The hosts blew the Turkish side away to snap the visitors’ four-game winning streak
Valencia suffocated Turk Telekom with red-hot offensive performance

After going unbeaten through the first 11 games of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup season, Valencia Basket seemed to have lost some momentum of late having lost 106-107 to 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys in overtime and 81-74 at Umana Reyer Venice in back-to-back contests.
The challenge for Valencia was not only to bounce back from this setback to secure a top spot in the group as soon as possible, having already booked its spot for the EuroCup Playoffs, but to do so against one of the hottest teams in the competition.
Ahead of Round 14, Turk Telekom Ankara had improved its record to 8-5 thanks to four wins in a row. The Turkish team hadn’t lost in the competition since November, as the streak began with a 93-98 road win over Lietkabelis on December 4. Later, Turk Telekom defeated Aris Midea Thessaloniki (87-77), Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (74-80), and Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse (98-89) last week.
During those wins, Turk Telekom had proved to be in great shape offensively, averaging 90.8 points behind its improved three-point shooting – averaging 13.3 threes from 28.5 attempts per contest – and individual performances from Anthony Brown, who scored 8-of-9 triples against Bourg and was averaging 21.0 points per night in those four victories.
But Valencia had other plans for Turk Telekom’s sharpshooter and the whole team, with the hosts needing just 20 minutes to prove it.
Brown had to wait until the third period to convert his first field goal – after seven attempts – and Turk Telekom finished the first half just 3 of 15 from behind the arc. At that moment, Valencia was already dominating by 18 points (52-34) after demonstrating its almost unstoppable firepower.
The Spaniards were 19 of 34 from the field, including 7 three-pointers made from 14 attempts, while they dominated the boards 23-15 and doubled their opponent in assists (12 against 6). Overall, Valencia’s PIR was 68 while Turk Telekom’s players combined for 31 at the interval.
“I think we saw that we played like we normally do during the season,” Valencia forward Xabi Lopez-Arostegui remarked after the game. “We played as a team, like we are doing in almost every game. And that's our key; we like to play defense, share the ball, and try to run.”
After the intermission, Turk Telekom was able to get within 13 points midway in the third quarter (62-49), but Valencia didn’t tremble and continued punishing Erdem Can’s men by making it rain from three-point territory, finishing fast breaks and converting offensive rebounds. As such, the lead continued to swell and swell until it reached a game-high 48-point difference (108-60) with 3 minutes remaining. Valencia finished with a club-record 116 points in a dominant 116-78 win.
“I think this is the first time this season we’ve play at the same level for the 40 minutes,” Valencia head coach Pedro Martinez confessed. “It’s difficult because sometimes you have problems when we take some advantages; in the first half of the third quarter, to play serious and concentrated in the last quarter. We did it today and for that reason I’m happy.”
Bouncing back with such a sound display against the Turks was something Lopez-Arostegui also celebrated.
“The season is very long, and we try to stay as consistent as possible,” he noted. “We believe a lot in our work ethic, and that’s what we do every day. It’s impossible to win all the games; there are teams that also play at the highest level.
“But we believe in our job, like I said, so [we must] push ourselves as much as possible and try to play the best basketball possible.”