Name: Moneke feeds Hall for a slam! Motorola Magic Moment
Channel: Euroleague Basketball

Moneke draws attention and slips a nice pass for Donta Hall's easy dunk

Moneke feeds Hall for a slam! Motorola Magic Moment

 Moneke draws attention and slips a nice pass for Donta Hall's easy dunk

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2024-10-29T19:30:00.000Z)

Nick Weiler-Babb throws it up and Devin Booker detonates the alley-oop dunk WITH AUTHORITY

Booker stops the show! Motorola Magic Moment

 Nick Weiler-Babb throws it up and Devin Booker detonates the alley-oop dunk WITH AUTHORITY

Virtus Segafredo Bologna v FC Bayern Munich (2024-10-29T20:00:00.000Z)

Campazzo produces an extraordinary pass to find Deck in the paint!

Campazzo’s behind-the-back assist! Motorola Magic Moment

Campazzo produces an extraordinary pass to find Deck in the paint! 

Olympiacos Piraeus v Real Madrid (2024-10-29T19:15:00.000Z)

Toko Shengelia misses but Will Clyburn fixes it with a put-back slam!

Clyburn's wild put-back slam! Motorola Magic Moment

 Toko Shengelia misses but Will Clyburn fixes it with a put-back slam!

FC Barcelona was able to rely on its first-half three-pointers and second-half defense as it defeated Anadolu Efes 88-97, grabbing its fifth consecutive win in the EuroLeague in the process.

Barcelona showed impressive versatility in its win over Efes

FC Barcelona was able to rely on its first-half three-pointers and second-half defense as it [defeated Anadolu Efes Istanbul 88-97](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/barcelona-beats-efes-to-stay-top-of-the-standings-88-97/), grabbing its fifth consecutive win in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague in the process.

Indeed, Barca was unstoppable from beyond the arc before the break, right from the word go. [Juan Nunez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/juan-nunez/010106/) was at the center of it all, dishing three assists in the opening two minutes. [Alex Abrines](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/alex-abrines/003478/) opened fire from beyond the arc, then [Jabari Parker](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/jabari-parker/012745/) hit two more. When [Kevin Punter](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kevin-punter/009862/) joined the three-point shootout, the guests already had a double-digit lead, 4-14.

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Barca ended up hitting 7-of-10 three-pointers in the first quarter to get a 26-29 margin. Punter buried a huge three-pointer off the dribble to beat the halftime buzzer, good for a 51-55 Barca lead at the game. 

With that triple, Punter allowed Barca to match a club record for most three-pointers made in the first or second half of a EuroLeague game, with 11. 

The *Azulgrana* had only hit 11 three-pointers in a first half once before in the EuroLeague, doing so at home against Khimki Moscow Region on April 5, 2018. It also hit 11 shots from downtown three times in a second half, with one of those occasions coming this season against Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade.

Its defense, however, was far from perfect. Efes shot the ball well, hitting 15-of-22 two-pointers (68.2%) and 4-of-9 three-pointers (44.4%). Barca was also outrebounded 16-11 and only forced Efes to pick up 4 first-half turnovers. At halftime, Efes had a higher PIR (60) than Barca (57), but once coach Joan Penarroya made some adjustments, Barca took off right after the break.

FC Barcelona hit 11 first-half three-pointer against Anadolu Efes Istanbul

FC Barcelona ties three-point club record against Efes

"It was important to play better on offense. I think we played well on offense in the first half and the second half, but improved our defense in the second half; Efes only scored 15 points in the third quarter," Barca head coach Joan Penarroya told EuroLeague TV. "Until now, we played more or less well on offense but we needed our defensive situations, especially in one-on-one situations."

Barca limited Efes to just 37 points in the second half, with the hosts hitting 11-of-19 two-pointers (57.9%) and 3-of-12 three-pointers (25.0%). The visitors tied the battle of the boards after the break, 17-17. Above all, Efes picked up as many as 9 second-half turnovers, while Barca finished the game with 21 assists and 10 turnovers. On the other hand, Efes had fewer assists (16) and more turnovers (13), and won the PIR battle 33-51 in the second half.

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[Chimezie Metu](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/chimezie-metu/013379/) led the winners with 21 points. Punter added 20 and was there every time his team needed him. Above all, we saw two different versions of the same team during the game, both of which were really effective. 

Despite having room for improvement, Barca is currently on a five-game winning streak and is looking like the team to beat in the EuroLeague.

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The Spanish side used three-pointers and defense to notch its fifth straight victory

Anadolu Efes Istanbul v FC Barcelona (2024-10-29T17:30:00.000Z)

Anadolu Efes Istanbul-FC Barcelona | RS Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

George Conditt took it aggressively to the rim and dunked on Artem Pustovyi.

Conditt dunks on Pustovyi! Magic Moment

 George Conditt took it aggressively to the rim and dunked on Artem Pustovyi.

Joventut Badalona v Dreamland Gran Canaria (2024-10-29T19:30:00.000Z)

FC Barcelona swingman Kevin Punter spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Anadolu Efes in Round 6 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Kevin Punter: 'We're finding that chemistry'

FC Barcelona swingman Kevin Punter spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Anadolu Efes Istanbul in Round 6 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Randolph feeds Hoard and the latter hammers it home on the alley-oop!

What a fine alley-oop from Jaylen Hoard! Motorola Magic Moment 

 Randolph feeds Hoard and the latter hammers it home on the alley-oop!

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (2024-10-29T18:30:00.000Z)

Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius-Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul | Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius v Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul (2024-10-29T17:00:00.000Z)

FC Barcelona registered its fifth consecutive win in the EuroLeague by downing Anadolu Efes 88-97 on the road in Round 6 on Tuesday. 

Barcelona beats Efes to stay top of the standings, 88-97

FC Barcelona registered its fifth consecutive win in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague by downing Anadolu Efes Istanbul 88-97 on the road in Round 6 on Tuesday. 

The *Azulgrana* improved to 5-1 and became the first team to win five consecutive EuroLeague games this season, while Efes dropped to 3-3. Chimezie Metu led the winners with 21 points. Kevin Punter added 20, Jabari Parker had 13 while Justin Anderson got 12 for Barca. Darius Thompson paced Efes with 16 points. Jordan Nwora added 13 while Vincent Poirier and Dan Oturu each had 10 for the hosts.

Alex Abrines hit a triple and Parker added two more to give Barca an early 2-9 lead. Punter followed a jumper with a three-pointer to make it a double-digit game, 4-14. Poirier took over with an alley-oop slam and Bryant added a floater in a 7-0 run that Nwora capped with a driving basket. Abrines and Ercan Osmani each struck from beyond the arc and Bryant's coast-to-coast layup made Barca stop the game at 16-17. Bryant completed Efes' comeback with a three-pointer. Anderson and Nwora traded triples, Jan Vesely hit a jumper and Tomas Satoransky's three-point play restored a 22-26 Barca lead. Rolands Smits hit a jump hook, Thompson scored again and Metu's three-pointer fixed the score at 26-29 after 10 minutes.

Anderson scored off a steal early in the second quarter and Metu erased Smits's close basket with a jump hook. A red-hot Metu dunked and matched Bryant's three-point play with a bomb from downtown, good for a 32-38 Barca lead. Oturu dunked but Anderson and an unstoppable Metu kept the guests way ahead, 36-43. Rodrigue Beaubois buried a floater, Oturu dunked again and Stanley Johnson brought Efes within 42-43. Smits ignited the crowd with a dunk and Thompson added a triple but Parker single-handedly kept Barca in charge, 47-48. Smits sank another jump hook, Willy Hernangomez scored in the paint and Punter followed that with a huge buzzer-beating three-pointer that gave Barca a 51-55 edge at the break.

Juan Nunez struck from beyond the arc and found Hernangomez for a jumper that gave Barca a 51-60 lead. Parker scored in the low post, Poirier answered with a huge dunk and Hernangomez gave the guests a 53-65 edge. Poirier dunked again, Parker erased that with a jumper off the dribble, then Beaubois's driving layup gave Efes hope at 58-67. Punter and Beaubois each struck from beyond the arc and Metu's big basket off the dribble restored a 62-73 Barca lead. Bryant tried to change things for Efes, Metu shocked the crowd with an acrobatic three-point play and Nwora's floater kept the hosts within 66-76 after 30 minutes.

Anderson finished a three-chance Barca offense with a baseline jumper and Vesely added a put-back slam for a 66-80 margin with over 7 minutes left. Nwora buried a jumper that an unstoppable Anderson improved with a bomb from downtown. Oturu scored in penetration, Nwora added consecutive driving layups, and Dogus Ozdemiroglou hit a corner triple to give Efes hope at 77-86. Nunez somehow found Punter for a layup, getting help from Matu to stop Efes' comeback, 79-91. Thompson buried a three-pointer, Parker scored around the basket and Abrines sealed the outcome from the foul line, as Efes had ran out of chances in the final 2 minutes.

Joan Penarroya's men now have a 5-1 record, while the hosts dropped to 3-3

The loose ball goes to Martin Hermannsson, who unleashes a bullet pass to Louis Olinde for the dunk.

What a pass from Hermannsson! Motorola Magic Moment

 The loose ball goes to Martin Hermannsson, who unleashes a bullet pass to Louis Olinde for the dunk.

ALBA Berlin v Paris Basketball (2024-10-29T18:30:00.000Z)

Juan Nunez dives for a loose ball and sends a no-look magic assist to Kevin Punter for an easy basket - what a pass!

Nunez's magic assist! Motorola Magic Moment

 Juan Nunez dives for a loose ball and sends a no-look magic assist to Kevin Punter for an easy basket - what a pass!

BC Wolves notched their third straight win in the EuroCup by coming from down from 14 points to beat Besiktas Istanbul 93-78 in Round 6.

Wolves come from behind to sink Besiktas, 93-78

Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius rallied from a 14-point deficit and used a huge third quarter to beat the visiting Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul 93-78 on Tuesday night. Wolves registered their third straight win and first at home, which has seen them improve to 3-3 in Group A, the same record as Besiktas.

The visitors hit 7 triples in the first quarter and were 10 for 14 in the second as they led 22-36, but as soon as those threes stopped falling, Wolves erased the margin, took over the lead and then raced away to a 20-point lead in the third quarter.

Tre'Shawn Thurman had 19 points for Wolves and Marek Blazevic collected 16 points plus 10 rebounds in the win. Andrew Andrews scored 18, Anthony Cowan Jr. finished with 15 points, and Matas Jogela had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Besiktas's Derek Needham and Conor Morgan scored 19 apiece, while Dustin Sleva had 11.

Both teams went with an up-tempo style early on. Needham and Morgan each hit a three-pointer in the opening five minutes, but the Wolves used six points from Marek Blazevic and a monster dunk from Matas Jogela to open a 10-7 lead. Kelan Martin ended Besiktas's drought with a corner triple as teams proceeded to trade leads. Garrison Brooks and Thurman, who scored 8 points, went to work inside for the hosts, while Dustin Selva netted two threes and Yigit Arslan one for Besiktas. Another corner triple from Martin helped the visitors to open 20-26 lead after 10 minutes.

The second quarter started with a triple from Needham, and he had a layup with 8:12 left in the half, the team's first two-pointer of the game. Another three from Needham and a second-chance basket from Sleva made it 22-36. But Wolves scored the next 10 points, with Blazevic scoring inside before Kristupas Zemaitis and Jogela hit back-to-back shots from the outside to cut it to 32-36. Sleva snapped a run with his third three-pointer and Martin had a three-point play, but three-pointers from Andrews and Thurman helped tie things at 42-42. A three-point play from Andrews put the hosts in front, and the same player scored again to make it 47-42 at halftime.

Needham opened the second half with a tough triple, but a three from Anthony Cowan and a nifty floater from Blazevic put Wolves up 56-45. Jogela added one basket inside and one from the outside, and Miniotas scored on a fast break to cap an 11-0 run and open a 67-47 margin. A long three from Andrews and a driving layup from Cowan extended the margin to 76-52, with the hosts taking a 78-56 lead into the fourth quarter.

The hosts' offense slowed down in the final 10 minutes, but Besiktas kept struggling offensively, too. A 0-14 run fueled by a triple apiece from Morgan and Needham cut it to 84-73, capped by a fast-break layup from Needham. But Cowan netted a long triple, and Jogela's put-back restored an 89-73 score, icing the game.

The Lithuanian side notched its third straight win

Kenneth Ogbe drives the lane and dishes a no-look dime to Kur Kuath

Ogbe’s no-look dish to Kuath! Magic Moment 

Kenneth Ogbe drives the lane and dishes a no-look dime to Kur Kuath 

Veolia Towers Hamburg v Turk Telekom Ankara (2024-10-29T18:30:00.000Z)

Kur Kuath takes over with a blocked shot on defense before running the floor for an alley-oop jam

 Kuath puts on a show! Magic Moment 

Kur Kuath takes over with a blocked shot on defense before running the floor for an alley-oop jam 

Yoan Makoundou reacts to a blocked shot and throws down a ferocious slam dunk

 Makoundou throws it down! Magic Moment 

 Yoan Makoundou reacts to a blocked shot and throws down a ferocious slam dunk

Vincent Poirier gets the ball from Darius Thompson and detonates one of the best alley-oop dunks of the season!

Poirier's huge alley-oop slam! Motorola Magic Moment

 Vincent Poirier gets the ball from Darius Thompson and detonates one of the best alley-oop dunks of the season!