Regular Season
Round 27 of 34
Regular Season
Real MadridRMB
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Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-GasteizBKN
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Matt Costello the hero as Baskonia beats Real, 81-85
Game Report
3 Mins read
In a hard-fought basketball battle that went down to the final two plays, Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz improved its chances to reach the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs after edging Real Madrid 81-85 in the Spanish capital on Tuesday night. Baskonia improved to 15-12 in the standings, breaking a six-game road losing streak, while Real dropped to 18-8. Matt Costello won the game with a four-point play in the final second.
Costello led the winners with 20 points, 6 of which came in the final 35 seconds. Darius Thompson added 18 points, 14 assists and 3 steals, while Maik Kotsar scored 13 points and Markus Howard had 11. Dzanan Musa led Real with 21 points and 8 rebounds. Walter Tavares contributed 13 and Vincent Poirier chipped in with 10 for the hosts.
Game Videos
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Dubai Basketball-Real Madrid | Round 27 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Abalde beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Real Madrid | Round 26 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 26 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:28
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Alex Len throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Omoruyi makes one while falling down! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:28
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Khalifa Diop unloads on Shields! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Zalgiris Kaunas | Round 25 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Diakite stops Ulanovas! Motorola Magic Moment
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Omoruyi beats the buuzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Diakite's big block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Real Madrid | Round 25 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Tavares rejects Faye with force! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus Bologna-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | Round 24 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Moneke's fastbreak dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 24 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:13
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Butler finds Ojeleye! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Simmons to Diakite alley-oop hook-up! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-AS Monaco | Round 24 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Llull makes a spin-around ‘mandarina’! Motorola Magic Moment
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Campazzo's double fake before finding Tavares for the dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | Round 23 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 23 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:11
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Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot finds Rodions Kurucs for the transition alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Khalifa Diop rises for the impressive jam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Tavares stops Booker! Motorola Magic Moment
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Fantasy Challenge Podcast: Frankie’s math, Saben Lee’s breakthrough and the rise of inexpensive centers
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Real Madrid-FC Barcelona | Round 22 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:19
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Facu finds Okeke! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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Tavares stops Norris! Motorola Magic Moment
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 22 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:12
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Rodions Kurucs beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | Round 21 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Real Madrid-Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv | Round 21 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:16
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Another nifty assist from Campazzo! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:19
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Mario Hezonja's alley-oop dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Bayern Munich-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 20 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Real Madrid | Round 20 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Top 10 Blocks | December | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Real Madrid-Dubai Basketball | Round 19 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | Round 19 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
- 00:21
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Kobi Simmons crosses his defender and slams it home! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-Real Madrid | Round 18 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Valencia Basket-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 18 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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FC Barcelona-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 17 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Howard sends it to overtime! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-Paris Basketball | Round 17 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Tavares beats the halftime buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-AS Monaco | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Real Madrid | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
Adam Hanga and Nigel Williams-Goss fueled a 9-0 run that Poirier capped with a dunk for a 9-2 Real lead. Baskonia found a go-to guy in Thompson, who joined forces with Kotsar to bring the guests within 16-12. Guerschon Yabusele allowed Los Blancos to extend their margin to 22-17 after 10 minutes.
Steven Enoch took over with a one-handed alley-oop dunk, and Costello struck twice from beyond the arc to make Baskonia regain a 28-29 edge. Max Heidegger soon boosted the guests' lead to 32-38. Rudy Fernandez and Sergio Rodriguez each buried a triple, before Musa's three-point play fixed the halftime score at 43-40.
Kotsar stepped up after the break, then Thompson and Vanja Marinkovic each buried a three-pointer to give Baskonia a 47-52 margin. Thompson kept pacing Baskonia, and Costello's third triple boosted the guests' lead to 50-59. Real found a go-to guy in Musa, who had 7 points in a 10-0 run that he capped with a bomb from downtown. Fernandez and Tavares kept Los Blancos ahead, 65-62, after 30 minutes.
Thompson, Rokas Giedraitis and Howard each struck from downtown for a 71-71 tie with over 6 minutes left. Tavares and Musa fueled a 7-0 run that gave Real a 78-71 lead. But, Howard and Costello allowed Baskonia to tie the game again, 79-79. In the closing stages, Costello erased Gabriel Deck's layup with a dunk and took advantage of a huge block by Daulton Hommes to with the game with a four-point play at the buzzer!
