Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens will be without center Omer Yurtseven for the next three weeks after the Turkish big man suffered a left adductor strain, according to EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast co-host Vasiliki Karamouza. 

Panathinaikos's Omer Yurtseven out for 3 weeks with groin injury

[Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-aktor-athens/pan/) will be without center [Omer Yurtseven](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/omer-yurtseven/005353/) for the next three weeks after the Turkish big man suffered a left adductor strain, according to EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast co-host Vasiliki Karamouza.

The 27-year-old has been a key figure in Panathinaikos’s frontcourt rotation, especially in the absence of fellow big man Mathias Lessort, who has yet to play this season, and Richaun Holmes, who has missed two of the team's last three EuroLeague games.

In recent weeks, Yurtseven had stepped up in a major way, averaging 11.5 points on 72% shooting and 5.7 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 1.0 block over his last four games, providing a much-needed interior presence for Coach Ergin Ataman.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="el" dir="ltr">Ο Omer Yurtseven υπέστη θλάση αριστερού προσαγωγού και θα μείνει εκτός δράσης για 3 εβδομάδες.</p>&mdash; Vasiliki Karamouza (@karamouza_vas) <a href="https://twitter.com/karamouza_vas/status/1985061512407638264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Step inside last week’s Istanbul derby as Anadolu Efes Istanbul guard Shane Larkin was mic’d up during the team's Round 6 showdown against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. From locker room moments to on-court intensity, hear how Larkin led, motivated and sparked his team in one of the season’s most charged atmospheres. Get closer to the emotion, the competition and the sound of the game in this second episode of Mic’d Up.

Mic’d Up: Efes star Shane Larkin in the Istanbul derby

Step inside last week’s Istanbul derby as [Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/anadolu-efes-istanbul/ist/) guard [Shane Larkin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shane-larkin/007200/) was mic’d up during the team's [Round 6 showdown against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/reinforcements-help-fenerbahce-to-local-derby-victory/). From locker room moments to on-court intensity, hear how Larkin led, motivated and sparked his team in one of the season’s most charged atmospheres. Get closer to the emotion, the competition and the sound of the game in this second episode of Mic’d Up.

You can watch the first episode of Mic'd Up now, [which featured Justin Anderson in Dubai Basketball's first-ever EuroLeague game](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/micd-up-justin-anderson-in-dubais-euroleague-debut/).

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Anadolu Efes Istanbul v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2025-10-24T17:30:00.000Z)

Paris inks scoring swingman Jared Rhoden

Paris Basketball added a swingman Jared Rhoden to it roster, the club announced Saturday. Last season, Rhoden (1.98 meters, 26 years old) played in the NBA, four games with the Charlotte Hornets and 10 games with the Toronto Raptors, where he averaged 11.4 points and 3.8 rebounds. He also played last season in the G-League with the affiliates of those two NBA teams, Greensboro Swarm and Raptors 905 Mississauga. With the latter he posted 19.0 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals in 26 appearances.

Over the past three seasons since turning pro, Rhoden has played in a total of 45 NBA games, most of them with the Detroit Pistons (31). He also played in the G-League with College Park SkyHawks and Motor City Cruise.

Rhoden played collegiate basketball at Seton Hall University, and now is set to make his debut on this side of the Pond, and make his EuroLeague debut for the team from the French capital which sits at 4-4 record going into Round 9.

He finished the last season with the Toronto Raptors

A career-best performance in a thrilling FC Barcelona road victory has seen Toko Shengelia earn MVP of the Round honors for Round 8. The 34-year-old veteran paced his team to a 76-78 win at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade with a career-high performance index rating of 42 in his 291st EuroLeague appearance.

Round 8 MVP: Toko Shengelia, FC Barcelona

A career-best performance in a thrilling FC Barcelona road victory has seen [Toko Shengelia](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/tornike-shengelia/001133/) earn MVP of the Round honors for Round 8. The 34-year-old veteran paced his team to a 76-78 win at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade with a career-high performance index rating of 42 in his 291st EuroLeague appearance.

Shengelia scored 24 points on 4-for-5 two-pointers, 2-of-3 three-pointers and 10-of-12 free throws. He also had 5 rebounds, 5 assists and a career-best 4 steals, without committing turnovers and drawing 9 drawn fouls. This is Shengelia’s ninth career MVP of the Round honor and his first in almost two years.

The next best PIR, 29, belongs to Partizan center Tyrique Jones, who had a near triple-double performance with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists. Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz guard Matteo Spagnolo paced Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz to an 86-75 win over Anadolu Efes Istanbul with 19 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds for a PIR of 28. Codi Miller-McIntyre had a 26 PIR for Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade in a 92-99 win over Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv. He had a 23-point, 12-assist double-double in addition to pulling down 4 rebounds. Rounding out the list of Round 8’s top performers is Nikola Milutinov, who had a 10-point, 13-rebound double-double and 3 steals for Olympiacos Piraeus in a 62-58 win over Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv.

### Individual highs: Mamadi Diakite, Baskonia, 5 blocks

Kendrick Nunn of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens led all players in this round with 26 points. Paris Basketball guard Nadir Hifi leads the league with 22.3 points per game.

Tyrique Jones and Nikola Milutinov each pulled down 13 rebounds, the most in Round 8. Milutinov is the league’s leading rebounder with 8.3 per game.

Codi Miller-McIntyre dished 12 assists, more than any other player in this round. Miller-McIntyre is one of three players, along with Sylvain Francisco of Zalgiris Kaunas and Mike James of AS Monaco, averaging a league-high 6.8 assists.

Stefan Jovic of FC Bayern Munich made a round-high 5 steals. Hifi tops the steals charts with 1.9 per game.

Mamadi Diakite of Baskonia had 5 blocks, the most in this round. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid is the EuroLeague top shot-blocker this season with 1.8 rejections on average.

Three players had a double-double in Round 8: Miller-McIntyre (23 points, 12 assists), Tyrique Jones (15 points, 13 rebounds) and Milutinov (10 points, 13 rebounds).

This is his ninth such honor, the eighth most all time

EuroLeague fans, we have our eighth winner in this season's EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge! Onintza Lopetegui beat everyone else in Round 8 with his team baskonista27, which had a Fantasy Challenge score of 233.85.

EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Round 8 winner

EuroLeague fans, we have our eighth winner in this season's [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/)! Onintza Lopetegui beat everyone else in Round 8 with his team baskonista27, which had a Fantasy Challenge score of 233.85.

Onintza had the following lineup: FC Barcelona's Toko Shengelia as team captain, then Real Madrid duo Facundo Campazzo and Walter Tavares, FC Bayern Munich's Isiaha Mike, and Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens's Omer Yurtseven as his starters. Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz's Matteo Spagnolo was his sixth man. Onintza's bench players were Paris Basketball pair Sebastian Herrera and Daulton Hommes, Zalgiris Kaunas's Arnas Butkevicius, and Virtus Bologna's Daniel Hackett. Bayern play-caller Gordie Herbert was Onintza's head coach.

The prize for finishing first in Round 8 is a VIP EuroLeague TV Subscription for the 2026-27 Season, and an automatic entry to a lottery to win two tickets to the 2027 Final Four.

The overall leader is Bogdan Pejcic with his team Sfairopoulos that has 1,511.50 points.

Trades are now open for Round 9 of the [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/). 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 of Round 9, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade vs. Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, is scheduled to tip off on Wednesday, November 5 at 20:00 CET. This marks the next round's deadline.

Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become our next round winner! To help with that, watch the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge podcast weekly on the [EuroLeague's YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@euroleague) and on all audio platforms.

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

One after the other, Olympiacos Piraeus’s players step out from the locker room and into the corridor that leads to the tunnel. Sasha Vezenkov, the last to join, initiates a group embrace, with everybody shouting the team’s name before barking repeatedly as they make their way to the floor. For the Reds' players, this is more than a pre-game ritual. It’s the group philosophy, the way they approach basketball. And if there’s one player who epitomizes that mentality, it is Thomas Walkup.

Thomas Walkup lets the dogs out as Olympiacos’s defense suffocates Hapoel

One after the other, [Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/olympiacos-piraeus/oly/)’s players step out from the locker room and into the corridor that leads to the tunnel. [Sasha Vezenkov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/sasha-vezenkov/003469/), the last to join, initiates a group embrace, with everybody shouting the team’s name before barking repeatedly as they make their way to the floor.

For the Reds' players, this is more than a pre-game ritual. It’s the group philosophy, the way they approach basketball. And if there’s one player who epitomizes that mentality, it is [Thomas Walkup](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/thomas-walkup/008855/).

The Olympiacos guard missed a large part of the 2024-25 campaign due to a back injury before returning for the EuroLeague Playoffs. After barely missing a game in his first three seasons at the Reds, the 32-year-old struggled to rediscover his form and was effectively a non-factor for the Greek side at the Final Four.

Walkup recharged his batteries over the summer and returned to action as Olympiacos’s starting point guard in the first stretch of the season. Another injury sidelined him for three games, but he came back for the clash away at FC Bayern Munich, a night when the Reds held the German side to just 71 points.

Yet, what followed was [a home loss to AS Monaco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/mike-james-everyday-guy-alpha-diallo-starred-for-monaco-in-piraeus/), which scored 92 points, raising concerns about Olympiacos’s defense earlier this week. Just two days later, the hosts regrouped to lock horns with the EuroLeague leader – a [Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/hapoel-ibi-tel-aviv/hta/) side that led the league in points scored with an average of 93.0 per game.

"Defensively, we are well below the level we want to be at, and the level we were at in previous years,” head coach Georgios Bartzokas stressed before Friday’s clash. “That requires good teamwork, but also self-sacrifice, determination, and doing all the little things that matter.”

Olympiacos Piraeus-Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv | Round 8 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague

Olympiacos needed to bring back the mindset that established them as one of the best defenses in the league over the last few years.

“\[The key was\] just getting back to it,” Walkup told EuroLeague TV after the game against Hapoel. “Getting back to who we are, getting back to what we do, having that dogginess that we haven’t had consistently. We’ve shown it in spurts, but tonight in the second half… the dogs are out, the dogs are barking.”

Olympiacos struggled on offense, but every player who stepped onto the floor was locked in on the other end. The dogs were out, with Walkup leading the pack.

After holding Hapoel to its second-lowest scoring tally of the season in a half (39), Olympiacos gave up just 4 points in the third quarter. In fact, that was the first time the Israeli side failed to reach double figures in points in a quarter, as well as the joint-lowest tally ever allowed by Olympiacos in the regular season.

What followed was an exchange of blows in the fourth quarter before Olympiacos took a 58-52 lead with 2:40 left on the clock. That’s when [Vasilije Micic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/vasilije-micic/002580/) came to the fore, netting two straight triples to tie the game up. But his Serbia teammate [Nikola Milutinov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nikola-milutinov/003941/) struck right back, giving the hosts a 60-58 lead with 39 seconds remaining.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You don&#39;t mess with those guys! 😤<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OlympiacosBC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OlympiacosBC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreOlympiacos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeAreOlympiacos</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TogetherWeFight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TogetherWeFight</a> <a href="https://t.co/QGAYr0XRHF">pic.twitter.com/QGAYr0XRHF</a></p>&mdash; Olympiacos B.C. (@Olympiacos_BC) <a href="https://twitter.com/Olympiacos_BC/status/1984392281235902752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Having secured a narrow lead, Olympiacos needed its defense to deliver on the other end against a red-hot Micic. Up stepped Walkup, who forced a turnover from the Hapoel guard and celebrated frantically with his teammates.

The hosts regained the possession, but Micic made up for his mistake by getting a steal on [Alec Peters](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/alec-peters/008829/) following an inbound play. The Olympiacos forward fouled Micic, offering Hapoel another opportunity to escape with a victory. However, with 23 seconds remaining, Walkup successfully got into Micic’s path, drawing a charge to forcing the former EuroLeague MVP to commit an offensive foul.

“It was not just this play, but in general the defense,” Walkup told EuroLeague TV. “It’s been a while since we came out and played a pretty good defensive game. \[Hapoel\] is a really offensive-talented team, they play really well. To hold them to 50-something points today, it was a really good defensive effort by us.”

Vezenkov hit a couple of free throws on the other end and Olympiacos got back to winning ways. More importantly, the Greek side protected its home court, having already suffered two defeats at SEF in four games so far.

“We needed to get back to our basics on defense,” Bartzokas told EuroLeague TV. “They scored 4 points in the third quarter and 19 in the second half. This is the second-best offense in EuroLeague and the first team in the rankings. Holding them to 58 points is a big-time accomplishment.”

It’s no coincidence that Walkup’s first big game following his back injury was combined with Olympiacos’s best defensive outing this season. The veteran guard set the tone on defense and the rest of the pack followed into his footsteps. The Reds returned to their fundamentals, with Walkup setting the standard for the remainder of the season.

Game News

The Reds produced a defensive masterpiece against one of the EuroLeague's hottest teams

Olympiacos Piraeus v Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv (2025-10-31T19:15:00.000Z)

The word “luck” came up time and again after FC Barcelona eked out an astonishing 76-78 victory from the jaws of defeat at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, but there was more to it than just a roll of the dice as Will Clyburn struck a dagger into the hearts of the home team’s fans.

Barcelona continues to haunt Partizan as Will Clyburn sticks the knife in

The word “luck” came up time and again after [FC Barcelona](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/fc-barcelona/bar/) eked out an astonishing 76-78 victory from the jaws of defeat at [Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/par/), but there was more to it than just a roll of the dice as [Will Clyburn](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/will-clyburn/004888/) struck a dagger into the hearts of the home team’s fans.

The 35-year-old forward, who joined Barca during the off-season from Virtus Segafredo Bologna, made his most telling contribution yet for the Catalan giant as he buried a deep three-pointer from just inside the opposition half to settle a rip-roaring contest inside Belgrade Arena.

With 32 seconds left on the clock and Barcelona’s final play of the game heading nowhere, Clyburn stepped back to give himself some space and unleashed a scorcher with [Tyrique Jones](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/tyrique-jones/011981/) in his face, hitting nothing but net to silence a fervent home crowd.

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-FC Barcelona | Round 8 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague

It was a fitting finale as Partizan’s top performer got undone by Barcelona’s trump card, with the visitors stretching their unbeaten run against Partizan to 12 games dating back to 2010. Disconsolate home fans left the gym in a hurry, but there was little or no gloating on Barcelona’s part after a heart-stopping climax.

“I am very happy because the team showed character,” said visiting head coach Joan Penarroya, visibly relieved as Barca improved to 5-3 while Partizan dropped to 3-5 after a third straight loss. “It was a 50-50 game, Will scored an amazing shot, and today we got lucky. We didn’t play well on offense in the first half as we had 9 turnovers, but we regained our focus in the second and played solid defense,” he added.

Clyburn’s heroics overshadowed the valiant effort of Barcelona’s big man [Toko Shengelia](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/tornike-shengelia/001133/), who tormented his markers throughout and claimed the player of the game accolade with 24 points, 5 boards and as many assists. The Georgian was a handful in the paint offensively, with [Tomas Satoransky](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/tomas-satoransky/002939/) netting 11 points for the visiting team while former Partizan players [Kevin Punter](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kevin-punter/009862/) and [Jan Vesely](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/jan-vesely/000925/) added 10 each.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHAT. A. WIN. <a href="https://t.co/dIocG5ZMCa">pic.twitter.com/dIocG5ZMCa</a></p>&mdash; Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/1984384020101415119?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Duane Washington](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/duane-washington/013370/) scored a team-high 21 points for Partizan while the ferocious Jones racked up 15 to go with 13 boards and 7 assists, falling just short of a triple-double as the hosts came agonizingly close to victory only to see it slip through their fingers.

Shengelia attributed the win to Barcelona’s willpower which came to the fore when the Spanish outfit needed it most, having fought back from a 10-point deficit to force the final twist. 

“It was a huge team win as we never gave up and we knew from the beginning the game was going to be so tough,” Shengelia said. “It’s always tough to come here and face this crowd as well as Coach Obradovic’s team. We still have a lot of room to improve but we’re heading in the right direction.”

Having dealt the killer blow, Clyburn acknowledged that the manner in which Barcelona ground out the win could provide for a massive stepping stone in what is shaping up to be a fiercely competitive EuroLeague season. 

“It was a game of runs, the atmosphere was crazy and I guess you could say we got lucky in the end with that shot but it just happens sometimes,” he said with a huge smile on his face. “It’s a long season, we want to get better with each game so hopefully we can build on this and continue to grow as a team.”

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🔥 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/bnG5HVTFHK">pic.twitter.com/bnG5HVTFHK</a></p>&mdash; Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/1984395318717288737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Surprisingly enough, coach Zeljko Obradovic gave no time on the floor to Partizan’s sharpshooting forward [Jabari Parker](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/jabari-parker/012745/) against his former club. Parker had sprained his finger on Sunday in a regional ABA league game but was declared fit after returning to practice on Monday, and Obradovic confirmed at the Barca post-game press conference that keeping Parker on the bench throughout was his decision.

With a grim look on his face, Obradovic lauded his men’s effort and blamed a couple of moments where lady luck turned its back on Partizan, as [Sterling Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/sterling-brown/012720/)’s layup trickled out of the rim at one end while Clyburn’s long-range missile went in at the other.

“I can only congratulate my players for the effort but we just had no luck tonight, it was on Barcelona’s side. Congrats to them, they earned it. Clyburn drained an incredible shot, Tyrique was right in his face but it went in and there’s nothing we could do about it.”

The visitors ground out a most dramatic win thanks to an audacious late shot from downtown

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v FC Barcelona (2025-10-31T19:30:00.000Z)

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz has managed to bounce back from the club’s worst-ever start to a EuroLeague season with back-to-back victories in this double-round week. After an unprecedented 0–6 opening, Baskonia defeated Dubai Basketball 92–85 on Tuesday and followed up with an 86–75 win over Anadolu Efes Istanbul on Friday, closing October with a 2–6 record.

Depth delivers as Baskonia turns 0-6 start into a perfect week

[Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz/bas/) has managed to bounce back from the club’s worst-ever start to a EuroLeague season with back-to-back victories in this double-round week. After an unprecedented 0–6 opening, Baskonia defeated Dubai Basketball 92–85 on Tuesday and followed up with an 86–75 win over [Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/anadolu-efes-istanbul/ist/) on Friday, closing October with a 2–6 record.

Baskonia’s recent roster moves have paid off immediately. The addition of Kai Simmons and the return of [Rodions Kurucs](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/rodions-kurucs/005713/) from injury have given the team a deeper, more balanced rotation. That depth was on full display in Round 8 against Efes, where the second unit made the difference.

[Matteo Spagnolo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/matteo-spagnolo/008173/) earned MVP honors after coming off the bench to spark the team. He scored seven quick points that helped Baskonia build a double-digit lead, 22–11, by the end of the first quarter. Bench players contributed 16 of those 22 first-quarter points.

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | Round 8 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague

By the final buzzer, Baskonia’s reserves had combined for 68 of the team’s 86 total points – an impressive 79.1% of the offense. With [Hami Diallo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/hamidou-diallo/014086/) limited by foul trouble, Spagnolo and [Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/timothe-luwawu-cabarrot/012080/) stepped up with big performances off the bench. Spagnolo finished with 19 points and a career-high PIR of 28, surpassing his previous best of 23 (with ALBA Berlin against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan on November 12, 2024).

“I feel good, obviously – second win in a row,” Spagnolo said after the game. “We played with a lot of energy, and we have to keep going this way. I try to stay ready when my team needs me. I practice every day for these games, so I felt ready, and thankfully, we won.”

Luwawu-Cabarrot was rock solid once again, leading Baskonia in scoring with 20 points – 17 of which came in the second half – ensuring his team maintained control throughout. 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">DALE, MATTEO, DALE🥁<br><br>El sonido de la victoria 💪🏼 <a href="https://t.co/HyIDjaKbtc">pic.twitter.com/HyIDjaKbtc</a></p>&mdash; Baskonia (@Baskonia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Baskonia/status/1984380094819729580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The French swingman has been one of the EuroLeague’s most consistent scorers this season, posting 16 or more points in all eight games so far, reaching 20 or more five times, and averaging 20.6 points while shooting 51.6% from three-point range (32-for-62). By comparison, in 26 games last season, he reached the 16-point mark only four times, averaging 10.0 points on 33.7% from beyond the arc.

“It’s an amazing feeling after this win,” Luwawu-Cabarrot said. “I’m glad we had a double week at home to build momentum and get the fans excited again. We started 0–6 — I know it’s tough to come and cheer when things aren’t going well – but we’ll give 100% every single day. Matteo was amazing, [Rafa \[Villar\]](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/rafa-villar/010035/) gave everything defensively, and [Mamadi \[Diakite\]](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/mamadi-diakite/014027/) was unbelievable protecting the rim. Credit to the whole team.”

As Luwawu-Cabarrot noted, Mamadi Diakite was a defensive anchor, recording five blocks – just one shy of Baskonia’s club record of six, set by Will McDonald against Asseco Prokom on January 28, 2009.

After shaking off a rough start, Baskonia is getting healthier and stronger. With star guards [Markus Howard](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/markus-howard/011948/) and [Trent Forrest](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/trent-forrest/013367/) nearing their returns, the team will look to extend its winning streak to three when it hosts Virtus Bologna – led by club legend Dusko Ivanovic – in its next home game.

By adding new players and welcoming back key contributors from injury, Baskonia has become a more competitive team

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2025-10-31T19:30:00.000Z)