Name: Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague

Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv v Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade (2025-12-16T19:05:00.000Z)

Four players were unavailable but Xavi Pascual's team found the way to dominate in Paris 


Injury-plagued Barca keeps soaring with triumph in Paris 

It was a special night for FC Barcelona head coach Xavi Pascual. More than 15 years after leading Barça to the EuroLeague crown in Paris, Pascual returned to the French capital and guided his team to another big win.

In the 2010 Championship Game, Pascual and Barça bested Olympiacos Piraeus 86-68. Remarkably, the result on Tuesday was similar: Barça beat Paris Basketball 85-69.

It wasn't easy. Barca has been without playmakers [Juan Nunez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/juan-nunez/010106/) and [Nico Laprovittola](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nicolas-laprovittola/006435/) for a while, and the recently injured big men [Jan Vesely](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/jan-vesely/000925/) and [Toko Shengelia ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/tornike-shengelia/001133/)did not travel to the French capital for this game. Nevertheless, Barça put together one of its best first halves of the season. The teams was aggressive on defense, effective on offense and dominated all aspects of the game.

Barca found a go-to guy in [Will Clyburn](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/will-clyburn/004888/), who scored 13 of his 19 points in the first quarter on perfect shooting. [Dario Brizuela](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dario-brizuela/009992/) came off the bench and did not miss a shot as he racked up 9 points in the first 10 minutes.

Paris Basketball-FC Barcelona | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague

Clyburn kept rolling in the second quarter. His first missed shot was a desperation three deep from the right corner right at the halftime buzzer. He reached the break with 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting and 3-of-3 on free throws for a PIR of 24. By halftime, Barca had outrebounded Paris 22-13, forced the hosts into 9 turnovers and only allowed them to dish 5 assists.

"Indeed, we knew that we were missing guys and everybody had to pick up the slack in every way. So congrats to the guys. Everybody came out here and did their part today. And defensively, we were great, followed the coach's game plan," Clyburn said after the game. "We have a lot of talented guys on this team. And they helped me by being so talented. And I'm kind of in these situations where I'm open to shoot the ball. But congrats to the team today. There's never too much talent."

Without Vesely and Shengelia, Pascual changed his frontcourt rotation and [Willy Hernangomez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/willy-hernangomez/003196/) had another strong game in the French capital. Last season, Hernangomez led Barca to a 79-90 road win in Paris with 23 points and 10 rebounds for a PIR of 30. This time, Hernangomez saw limited playing time due to foul trouble but still managed to get 13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals for a PIR of 21 in 19 minutes. [Joel Parra](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/joel-parra/007464/) helped at power forward with 11 points and 7 rebounds in over 30 minutes, and [Kevin Punter](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/kevin-punter/009862/) was his usual self, leading all scorers with 21 points.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ca" dir="ltr">𝟏𝟕 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢 𝟐𝟒 𝐝𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨́ a la primera part. <br><br>Lo de <a href="https://twitter.com/Da_Thrill21?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Da_Thrill21</a> és... <a href="https://t.co/62kpdv5L1R">pic.twitter.com/62kpdv5L1R</a></p>&mdash; Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/2001036153772818915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

"It's something that we emphasize. They have been going to the offensive rebound especially really, really well. I think the first half, they only had 5 offensive rebounds, and we tried to minimize that. So it was a great game. We executed Xavi's plan... I'm proud of all my teammates," Hernangomez said. "We got this win here in Paris, which was really hard and now focus on the next one on Friday at home."

To wrap up a near-perfect night, [Nikola Kusturica](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nikola-kusturica/014128/) made his EuroLeague debut with Barça, becoming the youngest player to do so in club history with 16 years, seven months and 17 days, exactly the same age that [Luka Doncic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/es/euroleague/players/luka-doncic/005929/) had in his Real Madrid debut. [James Nnaji](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/es/euroleague/players/james-nnaji/010641/) had Barca's record with 17 years, three months and 13 days.

Barca is now on a four-game winning streak and hosts Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in Round 16 on Friday, December 19.

Game News

Despite missing Four players, Coach Xavi Pascual's team found ways to dominate in the French capital


Paris Basketball v FC Barcelona (2025-12-16T20:00:00.000Z)

Valencia Basket has done it again. Less than a month after edging past Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, the EuroLeague's hottest team at the time, and less than two weeks after outscoring Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens on the road, Tuesday night saw the Spanish side pull off another impressive win on Greek soil.

Valencia’s bigs thrived from deep in road win at Olympiacos

[Valencia Basket](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/valencia-basket/pam/) has done it again. Less than a month after edging past Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, the EuroLeague's hottest team at the time, and less than two weeks after outscoring Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens on the road, Tuesday night saw the Spanish side pull off another impressive win on Greek soil.

Pedro Martinez’s side downed [Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/olympiacos-piraeus/oly/) 92-99 by shooting the lights out on Tuesday night at the Peace and Friendship Stadium. In fact, Valencia nailed half of its 32 three-point attempts, including 6 made threes to turn the game around in the last quarter.

Olympiacos tried to beat Valencia at its own game, turning the first half into a back-and-forth affair, with the visitors securing a 47-49 lead at halftime. The hosts tightened up their defense and opened the second half with a 12-0 run thanks to 9 points from [Thomas Walkup](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/thomas-walkup/008855/), who nailed back-to-back triples before completing a three-point play. [Nikola Milutinov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nikola-milutinov/003941/) scored inside to give his team a 73-60 lead with 1:21 remaining in the third quarter. 

What came next left the home crowd in disbelief as Valencia fired on all cylinders from beyond the arc, netting as many as 39 points in just over 11 minutes to grab the victory.

Olympiacos Piraeus-Valencia Basket | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague

Leading the charge were not Valencia’s explosive guards, but its two bigs: [Nate Reuvers](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/reuvers-nathan/012738/) and [Matt Costello](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/matthew-costello/010444/), who combined for 35 points in the game. 

The former nailed 3 triples to end the game on a career-high 21 points in less than 19 minutes. Meanwhile, the latter drained 4 from deep to bag 14 points just a few days after netting 15 against Anadolu Efes Istanbul.

More importantly, they managed to stretch the floor, causing havoc to Olympiacos’s defense.

“We made 29 assists and only 13 turnovers, but I think the difference was that we shot great on three-pointers, especially our bigs, who opened the defense. Reuvers and Costello played great,” Martinez said in the post-game press conference.

A year after Paris Basketball sent shockwaves through the EuroLeague by going on an extraordinary 10-game winning streak, Valencia has been offering a similar, high-pace style of basketball that has captivated fans across Europe. 

The visitors found an extra gear in the closing stages, where Olympiacos collapsed on both ends of the floor, with Martinez explaining the benefits of his own philosophy.

“In basketball, tactics are very important but the most important is the mental situation,” he added. “For me, in the last quarter there are two important things. 

“One is that when we struggled to score, Olympiacos changed its mentality and maybe thought that the game was over. That’s not the reality, and at this point we scored all the shots we made because we were going up and they were going down. 

“But for me the second reason is that if you look at all our players, the one who plays the most minutes is [Darius Thompson](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/darius-thompson/011078/), who played 24. We try to make a fast rotation, something usual for us in all the games, and sometimes it permits us to arrive in a better physical condition in the last quarter.”

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Very few of Valencia’s made threes came off iso or hero-ball situations in the final seconds of a possession. The guests circulated the ball well, doing a great job of finding the open man. Their 29 assists on the night is a season high, as well as a joint club high and the second highest by any EuroLeague team this term.

“We just stuck with the game plan, we’re a run-and-gun team and once we got our opportunities, we started getting stops and things got a lot easier,” Reuvers told EuroLeague TV. “We just keep playing our style, dictating the pace, shooting threes; everyone is hitting shots, playing together. I love this team, I love the guys.”

And who doesn’t love watching Valencia. Having extended its winning streak to five games, Martinez’s men travel to Israel, where they’ll face an in-form Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv side that has won three in a row. But all the Spanish side needs is to play Valencia basketball, execute the plan and they will have nothing to worry about.

Nate Reuvers and Matt Costello combined for 35 points as the guests turned the game around in the fourth quarter

Olympiacos Piraeus v Valencia Basket (2025-12-16T19:15:00.000Z)

When EA7 Emporio Armani Milan announced ahead of Round 14 that Marko Guduric would spend time away from the team to rehab, the aim was clear: get him fully fit and ready to elevate the squad. On Tuesday night, that plan began to pay off.

Marko Guduric has his first big night for Milan in win over Real Madrid

When [EA7 Emporio Armani Milan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/ea7-emporio-armani-milan/mil/) announced ahead of Round 14 that [Marko Guduric](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/marko-guduric/004004/) would spend time away from the team to rehab, the aim was clear: get him fully fit and ready to elevate the squad.

On Tuesday night, that plan began to pay off.

With several notable figures in attendance – including EuroLeague Basketball President Dejan Bodiroga, Italy head coach Luca Banchi, and Milan President of Basketball Operations Ettore Messina, who was watching Milan in a EuroLeague game for the first time since stepping down as head coach – Guduric put on a clinic in his second game back as the Little Red Shoes secured an 89–82 win over [Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/real-madrid/mad/) at Allianz Cloud. It was Milan’s first game at the venue since 2019.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Real Madrid | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague

The 30-year-old, who helped lead Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul to the EuroLeague title last season, led Milan in PIR (21), points (22), rebounds (five), and assists (three, tied with [Shavon Shields](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shavon-shields/007831/)) in just under 20 minutes. The win improved Milan’s record to 3–1 since Peppe Poeta took over as full-time head coach. Including the two games he coached as interim, Poeta is now 5–1, with Milan sitting at 9-7 on the season.

Notably, Poeta remains undefeated in EuroLeague play as Milan’s full-time head coach (3-0) when Guduric is in the lineup – another reason Milan will be cautious with its star guard’s workload.

“I’m just happy to be healthy, to be back, and to help my teammates in the way I know how,” Guduric told EuroLeague TV after the game. “Thanks to our medical team, the doctors, and physiotherapists — they helped me a lot. I’m just happy to be back.”

“It’s a huge win for us,” he added. “We just have to stay humble and keep our feet on the ground. It’s a long season.”

For Guduric, personal accolades aren’t the priority. His focus is on helping Milan secure a spot in the EuroLeague Playoffs.

“I just try to do whatever the team needs from me,” he said. “Sometimes it’s defense, sometimes it’s playmaking, sometimes it’s scoring. Like I said, I’m just happy to be healthy, and I hope to get into even better shape to help the team even more.”

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Another player working his way back from injury is [Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/lorenzo-brown/009622/), who made just his fourth appearance of the season in Round 16. He finished with eight points, two assists, and one steal in just over 12 minutes. Poeta was pleased to see him back on the floor.

“Super happy for Lorenzo, he gave us a lot,” Poeta said in his EuroLeague TV interview. “He gave us what he can: IQ, control of the game, and tempo. He’s almost fully healthy now. He still needs to find his 100 percent form, but the effort he’s putting in and the way he showed up today is huge.”

Milan will remain at home for the second half of the double-round week, hosting Fenerbahce at Allianz Cloud on Thursday. Real Madrid, meanwhile, dropped to 9-7 and will look to bounce back when Paris Basketball visits the Spanish capital the same night.

The Serbian star did a bit of everything for the Little Red Shoes

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan v Real Madrid (2025-12-16T19:30:00.000Z)

Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem held off a late surge to edge Cedevita Olimpia Ljubljana 84-81 in Round 11, strengthening its grip on first place in Group A thanks to 21 points on 16 free throws from Jared Harper

Harper’s heroics lift Hapoel past Cedevita in EuroCup thriller 

“I think we made some stupid turnovers at the end and made them close, but we controlled the game for about 35 minutes, then we managed to live with those mistakes, with some responsibility and high-level play,” said Yonatan Alon, moments after his Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem team survived a close battle at Arena Stozice on Tuesday night, running away with the 81-84 Round 11 victory.

Table-topping Hapoel took an early lead, before second-placed Cedevita Olimpia Ljubljana tightened the gap in the second period. However, by the time the teams split for halftime, the visitors led by 11.

The hosts stumbled out of the blocks at the restart, providing Hapoel with an avenue to widen the margin. Alon’s men looked to be in cruise control when Cedevita pushed back in the fourth, coming within a single point with under a minute left on the clock.

Despite the aforementioned errors from the Israeli team, they completed the mission. Jared Harper kept his nerve at the line when it mattered, however, finishing the contest and growing his team’s advantage atop Group A.

Harper played a major role in the win, adding 4 assists to his 21-point scoring performance, while also hitting crucial last-minute shots at the charity stripe to drag his team over the line. Despite a tough night from the field – shooting at a clip of 2-of-11 – the 28-year-old guard sank 16 of his 17 free-throws, shouldering the responsibility without flinching.

Anthony Lamb added 14 points and 4 dimes and Khadeen Carrington contributed 11 points.

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Austin Wiley recorded a personal best of 13 rebounds for the road team, controlling the glass throughout. His presence was huge in controlling the pace of the contest. The American big man reflected on his performance after the final buzzer.

“Very happy,” Wiley expressed. “I like how we played on defense. I like that we faced adversity, we played to the end and we won.”

The result was tough on Cedevita’s Aleksej Nikolic, who scored a game-high 27 points. Zvezdan Mitrovic will also feel downtrodden after being ejected from the game during the final period.

With the loss, Mitrovic’s team moved to 7-4 for the season, but will have a chance to bounce back after the break, when it faces Aris Thessaloniki Betsson on December 30. Meanwhile, Hapoel will look to improve on its 9-2 record when it welcomes BAXI Manresa that same evening.

The reigning EuroCup MVP scored 21 points and made 16 free throws as Jerusalem improved to 9-2

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem (2025-12-16T17:30:00.000Z)

It was not his best shooting night but NINERS Chemnitz's Kevin Yebo found plenty of ways to help his team defeat Lietkabelis in Round 11 of the 2025-26 BKT EuroCup

Yebo's energy leads Chemnitz to quality win at Lietkabelis 

NINERS Chemnitz has been on a roll lately, winning three of its last four games to climb to 5-6 in Group B and improve its chances to reach the BKT EuroCup Playoffs in its first season in the competition. On Tuesday, Chemnitz edged Lietkabelis Panevezys 79-85, protecting its paint really well for the best part of the game and finding [Kevin Yebo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/kevin-yebo/013368/) every time the team needed a go-to guy.

The 29-year-old center is in his second stint with Chemnitz, which he helped win the FIBA Europe League in 2024. He went on to play for FC Bayern Munich but things did not go as planned; Yebo averaged 2.3 points in 15 EuroLeague games. He decided to return to Chemnitz before the end of the 2024-25 season and has been showcasing his all-around skills all season long, averaging 19.7 points and 6.6 rebounds for a PIR of 21.9 in 10 EuroCup games this season.

Yebo struggled from beyond the arc against Lietkabelis, making just 1 of 7 attempts from three-point range. He made sure he did everything else right, getting 16 points on 11-of-12 free-throw shooting, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. He drew a club-record 13 fouls, which was 1 foul drawn away from the competition record, shared by Randy Duck, Andre Hutson, Armando Costa, Matt Walsh and Fatts Russell of U-BT Cluj-Napoca. Russell was the last player to do so, earlier this season against Neptunas Klaipeda on October 7.

Yebo's effectiveness allowed Lietkabelis to shoot the ball better and more often both inside the arc and from the free throw line. Chemnitz made 23 of 29 free throws (79.3%) and 19 of 29 two-pointers (65.5% 2FG). Lietkabelis finished the game shooting 19 of 44 on two-pointers (43.2%) and 11 of 17 free throws (64.7%).

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not an illusion, just Yebo 🪄<a href="https://twitter.com/ninerschemnitz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ninerschemnitz</a> <a href="https://t.co/uiCIcJfrK8">pic.twitter.com/uiCIcJfrK8</a></p>&mdash; BKT EuroCup (@EuroCup) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup/status/2000996809448079426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Without the injured [Corey Davis Jr.](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/corey-davis-jr-/013890/) and [Kaza Kajami-Keane](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/kaza-kajami-keane/013892/), [Nike Sibande](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/nike-sibande/013889/) stepped up with a career-high scoring effort of 17 points,

"We stick together, we wanted to have fun. That's what we did and that's why we played like today," Yebo said. "Wins are always good, but how we stepped out of the losing streak and came out here with two guys down, that's where I see a big change and how we deal with the losses. It was good."

"I like the energy on the bench. It was a team performance today. Everybody contributed, even the guys that didn't step in. They stayed positive, always encouraging their teammates," Chemnitz head coach [Rodrigo Pastore](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/teams/niners-chemnitz/nin/pastore-rodrigo) said. "We saw what we wanted to see as coaching staff. A group playing basketball the right way, together. I think the basketball Gods rewarded us in the end."

Chemnitz hopes to finish 2025 style with a big challenge in front of its fans, as it hosts mighty Besiktas GAIN Istanbul in Round 12.

It was not his best shooting night but Kevin Yebo found plenty of ways to help his team


Lietkabelis Panevezys v NINERS Chemnitz (2025-12-16T17:00:00.000Z)

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens eked out a 77-81 win at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul thanks to a majestic performance from the 2025 EuroLeague MVP Kendrick Nunn

Kendrick Nunn steers Panathinaikos past champs

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens eked out a 77-81 win at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul thanks to a majestic performance from the 2025 EuroLeague MVP Kendrick Nunn, who produced a brilliant first half and a mature fourth quarter against the competition’s holders.

The Greens, who won their seventh EuroLeague title in 2024, got some measure of revenge on Fenerbahce for an 82-76 semifinal loss at last season’s Final Four, as Nunn scored 15 points in the first half and 10 in the fourth quarter.

Crucially, he sank 4 successive free throws and TJ Shorts added another in an error-strewn finish, as Fenerbahce closed in to 75-76 with a 7-0 run but fell short in the home straight. Nunn, who led all scorers on a game-high 25 points, heaped praise on his high school buddy Talen Horton-Tucker, who paced Fenerbahce on 22 points.

“Hell of a player, that’s my brother,” Nunn said in his postgame comments. “It’s hard to stop him, but we got the victory and that’s the most important thing.”

Nunn, still nursing an ankle injury, shook off the knock and provided the much-needed long-range firepower as he sank a couple of clutch three-pointers, including one from almost the halfway line with a defender in his face. He added 4 assists and as many steals as the Green’s ended Fenerbahce’s 12-game winning streak in all competitions, improving to 10-6 while the Turkish side dropped to 9-6 in Europe’s premier club competition.

“It was a big game and I had to step up. I was undecided pregame whether I was going to play or not because of the ankle, but it was against the defending champs, so I had to come and get the victory tonight. It’s still hurting, but I’m a warrior,” Nunn added.

Cedi Osman contributed with 11 first-half points and big man Juancho Hernangomez made a telling impact with 9 points and 5 boards, as Panathinaikos forced a staggering 22 turnovers from Fenerbahce and picked up 13 offensive rebounds in a physical game. The defensive steel compensated for poor shooting, as the Greens made only 19-of-44 shots from inside and 7-of-21 from downtown, although the visitors were clinical from the foul line as they banked 22 of 25 free throws.  

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“It was a tough game in a tough environment against a great team,” said Hernangomez. “A great win for us and now we turn our focus to Thursday (at home to Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv). “We have a lot of talent on this team and my job is to get the stops and be aggressive.”  

Fenerbahce head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius conceded that his shorthanded unit was below par, with an 11-0 run at the start of the third quarter turning out to be a false dawn. For all his prowess when driving to the basket, Horton-Tucker was 0-of-4 from downtown and misfiring from long range ultimately cost Fenerbahce as the Turkish side fell short when the chips were down.

“We didn’t have it today, from the first minute,” said Jasikevicius. “We were a little bit short in the rotation, but in general, we slept through the first half completely. We just weren’t ourselves; we had too many turnovers and we made it easy for PAO. We lacked some freshness as it’s a tough and busy schedule, but it’s not an excuse.”

The Greens prevailed on the back of a rock-solid performance from their leader 

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2025-12-16T17:45:00.000Z)

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Walter Tavares gets back to forcibly reject Devin Booker.

Tavares blocks Booker with force! Motorola Magic Moment

Antonio Blakeney plays near-perfect defense to deny Devonte Graham at the rim

Antonio Blakeney rises for an outstanding block! Motorola Magic Moment

Jean Montero connects with Neal Sako, who skies for the alley-oop slam!

Neal Sako dunks off Jean Montero’s alley-oop dish! Motorola Magic Moment

Jean Montero drives to the basket, but Nikola Milutinov rejects him with force!

Nikola Milutinov stops Jean Montero! Motorola Magic Moment

Codi Miller-McIntyre sets up Ebuka Izundu for an alley-oop jam

Ebuka Izundu converts the alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment

Josh Nebo stands tall at the rim to block Alex Len.

Josh Nebo rejects Len! Motorola Magic Moment

Johnathan Motley denies Codi Miller-McIntyre’s drive to the rim

Motley protects the rim with a swat! Motorola Magic Moment

Armoni Brooks races back to reject Trey Lyles at the rim.

Armoni Brooks’s chase-down block! Motorola Magic Moment

Jared Butler winds the clock down and ties the game with a triple to end the first quarter 