EA7 Emporio Armani Milan is the Italian League champion for the third year in a row after beating Virtus Segafredo Bologna 85-73 at the Forum on Thursday night to win the series 3-1. Milan and Virtus have met in each of the last four Italian League finals, with Ettore Messina’s squad winning the last three straight after the team from Bologna came out on top in 2021. This is the first time Milan has won three successive Italian League titles since 1984-87 under Dan Peterson.

Nikola Mirotic once again shined for Milan, netting a game-high 30 points to ensure the side from the fashion capital notched its 31st Italian championship. He had 12 rebounds, too, to give him a double-double. Nicolo Melli and Shavon Shields were the only other Milan players to score in double figures, finishing with 12 and 10 points, respectively. For Virtus, Isaia Cordinier scored a team-high 21 points in the defeat, with Achille Polonara and Iffe Lundberg adding 12 points apiece, too.

Virtus scored the first 5 points of the game, but Milan soon recovered and found itself 15-7 ahead with 4:27 minutes to go in the first quarter. However, a late surge by the visitors saw Virtus hold a 22-23 lead at the end of the first 10 minutes. Milan regained the lead with the first make of the second quarter and didn’t trail again, even going ahead by 11 points when Mirotic made it 41-30 with 3:28 remaining before halftime. At the break, Milan held a 46-36 edge over Virtus. When Milan netted the first 10 points of the third period, it already looked like the game was beyond Virtus’s reach, with the score 56-36 with 6:31 on the clock. Milan managed the score the rest of the quarter and led 66-50 entering the fourth. Virtus was able to reduce the deficit to single figures when Lundberg’s three-point play made it 69-60, but Mirotic and Devon Hall calmed things down for Milan once again, 76-62. Virtus had some late hope when four straight points by Cordinier made it a seven-point game, 80-73, with 1:24 remaining, but Milan made just enough winning plays to come away with an 85-73 triumph.

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### Maccabi goes 1-0 up in Israeli League finals

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv has taken an early advantage in the Israeli League finals by downing Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 84-76 in Game 1 on Thursday night. The game was tied entering the fourth quarter, but Maccabi stepped up in the final period by outscoring the visitors 24-16 to start the series on the right foot.

Bonzie Colson was the star man on the night for Maccabi, netting 18 points and grabbing 7 rebounds, while Josh Nebo came close to a double-double after posting 15 points and 9 boards. Jasiel Rivero finished with 12 points and Lorenzo Brown recorded 8 points and 8 assists. Hapoel’s leading scorer was Xavier Munford, who had 20 points, while Jaylen Hoard had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Tyler Ennis added 14 points and Tomer Ginat chipped in with 11.  

Hapoel managed to come out on top at the end of the first quarter, leading 25-26, but Maccabi responded in the second and was able to go into the halftime break with a 43-38 advantage after netting 18 points compared to Hapoel’s 12. Hapoel came out from the halftime break reinvigorated and managed to make up that five-point deficit by winning the period 17-22, setting up a mouthwatering fourth quarter with the score tied at 60-60. Then, in the final period, Maccabi went up a gear to come away with an 84-76 win.

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It was a good night for the two EuroLeague clubs

Milan wins third straight Italian League crown; Maccabi takes 1-0 lead in Israeli League finals

The EuroLeague now has new single-season record holders for points, offensive rebounds and three-pointers made and attempted in a season

Maccabi, Fenerbahce rewrote the record books

[Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv/roster/tel/?season=2023-24) etched its name in the history books this season as an offensive power. The Israeli champs scored the most points ever in a single EuroLeague season with 3,511. They overtook [Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/real-madrid/roster/mad/?season=2023-24) (3,500), which grabbed the record last season.

This season saw four of the seven highest-scoring teams in league history with Real Madrid placing third (3,459), [Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul/roster/ulk/?season=2023-24) fifth (3,449) and [Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-bc-athens/roster/pan/?season=2023-24) seventh (3,383). 

By average, Maccabi (87.78 ppg.) had the third-most points since the introduction of the round-robin format in 2016, though it was second for the season behind Real Madrid (88.69 ppg.). The record was set by CSKA Moscow in 2017-18 with 88.72 points per game. 

Maccabi became the new record holder for offensive rebounds in a season, too, both accumulated and average. Coach Kattash’s men grabbed 523 offensive boards, which were 26 more than [AS Monaco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/as-monaco/roster/mco/?season=2023-24) (497) collected when it set the record last season. The average of 13.1 eclipsed [Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/anadolu-efes-istanbul/roster/ist/?season=2023-24)’s 12.5 from 2016-17. Other teams had averaged more in shorter seasons, but only six times has a team averaged more than 12 offensive boards in a season since the round-robin format was adopted. 

### Fenerbahce set the standard for three-pointers

Fenerbahce shattered the EuroLeague record for most three-pointers in a season by more than 50! Coach Sarunas Jasikevicius’s men drained 470 triples, which blew past the previous mark of 418, which belonged to cross-town rival Anadolu Efes Istanbul since 2020-21. [Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/bitci-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz/roster/bas/?season=2023-24) also overtook Efes this season to move into second place on the all-time charts with 424. Real Madrid made 407 this season and is now in fourth place.

The record for most average three-pointers made now also belongs to Fenerbahce. No team had ever averaged 11 threes in a full season before Fenerbahce erupted for 11.46 this season. Khimki Moscow Region (11.14) and Efes (11.04) were on pace in the 2019-20 season, which was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic and records for the campaign were never ratified. As a result, the record entering this season was 10.79 by Baskonia last season. 

Fenerbahce also tops the charts for most three-pointers attempted in a single season with 1,199. Real Madrid held the previous record with 1,096 and is now third. Baskonia moved into second with 1,143 this season. When it comes to average, Fenerbahce’s 29.24 is third-most behind Baskonia, which set the record last season with 29.76, and Baskonia of the current season with 29.31.  

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade has confirmed that guard [Milos Teodosic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/milos-teodosic/jdr/) has signed a one-year contract extension at the club, meaning his new deal expires at the end of the 2024-25 season.

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Teodosic (1.95 meters, 37 years old) returned to his native Serbia last summer by joining Zvezda and went on to average 9.4 points, 2.0 rebounds, 5.9 assists and a 10.9 PIR in 27 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games for the team. Domestically, Teodosic helped Zvezda win the ABA League, the Serbian League and Serbian Cup titles in 2023-24.

Next season will be Teodosic’s 13th campaign in the EuroLeague, a competition he won with CSKA Moscow in 2016. Six years prior, in the 2009-10 campaign, Teodosic was selected as the EuroLeague MVP due to his play with Olympiacos Piraeus. He’s also a member of the EuroLeague 2010-20 All-Decade Team, a three-time All-EuroLeague First Team selection (2009-10, 2014-15, 2015-16), a three-time All-EuroLeague Second Team pick (2011-12, 2012-13, 2016-17), and has twice led the EuroLeague in assists (2014-15, 2016-17).

Teodosic came through at Serbian club FMP, playing there between 2004 and 2007 but spending the 2005-06 season on loan at Borac Cacuk, before joining Olympiacos in 2007. That move allowed him to experience the EuroLeague for the first time. Teodosic remained with the Reds until 2011, which is when he made the switch to CSKA, where he stayed until 2017.

The best plays of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade guard Milos Teodosic in the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Teodosic's top plays in 2023-24

From there, he spent a couple of years in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers before returning to Europe and joining Virtus Segafredo Bologna. Between 2019 and 2023, Teodosic became a fan favorite at Virtus and became a two-time BKT EuroCup MVP at the club (2019-20, 2020-21) before helping the club win the competition as EuroCup Finals MVP in 2021-22. He earned two All-EuroCup First Team nods in 2020-21 and 2021-22, too, as well as leading the EuroCup in scoring in 2019-20 and in assists in 2021-22.

Last year, he opted to return to his native Serbia by joining the club he supported as a kid, Crvena Zvezda. Now, one year on, he has re-upped with the club, meaning fans will get to experience his highlight-reel plays for another season at least.

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Milos Teodosic in action for Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade in the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

The veteran playmaker will suit up for the Serbian club in the coming season

Milos Teodosic pens one-year renewal at Crvena Zvezda

The Lithuania international played every single game in the Greens’ championship season

Tribute to the Champs: Marius Grigonis

One of just a few survivors from the Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens side that finished 17th in the 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, [Marius Grigonis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/marius-grigonis/002328/) had an integral role for head coach Ergin Ataman in 2023-24 as the Greens ended their 13-year wait to become champions once again.

In his sixth EuroLeague season, the 30-year-old Lithuanian was one of just three Panathinaikos players – along with Mathias Lessort and Jerian Grant – to play all 41 games for the club this season; he was named as a starter a team-high 36 times. Grigonis averaged 9.1 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists for his best campaign in scoring since his last two seasons at Zalgiris Kaunas (2019-21) and his best-ever year in rebounding.

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Grigonis proved himself to be a reliable option for Coach Ataman from day one, netting 17 points in Round 1 against archrival Olympiacos Piraeus and reaching double figures in points in four of the next six games. While much of the spotlight was on Kostas Sloukas, Kendrick Nunn and Lessort, Grigonis kept his head down and regularly made winning plays for a Panathinaikos squad that was a team-inspired under the leadership of Ataman.

The impact of Grigonis’s play helped Panathinaikos lock up the second spot in the regular-season standings. Although he saw a dip in his minutes in the Greens’ playoff series against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv after an 11-point night in 24:27 minutes in Game 1, his 8 points in Game 4 in Belgrade proved to be crucial in forcing a Game 5 back at OAKA.

The best plays of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens forward Marius Grigonis in the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Grigonis's best plays in 2023-24

At the Final Four, he had 6 points and 3 assists in Panathinaikos’s semifinal triumph over Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, then had just 1 rebound in 6:40 minutes, his lowest time on the court all season, during the Greens’ championship game victory against Real Madrid. Grigonis surely would have liked to have had a greater impact in the title decider, but his contribution throughout the entire campaign was vital in helping Panathinaikos recover its former glories.

Final Four FanZone Events in photos

Just like every year, basketball was at center stage in the Fanzone at Kraftwerk

The Fanzone at Kraftwerk Berlin was boiling with activities during the whole Final Four weekend. Of course, basketball was always on the main stage, and here are some of the best images to relive everything that happend that weekend.

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is the new Turkish League champion, AS Monaco defended the French League crown and Real Madrid claimed its 37th Spanish League crown in a busy Wednesday full of domestic leagues action!  

Fenerbahce, Real. Monaco win domestic titles!

### Real sweeps Murcia, regain Spanish League title

Real Madrid is the Spanish League champion! Real conquered its 37th Spanish League title by topping UCAM Murcia 73-84 in Game 3 to sweep the best-of-five series, rounding a perfect domestic season: Los Blancos also won the Spanish Copa del Rey and the Spanish SuperCup. Dzanan Musa led the winners with 18 points. Mario Hezonja added 17 while Facu Campazzo had 13 for Real. Dylan Ennis led Murcia with 18 points. 

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Musa and Hezonja helped Real get an early 3-9 lead. Ennis rescued Murcia and Yannis Morin gave his team its first lead, 19-17, at the end of the first quarter. Murcia soon boosted its margin to double digits, 38-28, on a jumper by Moussa Diagne. Real got within 40-32 at halftime. Ennis hit his fourth triple for a 51-42 Murcia lead. Hezonja and Campazzo each hit a three-pointer and Musa struck twice from beyond the arc in a 2-16 run that pur Los Blancos in charge, 53-58. Musa and Hezonja kept pacing Real and Alberto Abalde made it a double-digit lead, 56-66, after 30 minutes. Murcia quickly got within 64-69 but Real improved its defense in crunch time and Musa's layup sealed the outcome, 67-79, with 2 minutes remaining. 

### Monaco keeps French League crown

AS Monaco has won its second consecutive French League title! Monaco successfully defended the French League crown by overwhelming this season's BKT EuroCup champion Paris Basketball 76-115 on the road in Game 4 of their best-of-five series. Monaco won the series 3-1. Mike James led the winners with 27 points. Elie Okobo added 23, Mam Jaiteh had 14 while Matthew Strazel and Jordan Loyd each had 12 for Monaco. T.J. Shorts, Collin Malcolm and Mikael Jantunen led Paris with 12 points apiece. Justin Simon and Nadir Hifi each added 11 for the hosts. 

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">👑 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐃𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 🌟🇲🇨<br><br>💥 Au bout d&#39;une incroyable démonstration, la <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RocaTeam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RocaTeam</a> s&#39;impose à Paris et conserve son titre ! 🏆<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChampionsDeFrance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChampionsDeFrance</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FinalesBetclicELITE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FinalesBetclicELITE</a> <a href="https://t.co/l3PfcgSpdx">pic.twitter.com/l3PfcgSpdx</a></p>&mdash; AS Monaco Basket 🇲🇨 (@ASMonaco_Basket) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASMonaco_Basket/status/1800993235369635989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Monaco started the game completely on fire, as James had 12 points in a 0-19 opening run that gave the guests full control. Malcolm tried to ignite Paris's comeback with consecutive baskets but James got help from Jaiteh and Loyd to keep Monaco way ahead, 18-37, after 10 minutes. Monaco stayed fully focused, with the only goal of finishing the series right away. The guests boosted their margin to 37-63 at halftime and then again to 55-93 at the end of the third quarter, getting plenty of time to celebrate a well-deserved win that allowed Monaco to lift the French League trophy1 

### Fenerbahce beats Efes, claims Turkish crown

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is the Turkish League champion! Fenerbahce claimed its 11th Turkish League crown by topping Anadolu Efes Istanbul 80-72 in overtime in Game 4 of the best-of-five finals, winning the series 1-3 in front of its fans at Ulker Sports and Event Hall. Tarik Biberovic led the winners with 19 points. Nigel Hayes-Davis had 12 of his 16 points in overtime to make sure Fenerbahce lifted the trophy. Scottie Wilbekin added 12 points while DyShawn Pierre had 10 for Fenerbahce. Elijah Bryant led Efes with 20 points. Shane Larkin and Rodrigue Beaubois each added 11 while Derek Willis had 10 for the guests. 

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">2023-24 SEZONU TÜRKİYE SİGORTA BASKETBOL SÜPER LİGİ ŞAMPİYONU FENERBAHÇE BEKO! 🏆💛💙<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YellowLegacy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YellowLegacy</a> <a href="https://t.co/Kbhig1lTEb">pic.twitter.com/Kbhig1lTEb</a></p>&mdash; Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBBasketbol/status/1800978189034062236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>


Pierre struck from downtown and Wilbekin added back-to-back three-pointers in an 11-0 opening run. Biberovic had nine unanswered points in an 11-0 run that boosted Fenerbahce's lead to 26-8 early in the second quarter. Efes finally found a go-to guy in Beaubois, who scored around the basket and added a couple of three-pointers, sparking a 0-14 run that Larkin capped with a layup for a 32-26 deficit. Bryant and Derek Willis brought Efes even closer, 36-33, at halftime. Willis dunked to tie the game, 41-41, right after the break. Ercan Osmani soon completed Efes's comeback, 47-48. The guests led 51-52 after 30 minutes but Nick Calathes and Pierre each struck from beyond the arc for a 61-55 Fenerbahce lead midway through the fourth quarter. Dogus Ozdemiroglou and Bryant fueled a 1-9 run, then Hayes-Davis's jumper sent the game to overtime, 64-64. Hayes-Davis hit back-to-back three-pointers, adding a pair of free throws and a couple of baskets to led Fenerbahce to the Turkish League title! 

### Panathinaikos beats Olympiacos; ties Greek League finals

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens survived a do-or-die situation in the Greek League Finals by downing archrivals Olympiacos Piraeus 85-88 in Game 4 of the best-of-five series. Panathinaikos bounced back from a 0-2 deficit in the series and forced Game 5, to be played at OAKA Altion on Friday. Kendrick Nunn paced the winners with 25 points. Jerian Grant and Mathias Lessort each added 15 while Kostas Sloukas had 12 for the reigning Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champions. Giannoulis Larentzakis led Olympiacos with 13 points. Isaiah Canaan, Kostas Papanikolaou, Alec Peters, Nigel Williams-Goss and Filip Petrusev each added 11 for the Reds. 

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Final score☘️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/olympiacosbc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#olympiacosbc</a> - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/paobcaktor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#paobcaktor</a> 85-88 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeTheGreens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeTheGreens</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/7thStar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#7thStar</a> <a href="https://t.co/HBbyt5UxsX">pic.twitter.com/HBbyt5UxsX</a></p>&mdash; Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) <a href="https://twitter.com/paobcgr/status/1800990550759223773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>


Thomas Walkup hit a triple and Papanikolaou added a driving layup for 5-0 Olympiacos lead. Ioannis Papapetrou and Nunn each struck from downtown, then Lessort gave Panathinaikos its first lead, 9-10. Papanikoloau and Walkup kept pacing the Reds, getting help from Nikola Milutinov to restore a 22-17 lead after 10 minutes. Sloukas hit one from beyond the arc for a 23-24 Panathinaikos lead early in the second quarter. Williams-Goss and Shaquielle McKissic fueled a 7-0 run that gave Olympiacos fresh air at 30-24. Larentzakis joined the three-point shootout to make it a double-digit game, 42-31. Dinos Mitoglou, Sloukas and Grant kept the Greens within 51-44 at halftime. Nunn allowed Panathinaikos to regain the lead, 54-55, soon after the break, and got help from Lessort to boost the Greens' margin to 61-64. Canaan's triple fixed the score at 64-64 after 30 minutes. An unstoppable Nunn restored a 71-77 Panathinaikos edge with over 6 minutes left. Peters and Papanikolaou brought Olympiacos back in the game, 83-85, in the next-to-last minute. Lessort and Williams-Goss each split free throws, then Grant made both attempts to seal the outcome. Papankolaou missed from beyond micourt at the buzzer. 

### Bayern closer to German League glory

FC Bayern Munich regained the home-court advantage in the German League finals by edging ALBA Berlin 63-67 in Game 3 in the German capital. Bayern leads the best-of-five series 2-1 but ALBA hosts Game 4 at Uber Arena, home of the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, on Friday. Andreas Obst led the winners with 14 points. Carsen Edwards added 12 for Bayern. Matt Thomas led ALBA with 17 points. Sterling Brown added 13 for the hosts. 

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FINAL SCORE: ONE TO GO!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BERFCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BERFCB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeStillHaveATeam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeStillHaveATeam</a> | Foto: Stickel <a href="https://t.co/5blYVHKNym">pic.twitter.com/5blYVHKNym</a></p>&mdash; FC Bayern Basketball (@FCBBasketball) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBBasketball/status/1800987592747258109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>


Bayern had a good start, as Leo Bolmaro's three-pointer gave the guests a 0-5 lead. Tim Schneider led an 8-0 run that gave ALBA its first lead, 8-5. Nick Weiler-Babb, Obst and Devin Booker each struck from downtown to put Bayern ahead, 14-17, after 10 minutes. Obst insisted from beyond the arc and Issac Bonga's three-pointer boosted the guests' lead to 14-23. ALBA found a go-to guy in Yanni Wetzell, who almost singlehandedly restored a 27-26 lead. Edwards put Bayern back in charge, 28-31, at halftime. A wild four-point play by Thomas made ALBA regain a 36-35 lead. Once again, Bayern used three-pointers to regain the lead, as Serge Ibaka, Obst and Weiler-Babb put their team ahead, 45-48, after 30 minutes. Wetzell gave ALBA its last lead, 51-48. Vladimir Lucic, Bonga and Obst fueled a 0-13 run that put Bayern way ahead, 51-61, with over 4 minutes left. ALBA tied it again, 61-61, on a three-pointer by Thomas but Obst and Edwards took care of business in crunch time. 

### Zalgiris ends season with tough loss 

Rytas Vilnius is the Lithuanian League champion. Rytas edged Zalgiris Kaunas 88-87 in Game 4 to win the best-of-five series 1-3 and claim its seventh Lithuanian League crown. Marcus Foster paced the winners with 32 points on 6-of-7 three-pointers. Edmond Sumner led Zalgiris with 21 points. Laurynas Birutis added 19 and 9 rebounds, Lukas Lekavicius had 16 points while Arnas Butkevicius got 10 for Zalgiris, which hit just 8 of 29 three-pointers (27.6%) in the Lithuanian capital. 

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Season is over. Thank you for your support till the end, Zalgiris fans. 💚 <a href="https://t.co/FKsb65rjkQ">pic.twitter.com/FKsb65rjkQ</a></p>&mdash; BC Zalgiris Kaunas (@bczalgiris) <a href="https://twitter.com/bczalgiris/status/1800953475829989453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>


After a slow start, Rolands Smits gave Zalgiris its first lead, 13-14, midway through the first quarter. Butkevicius followed a triple with a basket-plus-foul, getting help from Tomas Dimsa and Lekavicius to keep the guests in charge, 23-24, after 10 minutes. Zalgiris found a new go-to guys in Birutis, who helped his team boost its margin to 28-35. Foster stepped up for Rytas to make the hosts regain a 51-48 lead at halftime. Rytas boosted its margin to 61-53 soon after the break, then Zalgiris got within 70-65 after 30 minutes and took a 76-77 edge on a three-pointer by Lekavicius. Foster hit his sixth triple for an 83-81 Rytas lead, Lekavicius scored again and Dovydas Giedraitis put Zalgiris in charge, 86-87, with 26 seconds left. Foster hit the game-winning shot, as Lekavicius missed at the other end. 

Fenerbahce, Real, Monaco win domestic titles!

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz has secured its second summer of the summer after inking Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot to a two-year deal, the club announced Wednesday. Luwawu-Cabarrot (2.01 meters, 29 years old) arrives from LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, where he averaged a team-high 13.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 28 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season.

Baskonia announces Luwawu-Cabarrot

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz has secured its second summer of the summer after inking [Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/timothe-luwawu-cabarrot/012080/) to a two-year deal, the club announced Wednesday. Luwawu-Cabarrot (2.01 meters, 29 years old) arrives from LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, where he averaged a team-high 13.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 28 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season.

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot is the new signing for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot's 2023-24 season highlights

The 2023-24 campaign was Luwawu-Cabarrot's first full season in the EuroLeague after making 24 appearances with EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in 2022-23. That season with Milan marked Luwawu-Cabarrot's return to the European continent. He debuted professionally as a teenager with Antibes in his native France and spent one season at Mega Basket in Serbia before playing the bulk of his career in the NBA. Across the pond, he averaged 5.9 points and 2.0 rebounds over 342 career games with the Philadelphia 76ers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Chicago Bulls, Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks. He also spent time in the G League with Delaware and Long Island.

During his career, Luwawu-Cabarrot helped Antibes return to the French top flight in 2013 and win the ProB Leaders Cup in 2015. With Mega, he won the Serbian Cup in 2016, and he helped Milan win the Italian League championship in 2023. Luwawu-Cabarrot has also been a regular with the French national team, with which he won silver medals at the 2020 Olympic Games and EuroBasket 2022.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ca" dir="ltr">🏀🇫🇷 Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot, potencia exterior para el nuevo Baskonia ✍️2⃣0⃣2⃣6⃣<br><br>📋 <a href="https://t.co/HjRoxiFWv0">https://t.co/HjRoxiFWv0</a><br><br>Ongi etorri, Timothé! 🔵🔴 <a href="https://t.co/Fs6NBesAse">pic.twitter.com/Fs6NBesAse</a></p>&mdash; Baskonia (@Baskonia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Baskonia/status/1800896327875994076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Balcerowski has joined a select group of EuroLeague and EuroCup winners

Tribute to the champs: Aleksander Balcerowski

[Aleksander Balcerowski](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/aleksander-balcerowski/007553/) has been one of the most promising big men in Europe for many years. He is one of two players to win the EuroCup Rising Star award twice, claiming it in 2021 and 2023 while playing for Dreamland Gran Canaria. This season, Balcerowski became the first player to win the EuroCup and the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, in that order, in consecutive seasons.

Balcerowski's father Marcin was a semi-professional player before a severe car crash left him wheelchair-bound. He went on to become a star wheelchair basketball player, and when Aleksander signed for Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, Marcin came out of retirement to sign for the Greens’ wheelchair team, allowing them to play for the same club team for the first time in their careers. All that surely made Aleksander's winning experience even more special.

Olek Balcerowski is one of the youngest players to ever win the BKT EuroCup and Turkish Airlines EuroLeague titles!

2023-24 EuroLeague highlights: Olek Balcerowski, Panathinaikos

Despite not seeing playing time during the Final Four, Balcerowski helped the team a lot throughout the regular season, scoring three times in double digits and getting a season-high 12 points in Round 6 against FC Barcelona. Balcerowski averaged 2.8 points on 62.9% two-point shooting, 1.3 rebounds and 0.4 blocks in 24 EuroLeague games this season despite stepping on court less than 8 minutes on average. 

He ranked sixth in blocks per 40 minutes (2.2) in the EuroLeague this season. At age 23, Balcerowski is one of the youngest players to win the EuroLeague and the EuroCup and has a bright career ahead of him!

Olimpia Milano now has a 2-1 lead in its Italian League Finals series against Virtus Bologna after winning 81-78 at the Forum on Tuesday night.

Mirotic helps Milano take 2-1 lead in series against Virtus

With the series having shifted to the Forum, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan was able to take advantage of playing in front of its own fans by beating Virtus Segafredo Bologna 81-78 to take a 2-1 lead in the Italian League finals. Milan won Game 1 in overtime in Bologna, but Virtus responded in Game 2, so this Game 3 victory means Ettore Messina’s side needs just one win to clinch the Italian championship.

Nikola Mirotic starred for Milan with a game-high 21 points, with Shabazz Napier adding 14, Shavon Shields netting 13 and Diego Flaccadori scoring 12. Nicolo Melli may have had just 6 points, but he did grab a game-high 9 rebounds. For Virtus, Jordan Mickey was the team’s leading scorer with 17 points. Toko Shengelia and Iffe Lundberg both had 11 points, while Marco Belinelli chipped in with 10.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="it" dir="ltr">1️⃣ MORE. 🔥😤<br><br>Gara 3 è biancorossa. Ci vediamo giovedì! ❤️🤍<br><br>(Mirotic 21 pts, Napier 14, Shields 13)<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/insieme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#insieme</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForzaOlimpia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForzaOlimpia</a> <a href="https://t.co/FszAg8zrBe">pic.twitter.com/FszAg8zrBe</a></p>&mdash; Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936/status/1800632615474511890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

There was almost no separating the two teams for the majority of the night, starting right from the first quarter. Milan was able to hold a narrow lead in the early going, yet Virtus twice went ahead (10-11, 12-13) just past the halfway point of the opening stanza. As it turned out, that would prove to be the only moment in which Virtus would be in front in the first half. Although it remained tight in the remainder of the quarter, a Devon Hall three-pointer right at the end of the period ensured Milan led 29-25 at the end of the first 10 minutes.

Virtus remained on Milan’s coattails in the second quarter but could never find a way to tie the score. Then, with under five minutes to go before halftime, back-to-back three-pointers by Napier and Stefano Tonut allowed Milan to take a seven-point advantage, 41-34, a game-high lead which it then matched after two points from Mirotic, 44-37, with 1:41 remaining. However, a triple by Alessandro Pajola managed to make it a 46-44 ballgame at the break.

In the opening minutes of the third period, Belinelli brought Virtus level, 46-46, but a similar story to the first half resumed – Milan staying ahead by the slimmest of margins. In fact, it wasn’t until a Johannes Voigtmann three-pointer set a 58-54 score that the hosts were able to lead by more than one possession, which came with 4:23 to go in the quarter. Milan then extended that lead to five points, 62-57, after a couple of free throws by Shields and a score by Flaccadori, following a surge by Virtus that saw the visitors get within two. At the end of the third quarter, Milan led 62-59.

Milan had managed to hold on to its lead for most of the game, but Virtus caused a scare early in the fourth when Bryant Dunston put Luca Banchi’s side in charge, 62-63, with 8:54 remaining. Napier soon reestablished Milan’s lead, then it was Mirotic and the American guard who later helped the hosts go six points up, 71-65, with 6:30 left. Virtus refused to go away and trimmed the gap to 71-70 on the back of a triple by Achille Polonara and a score by Lundberg, but Milan once again found a way to take charge, going 75-70 ahead with four minutes to go. In the final stages, Shengelia made it 79-76 with 1:15 left, then scored again to make it 79-78 with 40 seconds on the clock. Then, Mirotic kept his cool from the line by going 2 for 2 with 12 seconds remaining and Melli blocked Lundberg’s three-point attempt as Milan came away with an 81-78 triumph.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan's Nikola Mirotic scores under pressure from Virtus Segafredo Bologna's Jordan Mickey in Game 3 of the 2023-24 Italian League Finals.

Ettore Messina’s squad are one win away from becoming Italian champions