The double-round action continues with six Round 8 games on Thursday
Game Center: Hapoel tops Partizan to remain in first; Monaco wins in Piraeus
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Wednesday, October 29
Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv 97-84 Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade
Hapoel earned a well-deserved 97-84 win over Partizan after a smooth team effort saw as stack of home players finish in double figures, with the table-topping Israeli side improving to 6-1 while the Serbian outfit dropped to 3-4. Collin Malcolm paced Hapoel on 17 points, Dan Oturu netted 14 and Antonio Blakeney poured 13 while Chris Jones sank 12. Sterling Brown led the way for Partizan on 19 points and Duane Washington added 15.
Hapoel kept nosing ahead in a physical first quarter and forged a 25-19 lead after the opening 10 minutes, courtesy of late three-pointers from Malcolm and Blakeney, while Dylan Osetkowski carried Partizan as he netted 8 points. The visitors conjured a 0-11 run to turn the tide early in the second quarter as the introduction of Arijan Lakic and new signing Bruno Fernando beefed up its defense, leaving Hapoel scoreless for almost 5 minutes. However, the hosts responded with their own 10-0 streak and Hapoel came out on top, 43-42, in a rollercoaster first half.
Hapoel pulled away in the third quarter and carved out a 70-63 advantage ahead of the final 10 minutes on the back of a treble of three-pointers from Ish Wainright, giving the Israeli side its biggest lead of the night up to that point. Five unanswered points gave Hapoel a double-digit lead early in the fourth and there was no way back for Partizan after a pair of three-pointers from Chris Jones gave the home team an 83-69 lead midway through the period.
Olympiacos Piraeus 87-92 AS Monaco
Monaco used the best scoring night of Alpha Diallo’s career and a double-double from Mike James to edge Olympiacos 87-92 in Round 7's Rivalry Series game on Wednesday night at the Peace and Friendship Stadium.
In the return of coach Vassilis Spanoulis to Piraeus, it was a defensive-minded Diallo who scored a career-best 27 points on 11-of-13 field-goal shooting, while James had 23 points and 10 assists as Monaco improved to a 4-3 record. Olympiacos also sits at 4-3 record after a loss in which Tyler Dorsey netted 23 points while Sasha Vezenkov scored 17 points.
Tuesday, October 28
Zalgiris Kaunas 86-65 Virtus Bologna
Zalgiris held off a late charge from Virtus on Tuesday evening to grab an 86-65 win at Zalgirio Arena, with Sylvain Francisco running the show for the Lithuanian side. After getting off to a red-hot start, Zalgiris cooled off in the second and third quarters, which allowed Virtus to enter the final frame trailing by single digits.
Two Matt Morgan scores pulled Virtus within 4 points in the fourth, but Francisco stepped up once more by netting 13 fourth-quarter points and dishing 4 more assists to make things comfortable once again for Zalgiris, which won its second straight game. Tomas Masiulis’s men are now 5-2, while Dusko Ivanovic’s Virtus saw its three-game winning streak come to an end as it fell to 4-3.
Francisco had a 23-point, 10-assist double-double, and he was one of five Zalgiris players who scored in double digits. Moses Wright paired 14 points with 8 rebounds, Dustin Sleva netted 13 points, Deividas Sirvydis poured in 11, and Azuolas Tubelis finished with 10 points and 7 boards. For Virtus, Morgan scored 19 points and Alen Smailagic added 12. Carsen Edwards was held to just 9 points.
Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade 79-65 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne
Crvena Zvezda grabbed its fifth consecutive EuroLeague win by downing LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 79-65 in the Serbian capital on Tuesday. Zvezda improved to 5-2 in the standings and is 4-0 since Coach Sasa Obradovic joined the team. ASVEL dropped to 2-5 and is 0-3 on the road this season.
Chima Moneke paced the winners with 24 points on 8-of-8 two-point shooting, 7 rebounds and 3 steals for a PIR of 35. Semi Ojeleye and Ognjen Dobric each added 11 for Zvezda. Melvin Ajinca paced ASVEL with 13 points while Mbaye Ndiaye added 10.
ASVEL trailed 24-23 early in the second quarter before an outstanding Moneke fueled a 10-0 run that put Zvezda on the right track, 39-25, at halftime. The hosts managed to keep a double-digit lead throughout the second half to cruise to another victory.
FC Bayern Munich 90-84 Real Madrid
FC Bayern Munich got back to winning ways by beating Real Madrid 90-84 on Tuesday night at SAP Garden. In a game of runs, the hosts started strong and took an early 13-2 lead. Los Blancos bounced back and went on a 2-15 surge in the second quarter to take a 44-57 cushion into the second half.
Bayern responded with a 13-3 spurt and outscored Real Madrid 25-10 in the third, securing a 69-67 edge with 10 minutes to go. The German side hit the ground running again in the fourth and took an 82-72 lead with 6 minutes left. Real Madrid fought back in the closing stages, but the hosts absorbed its last comeback attempt. Bayern improved to 3-4, with the Spanish side dropping to the same record following their fourth straight defeat.
Isiaha Mike netted a career-high 29 points for the winners, with Xavier Rathan-Mayes scoring 14 against his former team and Oscar da Silva completing a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds. Trey Lyles paced Real Madrid with 20 points, while Theo Maledon and Walter Tavares scored 15 and 13, respectively.
Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens 99-85 Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv
Panathinaikos ground out a 99-85 home win over Maccabi in a spectacular clash as Kendrick Nunn shined for the home side with a game-high 22 points. Cedi Osman netted 20 and Omer Yurtseven added 16 to go with a career-high 13 rebounds. At the other end, Jaylen Hoard posted 15 points and 9 boards, while Jimmy Clark scored 14 points.
In a fast-paced start, Panathinaikos carved out a 15-9 lead on the back of 5 points from Osman as well as 4 each by Nunn and Yurtseven. The advantage soon soared to 22-14 as the fired-up Osman kept delivering for the hosts, but Maccabi turned the tide and was 24-25 ahead at the end of the first quarter as Clark netted from inside his own half on the buzzer. The high-scoring battle continued in the second quarter as both sides stayed prolific from long range, with Clark carrying Maccabi while Osman was unstoppable at the other end. Maccabi took a 47-49 lead into the locker room at halftime thanks to 12 points from Clark and 10 by Roman Sorkin.
Nunn kept Panathinaikos afloat in the third quarter as he caught fire from all over and the hosts flipped the script with a 9-0 streak to nose ahead 64-60 midway through. Panathinaikos was 68-66 in front ahead of the final 10 minutes, with 11 points in the third quarter. The home team took the game by the scruff of the neck in the final 10 minutes, engineering a 12-0 run to take an 83-71 lead and out the game beyond Maccabi’s reach.
FC Barcelona 74-72 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan
FC Barcelona held on to a dramatic 74-72 win over visiting EA7 Emporio Armani Milan on Tuesday night. Milan had the last possession, but all the visitors could do was see Shavon Shields come up short with a long three-point attempt, as Barcelona prevailed and improved its record to 4-3. Milan dropped to 2-5 on the season.
Points were few and far between in the fourth quarter, which Barcelona took by the score 11-10. When all was said and done, Will Clyburn finished as the top scorer with 17 points, Jan Vesely had 14 while Kevin Punter netted 13. Tomas Satoransky had 11 points and 7 assists in a victory. For the visitors, Armoni Brooks scored 12 of his 15 points in the first half, and Shields scored 12 in defeat.
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 92-85 Dubai Basketball
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz finally tasted victory in the EuroLeague this season as it fought past Dubai Basketball 92-85 to start the double-round week. Baskonia used a 14-3 fourth quarter run to take a 15-point lead only to watch Dubai trim it to 3 points. But the Spanish side survived to improve to 1-6.
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot led the way with 25 points - 22 of them coming in the second half - while Kobi Simmons scored 16 points and Hamidou Diallo added 14 points. Dubai fell to 3-4 including 1-4 on the road this season despite Filip Petrusev scoring 22 points.
Paris Basketball 80-90 Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Efes got back to winning on Tuesday night by downing Paris 80-90 on the road. The Turkish side – which had head coach Igor Kokoskov ejected for 2 quick technical fouls in the third quarter – held Paris to a season-low 39 first-half points and did a good job of keeping Nadir Hifi quiet throughout, with the French guard shooting 2 for 16 from the field. After back-to-back home losses in Rounds 5 and 6, Efes notched its second road win of the campaign to improve to 3-4. Paris, meanwhile, dropped to 4-3.
Shane Larkin led Efes with a game-high 19 points, while Ercan Osmani was the contest’s second-highest scorer with 18 points. Jordan Loyd and Isaia Cordinier added 14 points apiece, and Rolands Smits netted 11. Despite a torrid night from the field, Hifi made all 13 of his free throws en route to 17 points, the same total as Sebastian Herrera. Justin Robinson and Yakuba Ouattara poured in 13 points each.
Valencia Basket 94-79 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
Valencia Basket sent a message that echoed all around the competition by downing defending champion Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 94-79 at Roig Arena in Round 7 on Tuesday. Valencia improved to 4-3 in the standings while Fenerbahce dropped to 3-4. Valencia dominated the game from start to finish, leading 27-10 late in the first quarter and extending its margin to 47-23 to break it open.
Kameron Taylor led the winners with 17 points. Brancou Badio had 15, Jean Montero added 12 while Darius Thompson got 11 for Valencia. Tarik Biberovic paced Fenerbahce with 18 points, scoring 16 of those in the fourth quarter. Talen Horton-Tucker netted 16, Wade Baldwin had 13 while Scottie Wilbekin scored 11 for the visitors, who only rallied a bit once the outcome was clear.