FC Bayern Munich returned to its winning ways with a strong defensive performance in defeating Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 74-59. 

Bayern gets enough offense to win defensive battle

FC Bayern Munich returned to its winning ways with a strong defensive performance in defeating Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 74-59. Bayern kept Zvezda scoreless for the final 4 minutes to secure the victory - the German side’s fifth in the last six games to move to 5-2. Wade Baldwin and Nick Weiler-Babb combined for 5 three-pointers in scoring 15 points each, while Vladimir Lucic tallied 12 points and Jalen Reynolds collected 8 points and 11 rebounds. Johnny O’Bryant paced Zvezda with 17 points and Corey Walden scored 12 points as the Serbian side dropped to 2-4, including 0-3 on the road.


After Marko Jagodic-Kuridza opened the scoring for the guests, Bayern got three-pointers from Baldwin and Sasha Grant to lead 7-2. Langston Hall was unfazed and hit back-to-back triples, but Grant added another from deep to send Bayern back up. O’Bryant and Reynolds swapped four points each and Bayern was ahead 18-14 after 10 minutes. JaJuan Johnson pushed the Bayern cushion to 20-14 but Jordan Loyd drained a three-pointer while Bayern failed to score for more than 2 minutes, and O’Bryant added 5 points in a 4-13 surge to lead 24-27. Bayern was able to hold Zvezda scoreless the final two minutes of the half, and Baldwin made two layups to put the hosts up 33-31 at the break.

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Malcolm Thomas opened the second half with 4 points but Hall’s layup snapped a 12-0 Bayern run, and Zvezda moved back ahead 38-39 on back-to-back three-pointers from Walden and Jagodic-Kuridza. The lead went back and forth with O’Bryant’s triple making it 42-46 before Weiler-Babb and Baldwin hit triples in a 13-5 finish to the third quarter, with the German side leading 55-51. Neither team scored in the first 2 minutes of the final frame, until Zan Sisko’s three-pointer was followed by Weiler-Babb from deep on the next possession for a 61-53 advantage. Loyd picked up three points in a 0-6 Zvezda run as Bayern couldn’t score for more than 3 minutes and it was 61-59. Reynolds stopped the surge with a hook shot and was followed by Weiler-Babb foul shots and a big Lucic three-pointer to increase the lead to 68-59 with under 2 minutes to play. Lucic added another three-pointer at the buzzer as Bayern worked on improving its points differential in a possible tiebreaker.

### Loyd held in check

Bayern’s defense did a good job keeping Zvezda’s main weapon in check as Jordan Loyd scored only 9 points on 2-of-14 shots, including 1-of-9 from long range. He came into the game as the EuroLeague’s leading scorer at 22.6 points a game, including two games of 30 points or more.

### Did you notice

Bayern’s starting lineup included the 18-year-old Sasha Grant, who nailed a three-pointer in the opening minutes of his first action of the season. The Italian, who got into four EuroLeague games last season when he went scoreless in 4:34 minutes, collected 6 points on 2-of-2 three-pointers in 7:40 minutes.

### Telling numbers

Bayern held Zvezda to just 39.4% on 2-pointers and 28.6% on 3-pointers. Zvezda’s starters also combined for only 30 points.

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FC Bayern Munich returned to its winning ways with a strong defensive performance in defeating Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 74-59. 


FC Bayern Munich v Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade (2020-11-06T19:30:00.000Z)

CSKA Moscow never trailed en route to an 83-89 road win at Panathinaikos OPAP Athens in the Greek capital on Friday night. 

CSKA holds off Greens in Athens

CSKA Moscow never trailed en route to an 83-89 road win at Panathinaikos OPAP Athens in the Greek capital on Friday night. CSKA improved to 4-3 with its second road win of the season, while Panathinaikos dropped to 2-3. CSKA pulled away to its first double-digit lead in the first quarter, then opened an 18-point margin in the second. The Greens rallied back within a single point, 52-53, late in the third, but CSKA used a 0-10 run bridging the third and fourth quarters to restore a double-digit margin and avoid drama at the end. Will Clyburn collected 15 points and 7 rebounds to lead CSKA. Darrun Hilliard netted 14 points and Daniel Hackett had 13, and Mike James scored 10 and dished 5 assists in the victory. Nemanja Nedovic scored 16 of his game-high 19 points in the first half to pace the hosts. Ioannis Papapetrou had 13 points and 7 rebounds, Aaron White scored 11, while Georgios Papagiannis and Eleftherios Bochoridis finished with 10 apiece in a losing effort.



CSKA’s defense allowed just one basket, a triple from Konstantinos Mitoglou, in the opening 4 minutes. Meanwhile, Hilliard nailed two shots from the outside, with Tornike Shengelia and Nikola Milutinov scoring inside, for CSKA to open a double-digit lead. A three from Nikita Kurbanov made it 5-18 midway through the first quarter, before a basket-plus-foul from Papapetrou sparked the Greens. Good ball movement set up Papagiannis and Papapetrou for easy baskets inside, and after White and James traded triples, a three from Bochoridis and an alley-oop dunk from Papagiannis tied it at 24-24 after 10 minutes. But CSKA never let Panathinaikos in front. Janis Strelnieks nailed a three-pointer, and James fed Johannes Voigtmann for an alley-oop slam. A James triple made it 26-36 before Nedovic snapped a 0-10 run with a three, but Clyburn had a three-point play and Hilliard his third three-pointer. Hackett's three extended it to 31-49, but Nedovic scored 9 points in the final 2:02 of the half, including a pair of triples, to make it 42-51 at halftime. 

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The Greens continued their charge in the second half, with Howard Sant-Roos and Papagiannis coming up with defensive plays while back-to-back triples from Papapetrou and Marcus Foster made it 52-53. But CSKA replied with a 0-7 run, with Kurbanov's close-range basket helping the visitors regain control, before Strelnieks hit a triple to make it 54-63. Dunks from Foster and Mitoglou cut it to 58-63 late in the third, but Joel Bolomboy scored the last basket of the third, then twice more during a 0-8 run to open the fourth as CSKA opened a 58-73 margin. Hackett’s triple extended it to 62-78 before Bochoridis gave the hosts hope with 5 points, including a triple, but Voigtmann nailed a downtown shot on the other end to keep CSKA firmly in control. Panathinaikos never stopped trying, with Nedovic and Papapetrou burying long-range shots, but the Greens never really threatened.

### Ball control

After averaging 16.0 turnovers ints first five games of the season, CSKA had just 7 turnovers for the second consecutive game. Panathinaikos turned the ball over just 10 times, but CSKA had almost as many steals (5) as it did turnovers (7).

### First-half threes

CSKA finished the game tying a season-high with 12 three-pointers, 9 of which came in the first half on just 13 attempts. CSKA finished 12-for-30, the team’s fourth time this season of knocking down 12 threes in a game.

### Clyburn milestone

Will Clyburn entered the game needing 4 points to reach 1,500 for his career, and did that early in the second quarter. He went on to finish as CSKA’s top scorer with 15 points.

### Road warriors

In this classic rivalry, this is the fourth consecutive time and fifth in the last six games that the road team won. It is also CSKA’s third straight win in Athens.

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CSKA Moscow never trailed en route to an 83-89 road win at Panathinaikos OPAP Athens in the Greek capital on Friday night. 


Real Madrid came back from an 11-point deficit to claim a hard-earned and exciting 90-93 road win at Zalgiris Kaunas on Friday night.

Tavares and Campazzo lead Real to comeback in Kaunas

Real Madrid came back from an 11-point deficit to claim a hard-earned and exciting 90-93 road win at Zalgiris Kaunas on Friday night. Real were red-hot in the first quarter to take a 24-32 lead, but a 13-0 run put Zalgiris in charge. The home team’s lead grew to 66-55 in the third quarter, but Real battled back in the fourth and Walter Tavares took over in the final stages to seal the outcome. It was the first road win of the season for Real, which improves to 3-4, while Zalgiris drops to 5-2. The unstoppable Tavares, who missed only 1 foul shot all night, led Real with a huge double-double of 22 points and 12 rebounds, while Facundo Campazzo also had a double-double with 19 points and 10 assists. Jaycee Carroll netted 13 points, Sergio Llull added 11 and Alberto Abalde scored 10 in victory. Thomas Walkup paced Zalgiris with 18 points, and October’s league MVP Marius Grigonis added 17. Augustine Rubit scored 14 points, Arturas Milaknis added 12 and Nigel Hayes contributed 10.



Campazzo twice fed Tavares to score from Real’s opening two possessions, while Grigonis, Campazzo and Walkup were on target from deep for an 8-8 tie. Walkup netted another triple but Carroll bettered that with two inside buckets and a triple for an 11-18 lead. The red-hot Carroll and Lukas Lekavicius traded floaters and a pair of threeballs from Campazzo made it 19-30. Milaknis responded from deep before Carroll again and Rubit fixed the first quarter score at 24-32. Rubit opened the second quarter with a pair of baskets, Milaknis struck from beyond the arc and Walkup’s floater and three-pointer sent Zalgiris ahead, 39-34, as Real scored just 2 points in the opening 6:30 of the period. Llull ended that drought from deep and soon added another pair of baskets, but 5 points from Grigonis followed by threeballs from Hayes and Walkup kept Zalgiris ahead at the break, 54-48. 

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Joffrey Lauvergne scored twice to start the second half, and a tip-in from Walkup made it a double-digit game, 60-50. Tavares and Abalde brought Real closer, but Milankis from deep and Rubit from mid-range protected the home team’s lead. Tavares continued to punish Zalgiris inside and his three-point play helped make it 73-67 with ten minutes remaining. Trey Thompkins twice struck from long-range early in the fourth, and another triple from Campazzo gave Real the lead, 75-78. Lauvergne and Grigonis struck back for Zalgiris, and a three-point play by Milaknis made it 82-78. Campazzo and Hayes struck from deep, before Tavares with two alley-oops and a layup made it 86-87 inside the last 90 seconds. Tavares grabbed another offensive rebound and made his free throws to extend the lead, and Zalgiris couldn’t answer as Real held firm.

### Real on fire in the first

Real circulated the ball superbly in the first quarter, racking up 9 assists and making 8-of-8 two-point attempts in the process of scoring 32 points in the opening 10 minutes. Facundo Campazzo shone with 11 points and 4 assists and Jaycee Carroll also netted 11 in that sparkling first quarter.

### Tireless Campazzo makes a difference

Although Walter Tavares was the key man with a huge double-double, Campazzo also played a key role in the victory. Real’s point guard scored a career-high 5 three-pointers, and spent every second of the second half on the floor as he finished with 19 points, 10 assists and 3 steals.

### Career performance for Walkup

Thomas Walkup produced the best performance of his 69-game EuroLeague career by posting 18 points, 9 assists and a personal best 7 rebounds for a PIR of 29. But all 18 of those points came in the opening 22 minutes and Real was able to contain him much better the rest of the way.

### Milaknis climbs into all-time top ten

Zalgiris sniper Arturas Milaknis made 3-of-4 three-point attempts to climb into the competition’s all-time top 10 for triples converted. He now has 379 career triples, overtaking JR Holden (377).

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Real Madrid came back from an 11-point deficit to claim a hard-earned and exciting 90-93 road win at Zalgiris Kaunas on Friday night.


Zalgiris Kaunas v Real Madrid (2020-11-06T18:00:00.000Z)

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul registered its second consecutive win in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season by downing Khimki Moscow Region 83-71 at Ulker Sports and Event Hall on Friday. 

Eddie, Brown lift Fenerbahce past Khimki

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul registered its second consecutive win in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season by downing Khimki Moscow Region 83-71 at Ulker Sports and Event Hall on Friday. The victory lifted Fenerbahce to a 4-3 record while Khimki dropped to 1-6. DyShawn Pierre and Jarell Eddie led the winners with 16 points apiece. Ahmet Duverioglu and Lorenzo Brown each added 11, while Ali Muhammed scored 10 and Jan Vesely pulled down 11 rebounds for Fenerbahce. Jordan Mickey led Khimki with 19 points. Jonas Jerebko added 12, Greg Monroe had 11. Alexey Shved had 10 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists for the guests.


Janis Timma got Khimki going with a layup and Monroe scored in the low post for a 0-4 lead. Edgaras Ulanovas and Duverioglu each hit a jump hook in a 6-0 run that gave Fenerbahce its first lead, 6-4. Jerebko scored off the baseline and added a fastbreak layup but Duverioglu and Brown kept the hosts ahead, 11-8. Sergey Karasev stepped up with a three-point play and even when Vesely answered with a huge dunk, Monroe and Shved put Khimki ahead, 13-16. Mickey downed a jumper but Muhammed and Eddie did better with back-to-back triples for the hosts. Melih Mahmutoglu and Muhammed kept it going to a 23-20 Fenerbahce lead after 10 minutes. Eddie struck again from deep to open the second quarter and Pierre soon made it 28-20. After a Khimki timeout, Mickey dunked, Dairis Bertans and Pierre traded three-pointers, and Jerebko brought the guests as close as 31-28. Shved downed a jumper and fed Jerebko for a triple that completed Khimki's comeback to a 31-33 advantage. Next, Duverioglu dunked in traffic and Pierre followed a jump hook with a bomb from downtown for a 38-35 Fenerbahce lead. Mahmutoglu capped a 7-0 run with a layup that fixed the halftime score at 42-35.

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Timma struck from beyond the arc soon after the break. Brown scored twice in penetration and fed Duverioglu for a layup and dunk, boosting Fenerbahce's lead to 50-41. Mickey stepped up with his own dunk and a jumper, getting help from Karasev and Shved to pull the guests closer at 53-51. Pierre rescued Fenerbahce with a three-point play and Leo Westermann drilled from downtown in an 8-0 run in that Vesely finished for a double-digit Fenerbahce lead, 61-51. Ulanovas and Eddie kept the hosts way ahead, 65-55, after 30 minutes. Brown and Pierre kept pacing Fenerbahce early in the fourth quarter but Mickey and Monroe got the visitors a bit closer at 70-64. Bertans buried a triple from the right wing but a jumper by Eddie gave Fenerbahce breathing room again at 72-67. Ulanovas hit a step-back jumper and Eddie added back-to-back triples that sealed the outcome, 80-70, in the next-to-last minute.

### Pivotal performer

Eddie made the difference with his outside shooting, hitting 2 critical three-point shots in crunch time. He finished the game with 16 points on 2-of-3 two-pointers, 4-of-6 three-pointers, adding 5 rebounds.

### Game-changing moment

Mickey and Shved managed to bring Khimki within 53-51 late in the third quarter. Pierre stepped up with a layup-plus-free throw, Westermann buried one from beyond the arc and Vesely added a mid-range jumper. All of a sudden, Fenerbahce got its first double-digit lead, 61-51, and never trailed after that.

### Stellar stats

Fenerbahce picked up just 11 turnovers, forcing Khimki to commit as many as 19. Fenerbahce had better shooting percentages, hitting 56.8% inside the arc and 39.1% from downtown. Khimki downed just 50% of its two-point shots and 26.7% from three-point range.

### Did you know?

Fenerbahce remains undefeated against Khimki at home. Friday's marked its seventh home win against the Russian powerhouse in as many games. Fenerbahce also registered its highest scoring mark of the season, 83 points.

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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul registered its second consecutive win in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season by downing Khimki Moscow Region 83-71 at Ulker Sports and Event Hall on Friday. 


Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v Khimki Moscow Region (2020-11-06T17:45:00.000Z)

Olympiacos Piraeus grabbed its second road win of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season by downing previously undefeated Zenit St Petersburg 66-75 at Sibur Arena on Thursday. 

Martin leads Olympiacos to road win

Olympiacos Piraeus grabbed its second road win of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season by downing previously undefeated Zenit St Petersburg 66-75 at Sibur Arena on Thursday. Olympiacos improved to 4-3 in the standings while Zenit dropped to 2-1. Hassan Martin led the winners with 16 points. Shaquielle McKissic added 10 and four of his Olympiacos teammates had at least 7 points. Billy Baron led Zenit with 13 points, all in the fourth quarter, while Austin Hollins added 12 for the hosts, who rallied from a 16-point deficit to get within 60-63. Sasha Vezenkov struck from downtown then and McKissic added a huge dunk to make sure that Olympiacos returned home with a road victory.



Martin got Olympiacos going with a layup but Hollins answered from downtown. Kostas Papanikolaou and Charles Jenkins buried three-pointers and Martin scored again for Olympiacos but Kevin Pangos and Hollins kept the hosts within 9-10. Martin kept pacing the Reds, getting help from Livio Jean-Charles and Kostas Sloukas to boost the visitors' lead to 11-17. Hollins struck twice from beyond the arc and K.C. Rivers scored off a steal to put Zenit in charge, 20-19, after 10 minutes. Arturas Gudaitis dunked early in the second quarter. Octavius Ellis followed a turnaround jumper with a layup for a 22-23 Olympiacos lead. Rivers buried a triple but Vassilis Spanoulis and Vezenkov kept the guests ahead, 25-29. McKissic took over with a three-point play, then Georgios Printezis and Spanoulis combined for 6 points in a 0-10 run that made it a double-digit Olympiacos advantage, 27-41, at halftime. 

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Pangos and Papanikolaou exchanged three-pointers soon after the break, then Gudaitis and Mateusz Ponitka brought Zenit within 36-44. Jean-Charles stepped up with a put-back basket and Martin added 4 points in a 0-7 run that extended Olympiacos's lead to 36-51. McKissic bettered Ponitka's driving layup with a bomb from downtown. Will Thomas joined the three-point shootout but Papanikolaou and Jean-Charles kept Olympiacos fully in charge, 43-58, after 30 minutes. Martin hit a jump hook early in the fourth quarter that Baron answered with consecutive three-pointers, giving Zenit hope at 49-60. Alex Poythress followed a layup with an alley-oop slam in a 12-0 run the Baron capped with a fastbreak basket. Spanoulis silenced the crowd with a triple but Baron and Andrey Zubkov got the hosts within striking distance, 60-63, with 4 minutes left. Vezenkov buried a big three-pointer and McKissic added a show-stopping dunk in traffic. Martin scored down low to seal the outcome, 60-70, as Zenit did not recover in the final 2 minutes.

### Pivotal performer

Martin had a near-perfect performance, leading Olympiacos to a big road win. He finished the game with 16 points on 7-for-7 two-point shooting while making 2 of 2 free throws, adding 3 rebounds and a steal for a PIR of 15.

### Game-changing moment

Thomas scored down low to bring Zenit within 27-31. Spanoulis connected with Printezis for a layup and then scored in penetration. It was the start of a 0-10 run in which Printezis hit his trademark jump hook and both Vezenkov and Giannoulis Larentzakis made free throws. After that, Olympiacos led 27-41 at halftime and never trailed again.

### Stellar stat

Two-point shots made the difference in this game, especially in the first half. Olympiacos hit 20-of-26 shots inside the arc (55.6%) and limited Zenit to just 10-of-25 (40.0%). At halftime, Olympiacos had made 12 of 19 two-pointers (63.2%) and Zenit just 4 of 14 (28.6%).

### Did you know?

It was Olympiacos's first-ever win against Zenit. Both teams had never faced each other until last season, when Zenit managed to beat the Reds twice: 68-77 in overtime at Peace and Friendship Stadium and 91-87 at Sibur Arena.

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Olympiacos Piraeus grabbed its second road win of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season by downing previously undefeated Zenit St Petersburg 66-75 at Sibur Arena on Thursday. 

Zenit St Petersburg v Olympiacos Piraeus (2020-11-05T17:00:00.000Z)

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne grabbed its first win of the EuroLeague season by topping TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 86-88 at Buesa Arena on Thursday. 

ASVEL leaves Vitoria with first win

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne grabbed its first win of the EuroLeague season by topping TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 86-88 at Buesa Arena on Thursday. ASVEL improved to 1-3 in the standings while Baskonia dropped to 2-3. Moustapha Fall led the winners with 19 points, Charles Kahudi and Antoine Diot each added 15 and Norris Cole had 10 for ASVEL, which became the first team to win in Vitoria-Gasteiz since 1985. Diot also dished 7 assists for the winners. Tonye Jekiri led Baskonia with 23 points against his former team. Pierria Henry added 20, Luca Vildoza scored 11 and Achille Polonara grabbed 10 rebounds for the hosts.



Diot got ASVEL going with a jumper and David Lighty added a driving layup, but Jekiri singlehandedly put Baskonia in charge, 5-4. Moustapha Fall and Rokas Geidraitis traded dunks and Diot struck from downtown, igniting a 0-7 run that Allerik Freeman capped with a jumper with a 7-14 ASVEL lead. Giedraitis and Dragic rescued Baskonia but Cole scored in penetration and Kevarrius Hayes followed a reverse layup with a jumper for a 16-22 ASVEL lead. Henry downed a jumper and Ilimane Diop added an alley-oop slam but Cole restored a 20-26 ASVEL edge after 10 minutes. Amine Noua scored down low early in the second quarter but Dragic and Henry kept the hosts within 25-30. Diot sank his second triple and Noua soon added a layup-plus-foul that made it a double-digit game, 27-38. Jekiri and Moustapha Dunk exchanged dunks but Vildoza struck twice from beyond the arc and Henry added another one in a 14-0 run that put Baskonia ahead, 43-40. Diot buried a three-pointer to tie it, 43-43, at halftime.

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Kahudi downed a three-pointer soon after the break and Moustapha Fall added a dunk-and-foul for a 43-50 ASVEL lead. Henry scored in penetration and Jekiri added consecutive baskets, but Lighty took over with a coast-to-coast layup, Kahudi scored again and Fall provided a highlight with a reverse slam for a 49-58 ASVEL margin. Dragic and Diop buried back-to-back three-pointers and got help from Alec Peters to bring Baskonia within 61-62. Ismael Bako and Cole gave ASVEL fresh air at 61-66 through three quarters. Polonara found his first points early in the fourth quarter and Henry added a layup to make it 66-68. Kahudi rescued ASVEL with 4 quick points and Moustapha Fall added a dunk-and-foul that boosted his team's lead to 66-75. William Howard capped a 0-9 run with a layup. Jekiri answered to bring Baskonia within 71-77. Howard scored again, but Vildoza and Giedraitis gave Baskonia hope at 75-79 with 3 minutes left. Diot downed a big triple, but Henry brought the hosts even closer, 79-82. Jekiri dunked and Henry added a layup but Moustapha Fall scored twice in the paint for an 83-86 ASVEL lead with 22.4 seconds left. Vildoza went for a quick layup and Baskonia fouled on Kahudi, who made the resulting free throws for an 85-88 ASVEL lead. Vildoza went to the foul line with 2.5 seconds and intentionally missed his second attempt, but Diot grabbed the rebound to seal the win.

### Pivotal performer

Moustapha Fall was a dominant force in the paint, giving ASVEL the balance required to challenge Baskonia at Buesa Arena and eventually win. He finished the game with 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting plus 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of 28.

### Game-changing moment

A layup by Pierria Henry brought Baskonia within 66-68 early in the fourth quarter. ASVEL found a go-to guy in Charles Kahudi, who scored the first 4 points in a 0-9 run in which Moustapha Fall had a dunk-and-foul and William Howard added a fastbreak layup. ASVEL got a double-digit margin, 66-77, and kept control of the game until the end.

### Stellar stat

Two-point shots were the main difference in this game. Both teams made 27 two-point shots, but ASVEL only needed 40 attempts (67.5%) and Baskonia required 50 shots (54%). It was ASVEL's best two-point shooting percentage this season and its fifth-best mark in EuroLeague action. Its record is 72.7% (24 of 33) against Khimki Moscow Region on December 26, 2019.

### Did you know?

ASVEL became the first French team to win in Vitoria-Gasteiz in over 35 years. Baskonia's only previous home loss against a French team also came against ASVEL, 84-94, in the 1985-86 Korac Cup second round on October 30, 1985. Current Baskonia president Josean Querejeta and Real Madrid head coach Pablo Laso, who was 18 back then, scored 10 points apiece in that game. Baskonia had registered 16 consecutive wins against French teams since that loss.

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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne grabbed its first win of the EuroLeague season by topping TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 86-88 at Buesa Arena on Thursday. 


Rodrigue Beaubois turned in a career night in lifting Anadolu Efes Istanbul to a come-from-behind 91-89 victory over Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv on Thursday night at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall. 

Beaubois lifts Efes over Maccabi

Rodrigue Beaubois turned in a career night in lifting Anadolu Efes Istanbul to a come-from-behind 91-89 victory over Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv on Thursday night at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall. Beaubois scored the go-ahead layup for Efes in the final minute and blocked Scottie Wilbekin's last-second three-point attempt that would have won it for the Israeli champs. He finished with 23 points and a career-high 7 assists, plus 3 steals and 2 blocks in compiling a personal-best performance index rating of 36. Tibor Pleiss posted 20 points and 9 rebounds, Adrien Moerman added 17 points and Krunoslav Simon 13 in lifting Efes to 3-3 on the season. Maccabi dropped its second straight game in falling to 2-5. Elijah Bryant paced the visitors' attack with 22 points, Scottie Wilbekin scored 15, Tyler Dorsey 14 and Ante Zizic had 10 points.



Efes took charge at the start with consecutive threes by Moerman, Vasilije Micic and Pleiss. Erten Gazi – making his first career start – took a steal in for a layup to cap an 11-0 start, which prompted a Maccabi timeout. Bryant knocked down a three to get Maccabi on the scoreboard after 3 minutes. The visitors roared back with Bryant sandwiching a pair of threes around a four-point play from Angelo Caloiaro. Chris Jones came off the bench to drill a go-ahead jumper and Dorsey capped a 0-10 run with a three to make it 18-22. After Beaubois tied it, Jones put Maccabi ahead 22-24 after 10 minutes. Pleiss scored on three consecutive possessions to push Efes back in front. Beaubois heated up before Pleiss's second triple of the night stretched the margin to 41-32. Back-to-back threes by Wilbekin kept Maccabi close and a third minutes later made it 44-43. Bryant sank a three in the final second of the half to give Maccabi a 49-50 edge at the break.

Catch up on Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv highlights from Round 7 of the 2020/21 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, 5th November 2020

Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Highlights - Round 7 - 5th November, 2020

Bryant scored the first two baskets of the second half and Zizic added free throws to put Maccabi up 7. Beaubois and Micic kept the hosts within striking distance. Zizic took charge for Maccabi in the paint, but three-pointers proved to be the shot of choice for both teams with Adrien Moerman and Beaubois connecting on one end and Dorsey and Caloiaro on the other. Bryant continued to shine in lifting Maccabi to an 8-point advantage. Micic made a jumper in the lane to draw Efes within 67-72 at the end of the third quarter. James Anderson twice got Efes within 2 before a Moerman got going with a layup and a triple for an 80-78 Efes lead. After a timeout, Wilbekin responded with a pair of threes, but a three-point play by Simon made it 85-84 with less than 4 minutes to play. The lead switched hand again on a three from Oz Blayzer. Free throws by Beaubois tied the game at 87-87 with 2 minutes to play. Pleiss hit a long jumper with 53 seconds on the clock to put Efes in front. Zizic dunked to tie it before Beaubois scored what would prove to be the winning layup. Maccabi had a chance to win it on the buzzer, however, Beaubois capped a career night by blocking Wilbekin's shot.

### Pivotal player

Efes was missing three key players, including star point guard Shane Larkin. Rodrigue Beaubois stepped seamlessly into his role with 22 points, a career-high 7 assists, 3 assists and 2 blocks. He was perfect on 5 two-point shots – including the game-winning layup in the final minute. Beaubois shot 3 for 5 on three-pointers and made all 4 of his free throws. His second blocked shot came in the game's final seconds and clinched the victory. Beaubois amassed a career-high PIR of 36. His previous best was 30 against Khimki Moscow Region in October 2018.

### Pivotal player II

Tibor Pleiss's participation was in question before the game because of a sprained ankle. He decided to give it a try, since the team was without its other two centers, and wound up spending a career-high 32:24 on the floor. Pleiss produced 20 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, without which Efes would surely have been in trouble.

### Telling stats

Turnovers were a big part of the game in many ways. Maccabi's 17 turnovers were 4 more than Efes committed. Not only are those 4 extra possessions immense in a game decided by 2 points, but what was done with those turnovers was even more important. Efes scored 24 points off of turnovers, while Maccabi got just 15.

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Rodrigue Beaubois turned in a career night in lifting Anadolu Efes Istanbul to a come-from-behind 91-89 victory over Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv on Thursday night at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall. 


Anadolu Efes Istanbul v Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (2020-11-05T17:30:00.000Z)

FC Barcelona extended its winning streak to five games as it blew past a depleted ALBA Berlin 67-103 on Thursday night in the German capital. 

Barca runs past ALBA in Berlin

FC Barcelona extended its winning streak to five games as it blew past a depleted ALBA Berlin 67-103 on Thursday night in the German capital. Barcelona improved to 6-1 in the standings to remain with at least a share of the lead through Round 7, while ALBA dropped to 1-4 on the season. Barcelona took control in the first quarter behind the play of Nick Calathes and Nikola Mirotic and three-point shots from Alex Abrines. The margin grew to 20 points at halftime, as Barcelona shot high percentages for two and three-points and cruised to victory. Mirotic finished with 18 points in 18 minutes and Alex Abrines had 17 points on 5-for-6 three-point shooting in 17 minutes. Rolands Smits collected 13 points plus 8 rebounds, Pierre Oriola had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Cory Higgins scored 11 points and Nick Calathes had 12 assists in 18 minutes in the victory. Simone Fontecchio scored 17 points for ALBA, Ben Lammers had 12 points and Luke Sikma posted 10 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in a losing effort.



Barcelona attacked the rim early through Abrines and Higgins, but back-to-back triples from Fontecchio and Niels Giffey helped ALBA open a 10-8 lead. However, Barcelona answered with a second chance three-pointer from Abrines, followed by a pair of layups from Mirotic in sparking a 0-9 run. Lammers strung together 6 points for the hosts, but Abrines hit triples on three consecutive possessions - all on Calathes assists - to open a 16-26 margin. The visitors led 18-30 after 10 minutes. Sikma's put-back and Jayson Granger's transition triple cut it to 23-32 early in the second quarter. Smits and Marcus Eriksson traded triples, as ALBA tried running the floor and increasing the pace of the game to get its offense going. But Calathes kept feeding his teammates, as Kyle Kuric nailed back-to-back threes for the visitors and Mirotic scored inside before Higgins knocked down a last-second triple to make it 36-56 at halftime.

Catch up on ALBA Berlin vs FC Barcelona highlights from Round 7 of the 2020/21 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, 5th November 2020

ALBA Berlin vs FC Barcelona Highlights - Round 7 - 5th November, 2020

Brandon Davies and Mirotic increased the margin to 38-62 in the third, but Fontecchio scored 7 points, including a basket-plus-foul to get ALBA going offensively. Calathes found Mirotic inside and Abrines for another shot behind the arc, before a three-pointer from Thomas Heurtel increased the margin to 47-77 late in the third quarter. Lammers had a dunk to make it 51-79 at the end of the third. Kuric and Fontecchio traded triples to open the fourth. Lammers hit a jumper, too, but Barcelona never lifted its foot off the gas pedal, with Oriola and Heurtel increasing the margin to the final 36 points.

### Calathes club record

Heading into this game, Barcelona players dished 10 or more assists in a single game just 15 times this century. Calathes needed just 12:31 minutes in the first half to reach 10 assists, then had 2 more assists in the third quarter to tie the club record with 12 assists. Thomas Heurtel was the first to record 12 assists for Barcelona; he did so in October 2018.

### Hot shots

Barcelona made 28 of 38 two-point shots (73.7%), which marked the club's fifth-best two-point accuracy in a game this century. Barcelona was especially efficient in the first three quarters: the visitors shot 20 of 26 for two, and 10 of 15 for three-pointers through 30 minutes.

### Rebounding domination

Barcelona had 22 missed shots in the game, but still pulled down 11 offensive rebounds. The visitors had 43 total rebounds, almost twice as many as ALBA, which finished with 22.

### Depleted hosts

ALBA had a shortened rotation, missing point guards Peyton Sive and Maodo Lo, and big men Johannes Thiemann and Louis Olinde.

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FC Barcelona extended its winning streak to five games as it blew past a depleted ALBA Berlin 67-103 on Thursday night in the German capital. 

ALBA Berlin v FC Barcelona (2020-11-05T18:00:00.000Z)

Anadolu Efes Istanbul celebrated the return of Shane Larkin with a strong 79-84 road victory over Olympiacos Piraeus on Friday. 

Efes rocks Reds on road in Larkin's return

Anadolu Efes Istanbul celebrated the return of Shane Larkin with a strong 79-84 road victory over Olympiacos Piraeus on Friday. Vasilije Micic poured in 20 points with 7 assists while Larkin, in his season debut, joined Rodrigue Beaubois in scoring 15 points. Efes improved its record to 2-3. Bryant Dunston picked up 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, the first of which made him the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague's all-time leader. Hassan Martin paced Olympiacos with 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks. Kostas Sloukas chipped in 10 points and 7 assists and Shaquielle McKissic scored 10 points in the loss. The Reds have now lost two straight games to drop to 3-3.



A moment of silence before the game honored the victims of Friday's earthquake in Turkey and Greece. Krunoslav Simon's free throw started the scoring with Kostas Papanikolaou's three-point play getting Olympiacos on the board. Beaubois and Papanikolaou traded threes before Dunston had two baskets and Chris Singleton nailed a three-pointer for a 12-17 Efes lead. Octavius Ellis hit 4 free throws to keep Olympiacos close but Micic and Beaubois both downed triples to extend the visitors' margin as Efes stayed in front by 26-29 after 10 minutes. Tibor Pleiss reeled off the first 6 points of the second quarter before Charles Jenkins finally scored for Olympiacos after more than 2 minutes. Micic followed with a three-point play and Larkin drained a three-pointer, his first points of the season, for a 28-41 Efes cushion. Olympiacos held Efes scoreless for more than 5 minutes but could only pull within 35-41 as Aaron Harrison and Vassilis Spanoulis both hit from long range. Harrison added another triple and the score was 38-44 at intermission. 

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The run continued at the start of the second half with McKissic scoring four points in a 9-0 burst for a 47-44 Olympiacos advantage. Singleton's three-pointer gave Efes its first points almost 3 minutes into the third quarter and Micic followed to regain the lead 47-50. Sloukas answered with a three-pointer to tie only to see Beaubois pick up 7 points in 2-11 surge to move Efes ahead 52-61. Georgios Printezis hit a three-pointer as Olympiacos got back within 57-63 after 30 minutes. Beaubois added another basket early in the fourth quarter before Larkin began to take control with 2 three-pointers and 2 free throws to extend the Efes advantage to 63-75. Sloukas converted a three-point play as Olympiacos had a 7-0 run over 2 minutes to cut the gap to 70-75. Spanoulis's three-pointer and Martin's score cut the deficit to 75-78. Larkin, however, made sure he wouldn't lose his first game of the season with a tough reverse layup with just 48 seconds remaining and Micic drained 2 foul shots with 13 seconds for a 77-82 score.

### History for Dunston

Bryant Dunston made history in the opening minutes as he blocked a shot by Kostas Papanikolaou. That gave made him the all-time EuroLeague leader in blocked shots. He had entered the game even with Fran Vazquez at 249 each, the Spaniard needing 254 games to collect that total while Dunston has played 197 contests. With another block later in the game, Dunston's record is now up to 251.

### Season debut for Larkin

Efes superstar Shane Larkin made his 2020-21 season debut with 51 seconds left in the first quarter. Larkin had missed Efes's first four games with an injury. He ended Friday's game with 15 points on 4-for-13 field goal shooting and 4-for-7 free throws to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block and 0 turnovers.

### Telling numbers

Efes controlled the boards with a 31-23 rebounding advantage, including 12 offensive rebounds.

### Notable

Another Efes center, Tibor Pleiss, collected 5 of those rebounds to become the 18th player in EuroLeague history with 1,000 rebounds or more.

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Anadolu Efes Istanbul celebrated the return of Shane Larkin with a strong 79-84 road victory over Olympiacos Piraeus on Friday. 

Olympiacos Piraeus v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2020-10-30T19:00:00.000Z)