Anadolu Efes Istanbul injury troubles continued as the team learned it lost its starting power forward Derek Willis to a finger injury. Will hurt a ring finger on his right hand during team's 100-94 win on Friday night. He underwent a surgery on Saturday morning and is set to miss 6 to 8 weeks, the club announced.

Efes forward Willis undergoes finger surgery

Anadolu Efes Istanbul injury troubles continued as the team learned it lost its starting power forward [Derek Willis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/derek-willis/009664/) to a finger injury. Will hurt a ring finger on his right hand during team's [100-94](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/anadolu-efes-istanbul-partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/E2023/87/) win on Friday night. He underwent a surgery on Saturday morning and is set to miss 6 to 8 weeks, the club announced.

Willis played 18 minutes last night, scoring 10 points and making 2-of-4 three-pointers, while also collecting 2 steals. In his first season in the competition, Willis has started seven games this season and is averaging 26:33 minutes per game.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Başarılı oyuncumuz Derek Willis&#39;in Partizan maçında yaşadığı sakatlığın ardından yapılan tetkiklerde sağ el 4. parmağında kırık saptanmış olup, Prof. Dr. Arel Gereli tarafından bugün ameliyat edilmiştir. <br><br>Takım Doktorumuz Uğur Diliçıkık, başarıyla tamamlanan ameliyatın ardından… <a href="https://t.co/jTkuk6BBWK">pic.twitter.com/jTkuk6BBWK</a></p>&mdash; Anadolu Efes SK (@AnadoluEfesSK) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK/status/1728398306156368358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

He is posting 8.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Willis is converting 58.8% of its two-pointers and has been connecting 42.9% from three-point range, while making all 6 of his free throws.

Efes, which has been missing swingman Elijah Bryant and center Tibor Pleiss, holds a 5-5 record and next goes on the road to face Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade.

Anadolu Efes Istanbul v Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2023-11-24T17:30:00.000Z)

Maodo Lo, Devin Booker, Facundo Campazzo and Johannes Thiemannall are among te players who left their mark in Round 10 of the 2023-24 EuroLeague season.

Round 10 individual highs: Facundo Campazzo, Real Madrid, 13 assists

[Points](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=score)

Round 10 co-MVP [Maodo Lo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/maodo-lo/007032/) also led all players in Round 10 with 32 points. [Mike James](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/mike-james/005985/) of AS Monaco is the scoring leader this season with 18.3 points per game.

[Rebounds](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=totalRebounds)

FC Bayern Munich big man [Devin Booker](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/devin-booker/007056/) had 11 rebounds, the most this round. Baskonia forward [Tadas Sedekerskis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/tadas-sedekerskis/007230/) leads the league in rebounding with 9.3 boards per night.

[Assists](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=assistances)

[Facundo Campazzo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/facundo-campazzo/005928/) of Real Madrid had 13 assists, more than any other player in Round 10. Campazzo improved his league-best average to 8.3 this season.

[Steals](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=steals)

[Johannes Thiemann](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/johannes-thiemann/003958/) of ALBA Berlin had 4 steals, the most this week. [Jerian Grant](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/jerian-grant/011204/) of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and [Paris Lee](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/paris-lee/011225/) of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne both average a league-best 2.0 steals per game.

[Blocks](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=traditional&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=perGame&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=blocksFavour)

Nine different players had 2 blocked shots in Round 10. Real center [Walter Tavares](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/walter-tavares/005791/) tops the charts this season with 1.9 blocks per contest.

[Double-doubles](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/stats/expanded/?size=25&viewType=miscellaneous&seasonCode=E2023&statisticMode=accumulated&seasonMode=Single&sortDirection=descending&statistic=doubleDoubles)

The lone double-double of this round belongs to Booker, who had 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Facundo Campazzo of Real Madrid in action against ALBA Berlin in Round 10 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

After another round of elite-level play in the EuroLeague, some players certainly left their mark on Thursday and Friday night's action.

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2023-11-24T19:30:00.000Z)

Real Madrid v ALBA Berlin (2023-11-23T19:45:00.000Z)

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v FC Bayern Munich (2023-11-23T19:00:00.000Z)

An exciting Round 10 of the 2023-24 EuroLeague regular season produced a pair of players deserving of the MVP of the Round award: Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Maodo Lo of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, each of whom had a performance index rating of 38.

Round 10 co-MVPs: Maodo Lo and Shane Larkin

An exciting Round 10 of the 2023-24 EuroLeague regular season produced a pair of players deserving of the MVP of the Round award: [Shane Larkin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shane-larkin/007200/) of Anadolu Efes Istanbul and [Maodo Lo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/maodo-lo/007032/) of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, each of whom had a performance index rating of 38.

Larkin led Efes to a 100-94 win over the visiting Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade. The American guard scored 27 points, going 4-of-6 on both two-pointers and three-pointers, as well as a perfect 7-of-7 from the free-throw line. Larkin also dished 8 assists and had 3 steals and 3 rebounds. On the other hand, Lo paced Milan to a 71-93 road win over Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade. He scored a career-high 32 points, netting 4-of-7 two-pointers and tying his career-best mark by making 6 triples on 7 attempts. Lo also made all 6 of his free throws, in addition to pulling down 4 rebounds, dishing 3 assists and making 2 steals. A 38 PIR is the highest of his career.

Shane Larkin & Maodo Lo | RS Round 10 co-MVPs | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

The next best PIR, 31, belongs to [Johnathan Motley](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/johnathan-motley/011157/) of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, as he collected 25 points on 12-for-17 two-point shooting, 9 rebounds and 2 assists in an 87-79 loss against Virtus Segafredo Bologna. Rounding out the list of Round 10's top performers are [Mike James ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/mike-james/005985/)of AS Monaco and [Alec Peters](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/alec-peters/008829/) of Olympiacos Piraeus, both with a 29 PIR. James posted 28 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in a 75-77 win over Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, while Peters had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in an 89-72 win over Zalgiris Kaunas.

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans, we have our 10th winner in the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge! Aljosa Kozlina beat everyone else in Round 10 with his team Prozoo 4, which had a Fantasy Challenge score of 239.30.

EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Round 10 winner

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans, we have our 10th winner in the [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/home)! Aljosa Kozlina beat everyone else in Round 10 with his team Prozoo 4, which had a Fantasy Challenge score of 239.30.

Aljosa had the following lineup: Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul as team captain, then Keenan Evans of Zalgiris Kaunas, Maodo Lo of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, Gabriel Deck of Real Madrid and Mathias Lessort of Panathinaikos Athens as the other starters.

His sixth man was David Davidovac of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, while the rest of the bench was made up of ALBA Berlin center Kresimir Nikic, Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade guard Danilo Andjusic, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz's Ondrej Hanzlik and Olympiacos Piraeus's Veniamin Abosi. His head coach was Milan tactician Ettore Messina.

The prize for finishing first in Round 10 is a free subscription to Euroleague TV for the 2024-25 season, so congratulations, Aljosa!

### Who leads the overall fantasy standings?

Athanasios Tribonias with his team tribo13 is the new leader of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge overall standings with 1,854.70 points. Remember, the grand prize for the winner of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge come the end of the season is a VIP package for the winner and a friend to attend the 2025 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, including flights, four hotel nights and VIP tickets.

Trades are now open for Round 11. There are three trades allowed before each round until the end of the regular season, but at four more points this season – following Rounds 13, 19, 26 and 31 – there will be unlimited trades until the next round commences.

The first game in Round 11 sees Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul take on Real Madrid at Ulker Sports and Event Hall, with this game scheduled to tip off on Thursday, November 30, at 18:45 CET. This contest marks the deadline to get trades done, so don’t leave it too late!

Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become our next round winner in the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge!

Weekly prizes are on offer for the top team manager in the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge, so don't miss out!

Mike James of AS Monaco Basket ended up coming out on top against Markus Howard of Saski Baskonia in a fascinating clash at Buesa Arena in Round 10 of the 2023-24 EuroLeague season.

Mike James prevails in shooters’ shootout with Markus Howard

Two of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague’s elite scorers went [head to head at Buesa Arena](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/euroleague-live-blog-saski-baskonia-vs-as-monaco-basket/) on Friday night, yet it was AS Monaco’s Mike James who ended up comfortably winning his personal battle with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz's Markus Howard.

There was a surprise before tipoff when Howard was left out of Baskonia’s starting five for the first time this season, and he didn’t enter the action until the end of the first quarter. If the plan was to keep him fresh to do damage once the game started to open up, that backfired badly because Howard instead picked up 2 fouls almost immediately and then a third a few minutes later, before he had even scored.

Dusko Ivanovic bravely kept Howard in the game on those 3 fouls, and he did manage to score a triple but was understandably subdued, perhaps playing within himself in the fear of collecting a fourth foul before halftime.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">😮‍💨 𝑴𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝟑𝟑𝟑𝐒 🎯 <a href="https://t.co/qnVfL2bcGq">pic.twitter.com/qnVfL2bcGq</a></p>&mdash; AS Monaco Basket 🇲🇨 (@ASMonaco_Basket) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASMonaco_Basket/status/1728149649268072700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

### Mike James haunted his former team

James, meanwhile, was being Mike James. He steadily piled up the points to score 9 in the first half and then, at the start of the second, predictably became the game’s first player in double digits. And that was just the beginning.

Angered by a couple of non-foul calls, James used that as fuel for a flurry of baskets as he netted 3 three-pointers, 3 free throws and a layup (14 points in total) in less than 5 minutes.

Early in the fourth quarter James added another triple, his fifth of the night, to cap a 0-9 run and seemingly sewed up the game, with Monaco enjoying an 11-point lead, 62-73. 

Mike James of AS Monaco came out on top against Markus Howard of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz when the two sharpshooters met in Round 10 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

Mike James vs. Markus Howard

### Markus Howard gave Baskonia hope

It wasn’t quite game over, though. Howard had bridged the third and fourth quarters with 7 points in a minute before finally picking up that fourth foul and heading to the bench.

But with Baskonia fighting back, he returned to the action during crunch time and appeared to have sent the game to overtime by draining a stunning triple with 6 seconds left.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ro" dir="ltr">KJDSHFADSKÑJNHFADKFWERORKGFERWOJGERKOGFÒKERNJFEORORJFE4ORIJGF<br><br>🏀 75-75<br>⌛️ 00:07 4Q<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoazenBaskonia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoazenBaskonia</a> <a href="https://t.co/mbYkkKQsFJ">pic.twitter.com/mbYkkKQsFJ</a></p>&mdash; Baskonia (@Baskonia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Baskonia/status/1728162247233417312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

### James, Monaco came out on top

But James would have the final word, seeking another triple to win the game. He missed, but Jaron Blossomgame flew highest and hardest for the rebound to unleash a spectacular game-winning putback slam, sealing the win for Monaco. Even when James didn’t score, he still scored.

In the end, 28 points for James, 18 for Howard and 9 three-pointers between them. The shooters’ shootout did not disappoint, and James ended up victorious.

More Monaco News

Mike James of AS Monaco shoots over Tadas Sedekerskis of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in Round 10 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

The Monaco maestro managed to outshine the Baskonia sharpshooter in Round 10.

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz v AS Monaco (2023-11-24T19:30:00.000Z)

Maodo Lo inspired Olimpia Milano to a 71-93 win at KK Crvena zvezda in Round 10 of the 2023-24 EuroLeague season by scoring a career-high 32 points.

Maodo Lo, Olimpia Milano shot the lights out in 'big-time' win

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan used a strong finish to the game and an incredible team shooting performance [to beat Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade 71-93](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/euroleague-live-blog-kk-crvena-zvezda-vs-olimpia-milano/) on Friday night at Stark Arena.

The Italian visitors came to the Serbian capital without a win on the road this season, but they got their first win away from home in impressive fashion. Importantly, Milan had a clear plan of wanting to keep the tempo of the game slow, in part to keep down the hosts' energy and the noise inside the arena.

### Milan had control, but had to fight again

That approached helped Milan lead for the majority of the first half, but then the visitors found themselves 47-41 down early in the third.

That's when Milan stepped up defensively, while simultaneously catching fire on offense. 

"\[At the\] beginning of the third quarter, when we were down 6, we answered with four, five \[defensive\] stops in a row", commented Milan head coach Ettore Messina afterward. "But we also moved the ball well offensively. You need your players to make big plays and make shots to win."

And make shots they did.

Milan finished the game 17-for-27 (63.0%) from long range, just one triple shy of a club record. Even more remarkably, Milan was 11-for-13 on three-pointers in the second half. At one point, Milan made 10 of its 11 three-point attempts after the halftime break.

"It is a big-time win for us in an incredible atmosphere", said the hero of the game, Maodo Lo.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="pt" dir="ltr">VITTORIA! ✅🔥<br>L’Olimpia conquista la vittoria con un super Maodo Lô.<br>71 - 93 il punteggio finale (Lô 32 pts, Shields 19, Melli 11)<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/insieme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#insieme</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/olimpiamilano?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#olimpiamilano</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForzaOlimpia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForzaOlimpia</a> <a href="https://t.co/vSVVSHqAmC">pic.twitter.com/vSVVSHqAmC</a></p>&mdash; Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936/status/1728161564249686346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

### A memorable night for Maodo Lo

No player shot it better than Lo on Friday night, as he played the best game of his EuroLeague career. Lo knocked down 6-of-7 triples, tying his career-best en route to scoring a career-high 32 points.

"I am very happy for Maodo Lo, for his game", Milan team captain Nicolo Melli said of his teammate. "He just got here, he is a new point guard, you know… it is important for us, but mostly for him to have such performances because he is a great player."

Lo was Milan's leading force in the first half, scoring 15 points as Milan trailed 39-38 at halftime. He scored the rest of his points in the second half, but was also helped by Shavon Shields, who netted 16 of his 19 points in the final two quarters.

Shields was 4-of-5 from three-point land, including 3-for-3 in the final 6 minutes of the night. Just as Zvezda closed within 65-69, Shields hit his second triple, then had two more during a 4-24 spurt that blew the game wide open.

The best plays of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan guard Maodo Lo during his team's 71-93 win at Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade in Round 10 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

Maodo Lo's highlights vs. Zvezda

Coach Messina credits his performance to the players' hard work and their growing comfort together.

"We had a good couple of weeks of work and I am very happy for my players, because you can see they are enjoying the challenge," noted Messina. "They are playing together with more enthusiasm and confidence. They are showing their abilities and their talent."

Milan's second win in a row improved it to 4-6, and next up is a home game against Zalgiris Kaunas before going on a three-game road trip, making this road victory even more significant.

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Maodo Lo of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan looks to score a layup during his team's win against Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade in Round 10 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

Crvena Zvezda had no answer for the German guard, nor the Italian club, which nearly set a club record for three-pointers made.

Maodo Lo, Milan shot the lights out in 'big-time' win

A flurry of steals in the last 7 minutes allowed Efes to upend Partizan's designs on a road victory in Istanbul

Efes very literally stole its thrilling win over Partizan

When a team reaches the century mark in points for the first time in more than 18 months, it may seem incongruous to point to its defense as the key to victory, but that's exactly the case in [Anadolu Efes Istanbul's thrilling 100-94 home win over Partizan Mozzartbet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/anadolu-efes-istanbul-partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/E2023/87/#boxscore) on Friday.

Efes was behind 64-74 entering the fourth quarter and had made 8 steals in the game's first 30 minutes. In the final 7 minutes, Efes doubled that total, which helped unleash a flood of easy points that would turn the game around.

Its 8 fourth-quarter steals were as many as any Turkish Airlines EuroLeague has made in any single quarter since Efes itself had 9 in the first quarter against Strasbourg of France almost exactly 10 years ago, on November 29, 2013. And Efes's game-ending total of 16 steals was also the best by 3 of any EuroLeague team this season. 

Forcing turnovers on Partizan was very much what Efes had in mind coming into the game. The visitors were missing injured point guard Aleksa Avramovic, and Efes started early in the game double-teaming whatever Partizan player brought the ball across halfcourt, collecting 7 first-half steals.

"It was part of the game plan that we needed to be very aggressive on their guards," head coach Erdem Can explained after the game. "We knew that because of the injuries and stuff, they don't have many players in their guard lineup. This is why they used Zach LeDay and even Alen Smailagic sometimes at \[small forward\], and we expected that to be one of their strategies. Our guards were aggressive, but the times they weren't \[Partizan\] got the advantage."

Anadolu Efes Istanbul's top steals vs. Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade


After the break, however, Partizan adjusted, the turnovers dried up, and the visitors outscored Efes 14-29 to turn a five-point deficit into a 10-point lead. 

For Efes, its scoring prowess did indeed set up the game-turning defense. Efes outscored Partizan 12-4 to start the fourth quarter by drawing within 76-78. Will Clyburn got his team's first fourth-quarter steal with 7 minutes left, and then the floodgates opened. Over the last 5 minutes, 11 seconds – at the start of which ties and lead changes continued – five different Efes players joined to make seven more steals, with S[hane Larkin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shane-larkin/007200/) making 2 beauties and [Rodrigue Beaubois](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/rodrigue-beaubois/006590/) 2 more in the final minute.

Larkin, Clyburn and [Ante Zizic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/ante-zizic/004554/) all led the collective effort with 3 steals each, helping to force a season-high 20 giveaways on Partizan.

Without that defensive aggressiveness, Efes would never have reached 100 points and might not have come away with a thrilling win that broke its tie in the standings with Partizan. Efes is now 5-5 and tied with three other teams for eighth place.

"We've been preaching it all week. We knew that the key to this game was to be aggressive on both sides of the ball," Larkin said. "hat's a very good team over there with a whole lot of talent. We had to be defensively aggressive."

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Isaiah Canaan scored 25 goals, his highest-ever mark in the EuroLeague, as Olympiacos B.C. beat Zalgiris Kaunas 89-72 in Round 10 of the 2023-24 EuroLeague season.

Isaiah Canaan delivered for Olympiacos B.C. with a career-best performance

Olympiacos Piraeus [breezed past Zalgiris Kaunas 89-72 at home](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/euroleague-live-blog-olympiacos-bc-vs-zalgiris-kaunas/) in Round 10 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season after Isaiah Canaan served up a blistering individual performance.

The 32-year-old guard galvanized his team to its third successive win with a career-high 25 points, shooting the lights out with a barrage of three-pointers in the second half. At one stage, he even gestured that he had ice in his veins as the visitors were forced into early submission.

### Walkup, not Canaan, led the way at first

Canaan did not look like emerging as the game’s top performer early on, as Zalgiris made it a physical and low-scoring contest in the first quarter when the teams were tied 19-19. Then, in the second quarter, it was Thomas Walkup who got the hosts going and sparked a 14-0 run with several shots from downtown, propelling Olympiacos into a 43-31 halftime lead.

Alec Peters, the team’s top performer this season, kept doing his thing throughout but it was Canaan who impressed the most after the break as he brought the energy which kept Olympiacos firmly in the driving seat, amid a sustained yet futile Zalgiris effort to turn the game around.

“Peters and I just tried to stay locked in as much as possible,” a delighted Canaan said in a flash interview as he walked off the court.

“Our teammates did a great job finding us. We work hard every day on finding our spots and trying to make the shots.”

The best plays of Olympiacos Piraeus guard Isaiah Canaan during his team's 89-72 win against Zalgiris Kaunas in Round 10 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

Isaiah Canaan's highlights vs. Zalgiris

### Canaan, Walkup and Peters were key for Olympiacos

Canaan, who shot 8-of-12 from the floor and 5-of-5 from the foul line, acknowledged it was important to have players who’ve recovered from injuries back available again. “It’s good to start getting everybody back, we’ve been trying to weather this storm all season and every week is a step ahead,” he stressed.

Peters was the usual silent water that runs deep, netting from the perimeter as well as from inside to rack up 22 points, while Walkup added 14 as Olympiacos shot an impressive 15-of-29 from downtown.

Asked what inspired him and Canaan to such lethal long-range shooting on the night, Peters revealed that the two squared off in practice in the build-up to the game.

“Isaiah and I competed with each other in three-point shooting before the game, that’s what keeps us going and keeps the juice flowing,” said Peters. “We’re feeling great right now. Zalgiris is a really physical team and you have to win that battle if you want to win the game, so we came out in the second half determined to protect our lead.”

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The home team’s head coach Georgios Bartzokas made it clear he had rooted out any possibility of complacency during the halftime team talk.

“We were alert and we spoke in the locker room about Zalgiris being a team that never gives up,” he said. “They play in the same tempo and have shooters in every position. We now need to show stability and consistency.”

Olympiacos will face a stern test of its credentials and the ability to make it four wins in a row when it visits an in-form AS Monaco in Round 11, whereas Zalgiris has the challenging task of bouncing back at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.

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Jaron Blossomgame of AS Monaco celebrates a made basket during his team's win against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in Round 10 of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

The second-year forward put his stamp on the game by scoring the game-winning basket with 2 seconds on the clock.