Maccabi, Partizan, Monaco, Panathinaikos and Paris were victorious across Wednesday and Thursday night
Game Center: Zvezda, Oly, Barça and Zalgiris all grab victories tonight
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Friday, October 10
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 81-86 Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade
Crvena Zvezda never trailed as it shocked the reigning champs Fenerbahce 81-86 on Friday night. It was Zvezda's first win of the season and Fenerbahce's second straight loss, with both teams now holding a 1-2 record. Zvezda, guided by interim coach and a debutant in that role in Tomislav Tomovic, has now beaten Fenerbahce on the road in the regular season in three consecutive seasons.
Chima Moneke starred with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks. Donatas Motiejunas, making his first appearance in a Zvezda uniform and playing 15 minutes, shined with 13 points and 6 rebounds, while Tyson Carter netted 15 in a big win. Talen Horton-Tucker and Bonzie Colson each scored 19 for Fenerbahce, and Mikael Jantunen scored 15 in defeat.
Olympiacos Piraeus 86-67 Dubai Basketball
Olympiacos grabbed its second straight victory, improving to 2-1, by downing Dubai 86-67 at the Peace and Friendship Stadium. Dubai competed well in the early stages but the home team took charge with a 12-1 run to bridge the first and second quarters, featuring a pair of triples from Tyler Dorsey. Sasha Vezenkov started the second half by scoring 13 points in five minutes to widen the gap, and Dubai couldn’t get close the rest of the way.
Vezenkov led the scoring with 25 points and added 11 rebounds, while center Nikola Milutinov also recorded a double-double with 13 points and 11 boards. Backcourt duo Dorsey (14 points) and Saben Lee (10) also contributed to a comfortable victory. Dubai, which dropped to 1-2, was paced by former Olympiacos big man Filip Petrusev with 14 points, while ex-Panathinaikos forward Dwayne Bacon netted 13.
FC Bayern Munich 70-98 Zalgiris Kaunas
Zalgiris made it three wins out of three in this season’s EuroLeague with a 70-98 road rout of Bayern, whose former guard Sylvain Francisco shined for the visitors as he racked up 19 points and 7 assists.
Maodo Lo, another former Bayern player, came off the bench to add 10 points for Zalgiris which sank an impressive 14-of-24 shots from long range. Dustin Sleva added 14 points for the visiting team while Laurynas Birutis and Moses Wright right chipped in with 11 apiece. Andreas Obst led Bayern on 15 points and Xavier Rathan-Mayes amassed 13.
Zalgiris struggled from inside initially as the visitors missed their opening six shots in the paint but they hit four of their opening five efforts from downtown to take an 11-16 lead, closing out the first quarter with a 20-26 advantage as Francisco sank 9 points including a long buzzer-beating three-pointer. Francisco continued to pull the strings for Zalgiris in the second as he facilitated a delicious dunk for Laurynas Birutis and Zalgiris then stretched its lead to 24-39, with Bayern’s offense ground to a halt.
Having led 33-45 at halftime on the back of 14 points from the unstoppable Francisco, Zalgiris kept going at full throttle as the French superstar mixed his lethal shooting with sublime assists which helped the Lithuanian side stay ahead at the end of the third quarter, 57-68. Zalgiris, which saw its 21-point lead slashed by a 10-0 Bayern run late in the third, responded ruthlessly early in the fourth with its own 11-0 streak which effectively killed the contest as the visiting team romped into an unassailable 57-79 advantage.
FC Barcelona 108-102 Valencia Basket
In a high-scoring, fun-to-watch showdown, Barcelona grabbed its second consecutive victory by edging Valencia 108-102 at Palau Blaugrana in Round 3 on Friday. Both teams now have a 2-1 record, right behind Zalgiris Kaunas (3-0), the only undefeated team left in the EuroLeague Regular Season.
Kevin Punter led the winners with 27 points and 6 assists. He had 12 points in the final 7 minutes to make sure Barca grabbed a win in its first home game of the season. Will Clyburn added 19 points, Tomas Satoransky had 14, Toko Shengelia 12 and Willy Hernangomez 11 for Barca. Omari Moore led Valencia with 21 points, Darius Thompson added 19, Brancou Badio 15 in his EuroLeague debut while Neal Sako got 14 points for the guests.
Thursday, October 9
Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade 93-87 Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Partizan overpowered Efes Istanbul 93-87 on home court and improved to 2-1 in the EuroLeague after Sterling Brown sank 24 points for the Serbian team while Tyrique Jones racked up 18 to go with 8 rebounds and Isaac Bonga chiped in with 16. At the other end, Isaiah Cordinier and Ercan Osmani stood out for Efes with 24 and 21 points respectively as the visitors fought back from a 12-point first half deficit to take a 75-76 lead in the fourth quarter.
Partizan which fired on all cylinders in a dominant first half, saw their offense ground to a halt at one point but Brown and Jones found an extra gear in the home stretch to give the home team a second successive tight win after pipping EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in Round 2.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 79-82 AS Monaco
Monaco improved to 2-1 on the season following a 79-82 triumph at Unipol Forum in its first road game of the campaign. Even though Milan only held two leads on the night – 25-24 and 27-26 in the second quarter – it was a highly fought contest in which the Monegasques were never able to truly pull away. A dominant performance by Daniel Theis through the first three quarters put Monaco in a great position to grab the win, but an 8-0 run by Marko Guduric in the latter stages of the fourth quarter make it a two-point ballgame (77-79). Free throws by Nikola Mirotic and Matthew Strazel, along with a decisive block by Alpha Diallo, ensured Monaco came away with the win.
Theis earned player of the game honors with a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double, Mike James netted 18 points at his former home, and Elie Okobo and Alpha Diallo poured in 13 points apiece. For Milan, Devin Booker led the home team with 15 points, followed by Shavon Shields with 13, Lorenzo Brown with 12, and Guduric and Zach LeDay with 10 points each.
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 84-86 Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens
Panathinaikos got back to winning ways by grabbing its first victory at Baskonia since 2017. The visitors relied on Kendrick Nunn's heroics on Thursday night to end a seven-game losing slide by edging Baskonia 84-86 in Vitoria. Baskonia went on a 7-0 run early in the second half to grab the lead for the first time in the game, but Nunn netted 9 straight points, with Panathinaikos pulling away, 56-71, in the closing stages of the third quarter. The hosts bounced back and tied it at 84-84 with 4 seconds left on the clock, but Nunn nailed a buzzer-beating long two to seal the outcome.
Panathinaikos improved its record to 2-1, with the 30-year-old guard ending the game on 30 points. Cedi Osman netted 20, with Juancho Hernangomez completing a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot bagged 15 points, with Trent Forrest and Hamidou Diallo scoring 15 each, but Baskonia lost its third straight game.
Paris Basketball 90-79 Virtus Bologna
Paris Basketball celebrated its EuroLeague home opener with a 90-79 victory over Virtus Bologna on a night the club raised the banners for winning the French League and Cup double last season. Paris pulled away with the first 11 points of the second quarter to break open a previously tied game. The French champions never let Virtus get closer than 9 points the rest of the way.
Paris forced 26 turnovers and grabbed 20 offensive rebounds in improving to 2-1. Nadir Hifi poured in 20 points with 6 assists and Amath M’baye added 12 points among four Paris players in double figures. Matthew Morgan scored 21 points for Virtus, which dropped to 1-2.
Real Madrid 85-72 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
Real Madrid grabbed its second consecutive victory by downing ASVEL 85-72 at Movistar Arena in the Spanish capital on Thursday. Real led the game from start to finish to improve to 2-1, while ASVEL dropped to 1-2.
Chuma Okeke led the winners with 17 points, 5 rebounds and a PIR of 25 in just 18 minutes. Trey Lyles added 12 points and Mario Hezonja had 11 for Real. Edwin Jackson led ASVEL with 16 points. Mehdy Ngouama scored 12 and Bodian Massa and Glynn Watson each scored 11 for the visitors. Two players made their EuroLeague debut for Real in the game: Izan Almansa and 17-year-old prospect Gunars Grinvalds.
Wednesday, October 8
Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv 90-103 Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv
Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv's first victory of the 2025-26 season will go down as a historic one. Maccabi pulled away in the fourth quarter to defeat Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv 90-103 at Arena 8888 in Sofia, Bulgaria, in the first Tel Aviv Derby in EuroLeague history. After Hapoel's Chris Jones tied the game at 72-72 with the first basket of the fourth quarter, Jeff Dowtin Jr. himself outscored Hapoel 2-11 over the next 5 minutes as Maccabi took control for good.
Lonnie Walker led six Maccabi scorers in double figures with 20 points, Oshae Brissett poured in 19 and Dowtin scored all of his 13 points in the decisive fourth quarter as Maccabi claimed its first win of the season in its third game. Hapoel, which fell to 2-1, was led by Elijah Bryant's 18 points and Antonio Blakeney's 16.