Tavares catches and dunks with right hand only

Magic Moment: Tavers's OT alley-oop

 Tavares catches and dunks with right hand only

Magic Moment: Tavers's OT alley-oop 

Real Madrid v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2024-01-05T19:45:00.000Z)

Jones posterizes Poirier on an alley-oop dunk. WOW

 Magic Moment: Thompson to Jones nasty alley-oop! 

 Jones posterizes Poirier on an alley-oop dunk. WOW

Markus Howard sends it up and Chima Moneke throws it down!

 Magic Moment: Moneke's alley-oop slam! 

 Markus Howard sends it up and Chima Moneke throws it down!

FC Barcelona v Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (2024-01-05T19:30:00.000Z)

Shane Larkin with a no-look bullet pass for Bryant's easiest layup.

 Magic Moment: Larkin's no look bullet pass 

 Shane Larkin with a no-look bullet pass for Bryant's easiest layup.


Devin Booker goes up but Nicolo Melli is there for the great block. 

Magic Moment: Melli says no to Booker

 
Devin Booker goes up but Nicolo Melli is there for the great block. 

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan v FC Bayern Munich (2024-01-05T19:30:00.000Z)

Codi Miller-McIntyre beats the halftime buzzer with a two-handed slam!

Magic Moment: Miller-McIntyre's buzzer-beating dunk! 

 Codi Miller-McIntyre beats the halftime buzzer with a two-handed slam!

Another stellar showing from MVP candidate Tornike Shengelia helped reaffirmed Virtus' championship-credentials through a win at Bayern. Next await a stuttering ALBA roster that includes Johannes Thiemann, who appears to have rediscovered his prowess after netting 17 points in a narrow loss at Zalgiris.

ALBA Berlin-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Round 19 Highlights | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

 Another stellar showing from MVP candidate Tornike Shengelia helped reaffirmed Virtus' championship-credentials through a win at Bayern. Next await a stuttering ALBA roster that includes Johannes Thiemann, who appears to have rediscovered his prowess after netting 17 points in a narrow loss at Zalgiris.

ALBA Berlin v Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2024-01-05T18:00:00.000Z)

Dario Brizuela feeds Jan Vesely for a high-flying slam! 

 Magic Moment: Vesely's huge dunk! 

 Dario Brizuela feeds Jan Vesely for a high-flying slam! 

The visiting team’s big man takes off to grab an offensive rebound and slam it home!

Magic Moment: Antetkounmpo dunks! 

Valencia Basket v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2024-01-05T19:30:00.000Z)

Campazzo drives past Thompson, but Efes guard catches up and swats his shot.

 Magic Moment: Thompson blocks Campazzo 

A fine move bears fruit as Andreson gets airborne to slam it home after Robertson’s sublime assist!

 Magic Moment: Anderson dunks on the alley-oop! 

 A fine move bears fruit as Andreson gets airborne to slam it home after Robertson’s sublime assist!

Bayern has some nice passing and Carsen Edwards gets a layup but Alex Poythress rises quickly for the block. 

 Magic Moment: Poythress denies Edwards 

Magic Moment: Belinelli to Dunston the detonator!

Marco Belinelli connects big-time with Bryant Dunston

Magic Moment: Shengelia rejects Thiemann!

Tornike Shengelia takes away wha tlooks like a clear fastbreak layup from Johannes Thiemann of ALBA.

Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes S.K. looks back through some of his most important photos in the EuroLeague to date.

Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes: ‘Another day that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life’

For modern-day fans of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, [Shane Larkin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shane-larkin/007200/) of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is among the best players to have stepped foot in the competition. After playing an important role in Efes’s back-to-back EuroLeague-winning seasons in 2020-21 and 2021-22, the 31-year-old looks back through some of his most poignant photos to date.

Larkin’s EuroLeague journey began back in the 2016-17 campaign as he wore the jersey of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, and curiously enough his debut came against Efes. That night, October 14, 2016, the American had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in a thrilling 85-84 victory, and it is a game that he remembers well.

“It was a nice introduction into the EuroLeague, for sure,” says Larkin. “I was nervous, I just didn’t know what to expect. You get into a game like this and you start understanding this is a completely different level than I even thought it was. I had an awakening in that game as to what was ahead of me.”

### Making history

After spending a season back in the NBA, Larkin returned to the EuroLeague in the 2018-19 campaign by joining Efes. He made an instant impact for the team, but one season later – in 2019-20 – he set the EuroLeague scoring record by netting 49 points in a 104-75 win over FC Bayern Munich on November 29, 2019. It’s a night that he’ll never forget.

“I remember, after making that shot, running back and looking at the team and seeing everybody excited and celebrating,” he explains. “That was a highlight of my career, an individualized moment. Just to see all my teammates happy for me and celebrating as if they were doing it themselves was a very nice moment.”

### Going back-to-back

Another season on, Larkin would help inspire Efes to its first-ever EuroLeague title, playing an important role throughout the campaign and also in the postseason. At last, following a couple of years in which Efes was building and building, the Turkish team managed to get over the line.

“There’s so many emotions going through my head. I’m probably at this very moment like, ‘What just happened? Did we actually finally just do it?’” Larkin recalls. “Thinking of all the things that we had been through as a team and myself individually. To finally be there, to finally accomplish the ultimate goal as a team was amazing. I think this picture has all of my emotions wrapped up into one.”

Then, in the 2021-22 campaign, Efes became just the third team this century to secure back-to-back EuroLeauge crowns, with Larkin again playing a vital role. Efes had a tough start to the season but managed to bounce back en route to making history.

“Everybody was saying that we weren’t going to be able to get back to the Final Four, that we were done,” Larkin comments. “For us to persevere through these moments and solidify ourselves as one of the greatest teams in EuroLeague history, I was just looking at them with the second trophy in my hand like, ‘What have they got to say now?’ Another great memory, another great moment, another day that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life.”

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For modern-day fans of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul is among the best players to have stepped foot in the competition. After playing an important role in Efes’s back-to-back EuroLeague-winning seasons in 2020-21 and 2021-22, the 31-year-old looks back through some of his most poignant photos to date.

Shane Larkin, Efes: ‘Another day that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life’

The two-time EuroLeague champion looks through some of the key photos in his career to date.

Shane Larkin career album: ‘Another day that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life’

Countless highlights were produced during the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 2023-24 season so far. Here's a look at the 10 best plays of December!

Top 10 Plays | December | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 

Lee feeds Egbunu for a powerful slam against Zalgiris' defenders

 Magic Moment of the Night: Egbunu destroys the rim! 

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v Zalgiris Kaunas (2024-01-04T19:00:00.000Z)

In a showdown loaded with playoffs implications, Olympiacos long to maintain momentum by gaining a fourth straight success, whereas Monaco have stumbled after falling losing three of its last five. Can the Greek-giants continue their climb up the standings or will the french outfit restore winning-ways?

Olympiacos-AS Monaco | Round 19 Highlights | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

 In a showdown loaded with playoffs implications, Olympiacos long to maintain momentum by gaining a fourth straight success, whereas Monaco have stumbled after falling losing three of its last five. Can the Greek-giants continue their climb up the standings or will the french outfit restore winning-ways?

Olympiacos Piraeus v AS Monaco (2024-01-04T19:15:00.000Z)