second half

The second part of the regular season might have started, but not much changed for Bahcesehir College Istanbul as it downed Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius 84-74 on Wednesday. It marked Bahcesehir's seventh consecutive win and the fifth time during this streak that finished with a double-digit margin.

"The second half was offensively total different than the first half, and that was the key for this win," Bahcesehir head coach Dejan Radonjic said in the post-game press conference.

What Radonjic was referring to is the fact Bahcesehir scored 50 points in the second half, after trailing 34-36 at halftime.

Bahcesehir shot just 3 for 13 from three-point land in the first half, but shot 6 for 13 from deep in the second.

The team committed just 7 turnovers, but none in the third quarter when they jumped in front and started to control the contest.

More than anything, however, was Bahcesehir's dominance on the glass. For the night, the hosts had 39 rebounds, compared to 29 for the Wolves. The visitors had 7 offensive rebounds, but only 1 in the second half.

Meanwhile, Bahcesehir grabbed 8 of its 15 offensive boards in the third and fourth quarters.

Behind Axel Bouteille, who led the scoring with 19 points, and Tyler Cananaugh, who collected 13 points and 11 rebounds, Bahcesehir improved to 9-1 on the season and continued on its path as the top team in Group A.

Dejan Radonjic's men dominated after the break in another win

Bahcesehir College Istanbul v Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius (2024-12-04T16:00:00.000Z)

Anthony Brown, Braian Angola and Yoan Makoundou combined for a historical performance in Turk Telekom Ankara's win over 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys.


Turk Telekom's Big Three makes history against Lietkabelis 

Turk Telekom Ankara had to battle hard to beat 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 93-98 on the road in Round 10, rallying from a double-digit deficit in the second half to record its fifth victory in Group B. By doing so, three of its players had an unprecedented combined performance never seen in 23 seasons of the BKT EuroCup.

Anthony Brown led the winners with 26 points. Braian Angola added 24 while Yoan Makoundou had 23. It is the first time that three teammates combine for 23 points or more in a non-overtime EuroCup game. It happened five times in the past, but all of those games went to one or multiple overtimes. U-BT Cluj-Napoca managed to do it last season in an overtime victory over Dreamland Gran Canaria, 111-113. Jarell Eddie had 24 points while Patrick Richard and Emanuel Cate each added 23.

Yoan Makoundou, Anthony Brown and Braian Angola each had 23 points or more in Turk Telekom Ankara's victory over 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys.

Makoundou, Brown and Angola combine for 73 points!

The first team to achieve that was Benetton Olympic Fribourg in a 106-102 double-overtime victory over Antwerp Giants. Harold Mrazek led the way with 29 points, Ken Johnson added 25 and David Estrekamp had 23. The list also includes an ALBA Berlin vs. Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius double-overtime game in which both teams had 3 players with at least 23 points each: Elmedin Kikanovic had 33, Dominique Johnson 24 and Peyton Siva 23 for ALBA. David Logan, Deividas Gailius and Corey Fisher each had 23 for Rytas. The list also includes the five-overtime, 141-127 legendary game between ALBA and Bosna Sarajevo. That day, Bobby Brown led ALBA with 44 points, Julius Jenkins added 33 and Goran Nikolic 31.

None of them did it in overtime, which makes Turk Telekom's victory even more special. Makoundou had 10 points in the fourth quarter, Angola had 8 in those 10 minutes and Brown scored his final 8 points in the final 7 minutes. They combined for 26 of Turk Telekom's 32 fourth-quarter points. Angola, Makoundou and Brown also combined for a PIR of 80.

After the game, Angola gave extra value to this victory. "I have been having a lot of struggles lately for personal reasons, but my teammates always trust me," he said after the game. "They believe in me, my coaching staff, and we are family. We just got to show that and just keep playing together and staying together every day."

Anthony Brown, Braian Angola and Yoan Makoundou combined for a historical performance


Turk Telekom's Big Three made history against Lietkabelis

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys v Turk Telekom Ankara (2024-12-04T17:00:00.000Z)

Valencia Basket enjoyed another successful BKT EuroCup night after defeating the visiting Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 96-83, confirming they are the team to beat in Group B. With this win, Valencia goes to 9-0 – still with a game less than its opponents – and continues to be the best offensive team in the competition.

Valencia used a nearly perfect first half to dominate Jerusalem

Valencia Basket enjoyed another successful BKT EuroCup night after defeating the visiting Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 96-83, confirming they are the team to beat in Group B. With this win, Valencia goes to 9-0 – still with a game less than its opponents – and continues to be the best offensive team in the competition.

Another example of this was the first half, and especially the first 18 minutes of the game. At that moment, Valencia was dominating 57-30 after punishing Jerusalem with a 20-0 run in the space of 5 minutes.

To that point, the Spanish team had already converted 11 three-pointers coming from six different players and had also provided 11 assists in what seemed to be a prelude of another three-digit scoring night for Valencia.

The blowout was also represented by an absolute dominance of the stat sheet, with Valencia out rebounding Hapoel 20-15 and recording a 73 PIR against the visitors’ 33.

“We work hard every day. So it's just showing the hard work we put in every day,” affirmed Chris Jones right after the game. “We just gotta keep going and don't relax, you know, like I say just keep playing hard and keep winning as many games as we can."

But despite that big advantage, Valencia had to fight hard to prevent Jerusalem from getting close, as the visitors managed to reduce the distance to 10 points, both in the third and the fourth quarters.

“We are living in the present, we are not thinking in the future, and today, for example, we lost the second half,” regretted Valencia head coach Pedro Martinez when asked about the expectations a perfect record so far can build.

“We didn't share the ball in the right direction in the second half. Every game is different and today the first half was in one way, and the second was another. \[...\] We respect Hapoel very much, they are the best defense in the EuroCup, they play very hard and we had some problems adjusting, especially in the second half, to their defense.”

Hapoel won the last two quarters of the game and even got within 89-79 with 2:50 to play, showing great pride and putting in a tremendous effort to come back. But Valencia came back to the basics, to the things that had worked better so far, which was the three-point shooting and giving the ball to Chris Jones, who finished with 20 points and 5 treys to lead his team. He showed up with his fifth to make it 92-73, right before Matt Costello closed the outcome from the free-throw line.

“\[We\] just stuck to what we do,” he said to explain how his team showed personality when Hapoel got close. “Not really losing our composure. Basketball is a game of runs. They made a run, but we were able to slow them down and continue doing what we did and we finished the game pretty strong.”

The Spaniard side built a 57-30 lead that sent the visitors to the ropes in the second quarter

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