Zalgiris Kaunas came from 27 points down to beat Olimpia Milano on the road on Thursday night, just two days after beating another Italian team, Virtus Bologna.

Resilient Zalgiris clawed out victory from the jaws of defeat 

Zalgiris Kaunas completed a memorable week in Italy with [a stunning 82-85 comeback win at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/zalgiris-stages-huge-comeback-to-edge-milan-on-the-road-82-85/) after edging Virtus Segafredo Bologna 68-71 on Tuesday, improving its Turkish Airlines EuroLeague record to 3-1.

So delicious was the taste of double victory that a couple of joyous Zalgiris fans, part of a massive contingent who made the trip to Italy, held a cardboard banner reading “Yesterday Bolognese, today Milanese” in a sweet taunt of the home Milan faithful.

For three quarters, it looked like Milan would hand Zalgiris a heavy defeat as the hosts led 64-37 midway through the third, before an inexplicable meltdown turned the pulsating contest on its head.

Having regained its composure ahead of the fourth quarter, Zalgiris needed no second invitation to start firing on all cylinders on offense in the home straight, while Milan looked bereft of ideas as the visitors kept trapping the home team’s guards with intense half-court pressure.

[Dovydas Giedraitis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dovydas-giedraitis/007513/) paced Zalgiris with a game-high 21 points, but it was [Sylvain Francisco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sylvain-francisco/007975/) who won the player of the game accolade on the back of 17 points and 6 assists, having dished out one telling pass after another as Zalgiris roared back to claim victory.

It was the second-biggest comeback in the competition’s history and the 27-year-old guard, who joined Zalgiris from Bayern Munich during the off-season, said not losing their heads was the key to the visiting team’s monumental accomplishment in Milan.

“I was patient in going to the paint and splitting their defense, so I am glad we made shots and played tough defense in the end,” a visibly exhausted Francisco said in a post-game courtside interview.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Historic night for Zalgiris in Milan. Biggest comeback in club’s history and second-biggest in the EuroLeague. 🤯 <a href="https://t.co/FUSZkkdMpa">pic.twitter.com/FUSZkkdMpa</a></p>&mdash; BC Zalgiris Kaunas (@bczalgiris) <a href="https://twitter.com/bczalgiris/status/1847031139187183853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Head coach Andrea Trinchieri was delighted he got one over his Italian compatriot Ettore Messina, whose Milan team dropped to 1-3 after suffering the fourth-quarter collapse.

“A crazy game with a crazy ending,” said Trinchieri. “We were horrible for three quarters and I just kept trying to find the five players who would function together. We didn’t do enough to compete for three quarters and then something happened.”

“We clicked and played with tons of energy. I believe in my players and this is their reward, a double win on the road. I didn’t like the body language in the first half, but we have this thing called resilience.”

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHAT A COMEBACK. 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/18rn1HXRnh">pic.twitter.com/18rn1HXRnh</a></p>&mdash; BC Zalgiris Kaunas (@bczalgiris) <a href="https://twitter.com/bczalgiris/status/1847021695472697575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Messina was barely able to hold in his anguish after the game, having seen his team throw away a massive lead on home court. “We played two different games tonight,” he stated. “The last 15 minutes were obviously horrible and they deserved their comeback.”

Long-range shooting was the key as Zalgiris drained 12 of 26 from deep while Milan made only 5 of 21, with the home side also finishing the game on 9 turnovers after committing none in the first quarter and just 2 by halftime.

Galvanized by its success, Zalgiris will relish returning home and facing Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in Round 5, while Milan will be desperate to make amends when it entertains Anadolu Efes Istanbul. 

Game News

The Lithuanian side looked out for the count against Milan and then forced the home team into submission 

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan v Zalgiris Kaunas (2024-10-17T18:30:00.000Z)

KK Partizan had five players score in double figures during its win at Maccabi Tel Aviv BC in Round 4 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season, while the team's defense was also impressive.

Partizan leaned on team effort to down Maccabi

Not one, not two but five Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade players hit double digits in scoring to end the double-round week in style by leading the Serbian side to [a 79-91 victory at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/partizan-powers-past-maccabi-79-91/) in Round 4 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season. Coaches insist that solid defense provides players with the necessary confidence to thrive on the other end, and that’s precisely what happened to Partizan at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall.

The two teams exchanged as many as 23 leads in the first three quarters, but Partizan’s team effort on both ends clinched them the victory in the fourth, with the visitors outscoring Maccabi 15-25 in an almost perfect quarter.

[Sterling Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/sterling-brown/012720/) netted 12 of those 25 points, ending the contest with a game-high 20 points. [Isaac Bonga](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/isaac-bonga/006760/) did a great job opening the floor, going 4 for 5 from beyond the arc en route to 14 points. Meanwhile, [Frank Ntilikina](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/frank-ntilikina/006591/) pulled off an extremely mature performance, making 5-of-6 field goals to finish the game on 12 points. As for the other two players who recorded double digits in scoring, [Iffe Lundberg](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/iffe-lundberg/010781/) and [Carlik Jones](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/carlik-jones/013369/) netted 11 points each and recorded 5 and 6 assists, respectively.

“That was a great team win,” Brown told EuroLeague TV after the game. “Both ends of the floor, we came out in the second half and got it done. The coach got on us at halftime and we came out and we responded, especially on the defensive end.”

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">Borim se svaki dan za njega!🖤🤍<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KKPartizan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KKPartizan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroLeague</a> <a href="https://t.co/sZtZKsBe01">pic.twitter.com/sZtZKsBe01</a></p>&mdash; KK Partizan Mozzart Bet (@PartizanBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/PartizanBC/status/1847011825000632459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Partizan head coach Zeljko Obradovic had every reason not to be happy with his team’s defense in the first 20 minutes. The guests gave up 46 points and allowed Maccabi to grab as many as 14 offensive rebounds – more than the Partizan’s 13 total rebounds in the first half. 

Yet, his team stepped up its defense after the break, producing 3 blocks and 3 steals in the last quarter to seal the victory. Maccabi struggled to get open looks, with its opponents’ deflections and stops allowing the visitors to build their confidence.

“It was a EuroLeague game,” Obradovic said in his post-game interview for EuroLeague TV. “Very tough, very close game, everything being decided in the last minutes.”

This was Partizan’s third EuroLeague game in a row where five or more players scored at least 10 points each, showing the team’s diverse options on offense. The Serbian side is set to host Virtus Segafredo Bologna next week, when team effort on both ends could once again be the key to a potential third straight victory.

Five of the visiting team's players scored in double digits

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv v Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2024-10-17T18:05:00.000Z)

Zalgiris Kaunas staged a magnificent fightback for an 82-85 road win at Olimpia Milano in a EuroLeague Round 4 blockbuster, completing a perfect double-round week in Italy after beating Virtus Bologna 68-71 on Tuesday.

Zalgiris stages huge comeback to edge Milan on the road, 82-85

Zalgiris Kaunas staged a magnificent fightback for an 82-85 road win at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Round 4 blockbuster, completing a perfect double-round week in Italy after beating Virtus Segafredo Bologna 68-71 on Tuesday.

The Lithuanian side rallied from 64-37 down midway through the third quarter to produce the second-biggest comeback in the competition history. Dovydas Giedraitis netted a game-high 21 points for the visitors, followed by Sylvain Francisco, who racked up 17 points and 6 assists with a superb individual performance.

Deividas Sirvydis added 11 points for the visitors, who have now registered six straight wins against Italian opposition as Zalgiris seems to have turned Virtus and Milan into happy hunting grounds. At the other end, Nikola Mirotic paced Milan with 17 points and 11 boards, Shavon Shields chipped in with 14 points and Zach LeDay scored 13 for the home team.

Zalgiris carved out an early 4-7 lead but Milan quickly turned the tide and pulled away to 24-17 at the end of the first quarter, with LeDay and Shields pulling the strings for the hosts.

The advantage swelled to 34-19 after Armoni Brooks dropped 6 points in quick succession, rocking the rim with a dunk before he completed a four-point play as he drew a foul while draining a triple.

Milan led 49-31 at halftime and there seemed to be no way back for Zalgiris after the Italian outfit raced clear 64-37 midway through the third quarter, as Mirotic caught fire and sank his shots from all over. However, the visitors then found some momentum with a 9-0 run and having slashed the deficit to 66-48 ahead of the final 10 minutes, they sensed blood and engineered one of the most incredible comebacks in EuroLeague history.

Roared on by a sizeable contingent of travelling fans, Zalgiris closed in to 71-60 but Milan still looked in control after Shields made a pair of clutch shots, a tip-in followed by a mid-range jumper. Zalgiris then resorted to a half-court press which knocked the hosts out of their stride and generated a 3-16 run, turning the match on its head as the Lithuanian outfit edged ahead, 78-81.

The frantic climax produced a huge block by Alen Smailagic on Neno Dimitrijevic, with joyous Zalgiris players and fans dancing in delight after Giedraitis sank a pair of free throws before Brooks failed to force overtime from deep at the other end.

The Lithuanian side fought back from a 27-point deficit in the third quarter to grab its second win in Italy in three days

In a high-scoring showdown, FC Bayern Munich returned to winning ways in the EuroLeague by edging Paris Basketball 109-107 at SAP Garden in Round 4 on Thursday. 

Bayern survives in high-scoring thriller against Paris, 109-107

FC Bayern Munich returned to winning ways in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague by edging Paris Basketball 108-107 at SAP Garden in Round 4 on Thursday night. Gordie Herbert's squad improved to 2-2 in the standings and remains undefeated at the brand-new SAP Garden, while Tiago Splitter's Paris dropped to 1-3. 

Carsen Edwards led the winners with 32 points, Shabazz Napier added 27 and Devin Booker had 21, with Oscar da Silva also pouring in 12 for Bayern. TJ Shorts paced Paris with 22 points and 8 assists. Tyson Ward added 18, Nadir Hifi 16, Collin Malcolm 15 and Mikael Jantunen 12.

Shorts hit a mid-range jumper and Ward added a jump hook in a 0-6 opening run that Kevarrius Hayes capped with a layup. Booker scored down low and erased Ward's dunk with another layup. Edwards stepped up with a fast-break layup, which Jantunen bettered with a triple for a 6-11 Paris lead. Edwards kept pacing Bayern, getting help from Booker and Da Silva to give the hosts their first lead, 15-13. Elias Harris scored in the paint and Edwards boosted Bayern's lead to 19-16. Napier struck from downtown, Shorts answered with consecutive layups to bring his team within 22-21. Yam Madar's driving layup fixed the score at 24-21 after 10 minutes.

Napier and da Silva each downed a three-pointer for a 30-21 Bayern lead early in the second quarter. Napier insisted from beyond the arc to make it a double-digit game, 33-23. Malcolm tried to ignite Paris's comeback with a triple and a close jumper. Booker dunked and buried a couple of jumpers, restoring a 39-30 Bayern edge. Andreas Obst struck from downtown and sank a jumper but Hifi and Bandja Sy kept Paris within 44-35. Ward hit a three-pointer and Leopold Cavalieri dunked off a steal to make Bayern call a timeout at 48-40. Jantunen struck from beyond the arc and Ward added a fast-break layup. Nick Weiler-Babb and Napier gave Bayern fresh air, 54-47, at halftime.

Booker hit a turnaround jumper soon after the break. Edwards added a layup in transition for a 58-47 Bayern lead. Shorts scored in penetration, Ward and Booker traded three-point plays, then Malcolm's layup gave Paris hope at 61-54. Booker took over with a reverse dunk and Edwards got a lucky bounce on a three-point shot, good for a 66-56 Bayern edge. Hifi hit a jumper and fed Sy for a huge dunk. Malcolm soon added a layup that made Bayern call timeout at 66-62. Hifi capped a 0-10 Paris run with a three-pointer that tied it at 66-66. Sy dunked again, Hifi insisted from beyond the arc and Cavaliere's three-point play completed the guests' comeback, 73-74. Edwards took over with a driving layup and a three-pointer but an unstoppable Shorts kept Paris within 81-78 after 30 minutes.

Napier, Edwards and Jantunen each buried a three-pointer early in the fourth quarter. Malcolm soon brought Paris within 87-83 with over seven minutes left. Da Silva stepped up with a tip-in which Jantunen and Sebastian Herrera bettered with consecutive three-pointers, tying the game at 89-89. Da Silva scored again and Napier buried a step-back triple for an 84-89 Bayern lead. Edwards and Napier boosted Bayern's lead to 98-91 with over three minutes remaining. Edwards bettered Shorts' layup with a bomb from downtown. Ward beat the shot clock with a wild triple and Shorts added an off-balance three-point-play that got Paris within striking distance, 101-99. Da Silva and Shorts traded baskets, then Napier sank a critical three-pointer for a 106-101 Bayern lead with 52.4 seconds left. Ward struck from beyond the arc, Obst hit free throws and Hifi brought Paris within 108-107. Bayern turned the ball over and Shorts missed in the paint at the buzzer.

The fans inside SAP Garden got their money's worth in an offensive-minded showdown

FC Bayern Munich v Paris Basketball (2024-10-17T18:45:00.000Z)

Real Madrid guard Facu Campazzo had a telling role as his team beat Panathinaikos BC in Round 4 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

The influence of Facu Campazzo was key against Panathinaikos

[Facu Campazzo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/facundo-campazzo/005928/) was instrumental as Real Madrid gained a measure of revenge for last season’s championship game defeat to Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, [downing the Greek giant 90-86](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/real-madrid-downs-panathinaikos-90-86-in-championship-game-rematch/) in the Spanish capital on Thursday night.

Regardless of the latest edition of one of European basketball’s rivalries between the Whites and the Greens, it was a big game for Chus Mateo’s men as they aimed to bounce back from Tuesday’s loss at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and avoid sinking to a 1-3 record.

Campazzo missed that defeat in northern Spain through suspension, but he was back on Thursday night and clearly ready to make up for lost time – understandably showing more energy than many of the players on both teams who had been in action just 48 hours earlier.

The all-action Argentine did a lot of everything as he spent nearly 32 minutes on the floor, grabbing 5 rebounds including 3 at the offensive end, a pair of steals and leading his team in both scoring and distributing, combining 19 points with 6 assists.

But the point guard adopted a selfless tone as he played down those numbers. “The stats are for you guys, not for me!” he laughed.

“I’m very happy to help the team get a win. We don’t have to worry about the offense – everyone and anyone can score in this team. We’ve got to take advantage of that and improve as a team on defense. That’s the challenge this season.”

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Real controlled the majority of the action, leading by as many as 17 points towards the end of the third quarter. But Panathinaikos showed the mentality of champions to keep fighting until the end, and the Spanish team was never able to move into cruise control before eventually taking the victory.

Campazzo underlined the amount of effort needed to win the game, saying: “This year we’ve got to work way more than last year. We got so many new players, the other teams know us very well, they know how to play us, so we’ve got to improve as a group.

“So we’re in that process now, but we needed this win. I’m very happy because the team played really well, everyone who played tonight did something positive and made an impact on the game. We played good basketball. We shared the ball, we played good defense, we controlled the rebounds and we ran. And I think when we run, we’re a better team.”

Sharing the ball, playing good defense, taking rebounds and running… Campazzo certainly did all those things and more, helping to give Real Madrid’s season lift off.

After serving a one-game ban, he was key for Real Madrid in Round 4

Real Madrid v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2024-10-17T18:45:00.000Z)

Real Madrid improved to 2-2 in the EuroLeague standings by beating Panathinaikos BC 90-86 in Round 4 on Thursday night.

Real Madrid downs Panathinaikos 90-86 in championship game rematch

Real Madrid exacted revenge by overcoming Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, 90-86, in a hard-fought repeat of last season’s Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game. Both teams now have a 2-2 record, with the reigning champs losing twice this week.

Chus Mateo’s Real took a double-digit lead in less than four minutes, but Panathinaikos gradually battled back and it was 43-38 at halftime. *Los Blancos* pulled away again after the break, and held on in the final minutes. Facu Campazzo took charge for the winning team with 19 points and 6 assists, while Dzanan Musa added 15 points and Alberto Abalde scored 13. Kendrick Nunn paced Panathinaikos with 23 points, with Juancho Hernangomez hitting 4 triples on his way to 16 points, Cedi Osman scoring 13 and Ioannis Papapetrou adding 12.

The action started with Real racing ahead, 8-0, with a jumper from Eli Ndiaye plus triples from Musa and Abalde. Osman’s threeball got the Greens moving, but Ndiaye and Musa also struck from deep for a 14-3 lead. Campazzo netted 5 points in a row before Nunn’s layup and a Hernangomez triple made it closer, 19-10. Papapetrou netted twice and Hernangomez added another threeball, but Campazzo answered from deep for a 28-19 lead after 10 minutes.

Xavier Rathan-Mayes opened the second-quarter scoring with a layup, answered by Omer Yurtseven at the other end. Campazzo’s layup was bettered by Kostas Sloukas’ threeball in a slow scoring passage of play. Mathias Lessort scored his first bucket to make it 32-26, but Sergio Llull answered from deep. Papapetrou and Gaby Deck traded triples, before Hernangomez struck his third triple to pull it back to 40-34. Mario Hezonja and Nunn exchanged two-pointers, making it 43-38 at the interval.

Nunn hit a triple to pull Panathinaikos closer at the start of the third, but Musa netted 7 points in a hurry to protect the home team’s lead. Nunn struck another triple to make it 50-48, before the three-point party continued through Abalde. Walter Tavares added a dunk and Abalde scored again to complete a 9-0 run for a 59-48 lead. Musa stayed hot with a driving layup and Abalde did the same with a triple, and Deck scored in transition to make it 66-49. Tavares dunked an alley-oop, but Osman gave the Greens hope with a triple to finish the quarter, 70-58.

Deck and Llull struck from deep to protect the lead early in the fourth, and Hezonja added a thrilling alley-oop for a 78-62 advantage. But the tireless Nunn brought the Greens back with a three-point play and a jumper in a 0-9 run. Tavares dunked again to settle the host, and Campazzo’s free throws reestablished a double-digit lead, 82-71. Osman and Campazzo traded three-point blows, before Hernangomez and Lessort gave the Greens hope. Hezonja and Hernangomez both hit triples, and it was 88-81 with two minutes left. Llull’s layup gave Real breathing room, helping secure a big win.

The hosts led the entire way, but the Greens stopped them from running away with it

KK Partizan defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv BC 79-91 in Round 4 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Partizan powers past Maccabi, 79-91

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade felt comfortable at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall on Thursday night, beating Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 79-91 at the Israeli team's temporary home on Thursday night. Sterling Brown netted almost half of his team’s points in the fourth quarter, a period in which Partizan outscored Maccabi 15-25 to clinch its second straight victory and first on the road. Following Partizan's win, both teams now boast a 2-2 record.

Brown paced Partizan with a game-high 20 points and Isaac Bonga went 4 for 5 from beyond the arc for 14 points. Frank Ntilikina scored 12 points for the visitors, with Iffe Lundberg and Carlik Jones adding 11 each. For Maccabi, Levi Randolph bagged a team-high 19 points, 17 of which were scored in the first half, with Jasiel Rivero netting 15 and Jaylen Hoard recording 14. Roman Sorkin had 11 points, while Tamir Blatt came close to recording a triple-double as he registered 10 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds.

A frenetic start to the game saw the two teams score 12 points each in the first four minutes, with Randolph nailing two triples for the hosts and Bonga taking his tally to 5 early points for Partizan. Two three-point plays from Rivero sandwiched a three-pointer from Blatt as Maccabi pulled away with a 21-12 lead. Bonga netted a corner triple to end Maccabi’s 9-0 run before a Tyrique Jones layup in transition cut the difference to 21-17. Then, Aleksej Pokusevski scored his first EuroLeague points with a jumper before Jones and Lundberg tied it at 23-23. The latter nailed a corner triple to put Partizan ahead, with the Serbian side taking a 27-28 lead into the second quarter.

The two teams exchanged blows from inside to start the second before triples from Bonga and Carlik Jones gave Partizan a 36-42 cushion. Yet, Maccabi responded with a 10-0 run inspired by an extraordinary Randolph, who ended the first half with 17 points and 5 rebounds for a PIR of 20, to take back the lead, 46-42, at the break.

Rivero opened the second half with a buzzer-beating bucket from inside, but Ntilikina drilled one from beyond the arc and two buckets from Vanja Marinkovic put Partizan back in front, 49-51. Sorkin ended Partizan’s 8-0 run with a triple before a Blatt three-pointer and a Hoard basket put Maccabi back ahead, 57-55. Yet, Brown responded with a triple of his own and Davies netted a bucket to restore a 57-60 lead for the guests. Maccabi replied with a 5-0 run of its own, but Bonga netted his fourth triple of the night for the 21st lead change of the game, 62-63. The third quarter ended with a three-point play from Davies, allowing Partizan to maintain a 64-66 lead after 30 minutes.

The Serbian side started off the closing quarter the way they ended the third, with Lundberg completing a three-point play, 64-69. Partizan dictated the tempo and pulled away 70-77 thanks to Brown, who took his tally to 11 points. Then, Ntilikina nailed an open triple from the corner and Brown completed a three-point play for a 75-83 cushion heading into crunch time. Maccabi tried to fight back in the remaining 2 minutes, but buckets from Brown and Carlik Jones extended Partizan’s lead to double digits, 77-87, and practically finished the game off.

Zeljko Obradovic's side has now won back-to-back games

Wade Baldwin still has plenty more levels to reach, but he had a decent bounce-back performance in Round 4 as Fenerbahçe Beko beat ALBA Berlin.

Third-quarter spurt helped Wade Baldwin forget Round 3 disappointment 

On Thursday night, [Wade Baldwin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/wade-baldwin-iv/009863/) came into the second game of the double-round week wanting to forget his nightmare Round 3 against Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade. And the Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul guard did just that, [helping his team grab a 71-78 road victory at ALBA Berlin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/fenerbahce-rebounds-with-71-78-road-win-over-alba/).

Baldwin scored 13 points to go with 4 assists as Fenerbahce improved to a 3-1 record. Baldwin struggled a bit shooting the ball, going 3 for 10 from the field, but made 7 of 10 free throws after drawing 6 fouls.

“Everybody needs to feel part of the game. We’re still finding our way,” Baldwin told EuroLeague TV afterward. “We’re a relatively new team. I think we just need to play a little bit faster – find our rhythm, get guys going and have some fun.”

The 28-year-old added 1 steal as he played tough defense on ALBA’s perimeter players and helped Fenerbahce hold ALBA to just 23.1% on three-pointers.

“It was a bit of a slower game. You would expect teams like ALBA Berlin and us to play a little faster,” he added. “The pace was a little slower. But we really dug in on defense, controlled them and didn’t let them get up a lot of three-point attempts, which they like to do. We were grinding away and found a way to get to our spots and execute.”

Baldwin two nights earlier at home was limited to 3 points on 1-of-6 shots and committed 5 turnovers in Fenerbahce¡s loss to Zvezda. The American had tallied 3 points in Game 4 of last year’s playoffs against Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, but he played just 7:25 minutes. The last time he was held to 3 points before that was in Round 17 against Real Madrid in 2022-23, when he was coming back after missing four games.

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It looked like he was going to have another subpar game in the German capital as he tallied just one point in the first half, but he came out strong in the third quarter, tallying nine points in the period, including four big points as the lead grew to 12 points after ALBA had trimmed the gap to five points.

Baldwin took a big step in forgetting his poor Round 3 performance, with the guard and Fenerbahce now eager to build on this game heading into next Friday’s clash at home to Panathinaikos.

The Fenerbahce guard had a bounce-back performance on the road in Berlin

ALBA Berlin v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2024-10-17T17:30:00.000Z)

Fenerbahce Beko got back to winning ways in the EuroLeague by beating ALBA Berlin 71-78 in Round 4 on Thursday night.

Fenerbahce rebounds with 71-78 road win over ALBA

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul bounced back from its disappointing Round 3 home loss to Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade by defeating ALBA Berlin 71-78 on the road on Thursday night. After scoring just 57 points against Crvena Zvezda, Fenerbahce drained 10-of-13 three-pointers in the first half and ended up improving to a 3-1 record.

Nigel Hayes-Davis scored a team-high 14 points, Wade Baldwin had 13, Tarik Biberovic hit 4 three-pointers for 12 points and Nicolo Melli also chipped in 12 points in the victory. ALBA missed a chance for a perfect double-round week which would have been the team’s first back-to-back wins since Rounds 33 and 34 of the 2022-23 season. Matteo Spagnolo and Martin Hermannsson both tallied 13 points to pace ALBA, which dropped to 1-2.

Despite playing in front of essentially a home crowd in Berlin’s Uber Arena, Fenerbahce needed nearly three minutes to score with a free throw and missed its first eight shots as it fell behind 8-1 before Devon Hall scored a layup at the 5:32-minute mark. After five straight Fenerbahce points cut the gap to two points, ALBA’s combo of Khalifa Koumadje and Trevion Williams helped push the lead to 16-9. The guests got two more triples from Arturs Zagars and Biberovic and the score was 16-15 after 10 minutes.

Fenerbahce remained ice-cold from inside the three-point stripe early on in the second quarter at 1 for 12 but was red-hot from long range, going 6 for 12 as Biberovic and Dyshawn Pierre added triples to help put Fenerbahce 20-21 ahead. Pierre and Biberovic each added another triple – the latter up to four three-pointers already – and Fenerbahce led 24-28. Melli joined the party with a triple and Fenerbahce was ahead 28-35. And Hayes-Davis made it a 10th triple in the first half right before the buzzer to lead 31-38 at the break.

Fenerbahce's impressive outside shooting continued at the start of the second, with Hayes-Davis hitting from downtown to start the third quarter and Baldwin making it 31-43 soon after. ALBA fought to stay close and triples from Williams and Louis Olinde had the hosts within 45-50. Baldwin had a strong third quarter with nine points and his production pushed Fenerbahce’s cushion out to 11 points, 45-56. The guests were leading 47-58 after 30 minutes.

Alba needed more than two minutes to score in the fourth quarter as it could not take advantage of Fenerbahce needing almost three minutes to add to the scoreboard with a Melli three-pointer for a 49-61 lead. A mini 6-0 surge had ALBA within 58-64 with four minutes left. Fenerbahce answered with a 2-7 spurt to reestablish an 11-point advantage with under three minutes to play. The home side trimmed the margin to six points, but Hayes-Davis iced the game with a three-point play with 16 seconds left for a 69-78 lead.

In a tight contest, the Turkish side used the second and third quarter to secure the victory