Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens v Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2025-01-09T19:15:00.000Z)

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan forward Shavon Shields spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in Round 20 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.  

Shavon Shields: 'Everybody did their part'

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2025-01-09T19:05:00.000Z)

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

FC Barcelona guard Dario Brizuela spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat AS Monaco in Round 20 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.  

Dario Brizuela: 'This win is huge for us'

AS Monaco v FC Barcelona (2025-01-09T18:00:00.000Z)

Georgios Papagiannis makes a block at one end and throws down a fierce transition slam at the other!

Papagiannis at both ends! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night

 Georgios Papagiannis makes a block at one end and throws down a fierce transition slam at the other!

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul center Sertac Sanli spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat ALBA Berlin in Round 20 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.  

Sertac Sanli: 'Everybody needed a game like this'

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v ALBA Berlin (2025-01-09T17:45:00.000Z)

Kalaizakis steals it and races clear to dunk!

Kalaitzakis flushes it down on the break! Motorola Magic Moment

 Kalaizakis steals it and races clear to dunk!

AS Monaco-FC Barcelona | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-ALBA Berlin | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Yurtseven turns around and rocks the rim with lightning speed!

Fine dunk from Yurtseven! Motorola Magic Moment

 Yurtseven turns around and rocks the rim with lightning speed!

Grant lobs a sublime pass for Hernangomez to rock the rim with a one-handed slam!

Big dunk from Hernangomez! Motorola Magic Moment

 Grant lobs a sublime pass for Hernangomez to rock the rim with a one-handed slam!

Hermannsson found Wetzell, who threw down the slam to cap off a smooth team move!

Wetzell dunks off a smooth ALBA play! Motorola Magic Moment

 Hermannsson found Wetzell, who threw down the slam to cap off a smooth team move!

Georgios Papagiannis treats Dario Brizuela’s floater with disdain!


Papagiannis’s big block! Magic Moment

 Georgios Papagiannis treats Dario Brizuela’s floater with disdain!


Papagiannis at both ends! Motorola Magic Moment

His playing career speaks for itself, but Vassilis Spanoulis is already forming a reputation as an elite coach in the EuroLeague with AS Monaco Basket.

Vassilis Spanoulis: ‘It’s a big challenge for me and the club’

His playing career speaks for itself, but [Vassilis Spanoulis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/as-monaco/mco/spanoulis-vassilis/) is already forming a reputation as an elite coach in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

The 42-year-old play-caller, who starred as a player for [Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-aktor-athens/pan/) and [Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/olympiacos-piraeus/oly/), was appointed by [AS Monaco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/as-monaco/mco/) as the team’s new head coach in early December [following the departure of Sasa Obradovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/sasa-obradovic-sacked-as-monaco-basket/).

Since then, Spanoulis has guided the team to six wins and two defeats, which has seen the Monegasque side rise to first place in the standings with a joint league-best 13-6 record.

“It is a big challenge for me and for the club,” Spanoulis says in a feature interview. “It’s not easy coming in the middle of the season because you haven’t put your identity and your philosophy from the summer, but it is what it is. We have to move forward. There are a lot of things we have to change step by step and not change dramatically; it’s time to put your philosophy and character into the team. Already the team has changed some things.”

Watch the entire interview in full above.

The Monaco coach is 6-2 since taking charge

This week's EuroLeague & Friends podcast has a different flavor to it, as Virtus Bologna guard Riccardo Visconti joins Shani Blatt, Giulia Cicchine and Asta Zukaite from Lithuania for this episode.

Virtus's Riccardo Visconti joins the EuroLeague & Friends podcast for episode No. 11

This week's EuroLeague & Friends podcast has a different flavor to it, as [Virtus Segafredo Bologna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/virtus-segafredo-bologna/vir/) guard [Riccardo Visconti](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/riccardo-visconti/006273/) joins [Shani Blatt](https://www.instagram.com/shaniblatt/), [Giulia Cicchine](https://www.instagram.com/lacicchine/) and [Asta Zukaite](https://www.instagram.com/asta_zukaite/?hl=en) from Lithuania for this episode.

They discuss the recent struggles of [Zalgiris Kaunas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/zalgiris-kaunas/zal/), the incredible form of [Kendrick Nunn](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kendrick-nunn/012774/), and how [Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-aktor-athens/pan/) has dealt with the injury of [Mathias Lessort](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/all-euroleague-center-mathias-lessort-leaves-game-with-leg-injury/), among many other topics. Enjoy!

Check out the latest episode of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast to prepare your fantasy teams for Round 20. Co-hosts Javier Gancedo and Frankie Sachs of Euroleague.net and Vasiliki Karamouza of Sport 24 celebrate some of their successes last week and look ahead to a new round of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games.

The Fantasy Challenge Podcast gang debates new topics in episode No. 15

Check out the latest episode of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast to prepare your fantasy teams for Round 20. Co-hosts [Javier Gancedo](https://x.com/ganchetto) and [Frankie Sachs](https://x.com/MrEuroleague) of [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net) and [Vasiliki Karamouza](https://x.com/karamouza_vas) of Sport 24 celebrate some of their successes last week and look ahead to a new round of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games.

The trio discussed the center situation at [Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-aktor-athens/pan/) (is Round 19 MVP [Omer Yurtseven](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/omer-yurtseven/005353/) the answer?), the backcourt of [Zalgiris Kaunas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/zalgiris-kaunas/zal/) (should you ride the [Sylvain Francisco](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sylvain-francisco/007975/) wave?) and who you should add from [Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul/ulk/) (is [Nigel Hayes-Davis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nigel-hayes-davis/008962/) due for another huge game against ALBA?), among many other topics.

Check out the moves Javi, Frankie and Vasiliki have made ahead of Round 20, including who they have as captains. This week’s action tips off on Thursday at 18:45 CET in Istanbul with the duel between Fenerbahce and ALBA, so make sure to finalize your rosters by then. Good luck, fantasy fans!

Javi, Frankie and Vasiliki debate the best moves for your teams ahead of Round 20

Zalgiris Kaunas v Real Madrid (2025-01-10T18:00:00.000Z)

Zalgiris Kaunas guard Lonnie Walker is the latest player to take part in the 'Everybody Loves...' series, which sees him read some tweets – good and bad – from EuroLeague fans.

Lonnie Walker responds to EuroLeague fans in ‘Everybody Loves Lonnie’

It’s fair to say that [Lonnie Walker](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/lonnie-walker-iv/013403/) has made quite the impact 12 games into his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career. He has already become a fans’ favorite at [Zalgiris Kaunas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/zalgiris-kaunas/zal/), and the former NBA guard is loving life in Europe’s premier club competition.

Walker received criticism after his debut, having finished with 0 points and a PIR of -9 [against FC Bayern Munich in Round 8](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/bayern-holds-off-zalgiris-77-74-to-climb-atop-the-table/), but he has quickly shown his talent and established himself as one of the EuroLeague’s best guards.

In the latest edition of ‘Everybody Loves…’, Walker takes center stage by reading some tweets – good and bad – from EuroLeague fans.

The Zalgiris star reads some tweets from fans