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In a thriller that went down to the wire, Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul edged Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 88-90 on Wednesday night in the Montenegrin capital. Besiktas improved to a 6-4 record, tied for a third-best in Group A, while Buducnost dropped to 4-6.

Besiktas wins drama over Buducnost, 88-90

In a thriller that went down to the wire, Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul edged Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 88-90 on Wednesday night in the Montenegrin capital. Besiktas improved its record to 6-4 which is tied for a third-best in Group A, while Buducnost dropped to 4-6.

Besiktas took the lead with a 4-17 run that opened the third quarter and never trailed again, but also never had a lead bigger than 8 points. In the final seconds, Buducnost had two shots to win, but first Fletcher Magee and then McKinley Wright missed would-be game-winning three-pointers. Jonah Mathews and Kelan Martin scored 20 apiece in a victory. Dustin Sleva added 16, Kyle Allman 11 and Derek Needham had 10 points for the visitors. Kenan Kamenjas was Buducnost's top scorer with 21 points, Mateo Dreznjak had 17 points and Juwan Morgan 13 in a loss.

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Besiktas started well on the offensive boards, which led to baskets from Sleva and Kerem Konan. Wright hit a triple for the hosts, but back-to-back threes from Allman and Needham opened a 5-10 lead. Andrija Slavkovic answered with a three-pointer of his own, and a three-pointer from Magee got Buducnost ahead, 13-12. Alen Omic extended the margin to 19-14, but Martin's basket and Berk Ugurlu's triple tied it at 19-19.

Martin had a corner three and a tough basket inside to give Besiktas a 19-24 lead. Juwan Morgan snapped a 0-10 run, but another basket in the paint from Martin made it 21-28. However, three-point plays, one by each Dreznjak and Rasheed Sulaimon, restored Buducnost advantage, 29-28. Back-to-back threes from Dreznjak and Juwan Morgan made it 35-30. Allman and Conor Morgan got the visitors within a single point, only for Buducnost to put together an 8-0 run fueled by Sulaimon and Kamenjas, 43-34. Sleva and Mathews managed to cut it to 45-39 going into the halftime.

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The visitors opened the third quarter strong, with Mathews hitting a three and Needham a long two. A basket from Sleva put Besiktas ahead and Mathews extended the lead from the free throw line to 47-51 after only 3 minutes. Sleva's three-pointer followed by a tough jumper from Mathews made it 49-56. Things slowed down, with many stoppages, as Kamenjas scored a three-point play, but Mathews had a pair of jumpers and Martin a triple to make it an 8-point game, only for Dreznjak's layup to make it 60-65 after 30 minutes.

Martin opened the fourth quarter with a triple, but Morgan and Kamenjas did the work inside, the latter with a three-point play that got Buducnost within 67-68. Martin and Sleva each hit a three-pointer, then Sleva added a three-point play and another triple to keep Besiktas ahead, 75-80. Dreznjak dunked and Juwan Morgan muscled in a basket, but Mathews netted a long two to keep it at 79-84 entering the final 2 minutes. Magee's second-chance three-pointer got the hosts within a single point, allowing for a dramatic finish. Needham made a three with 35 seconds to go, but Sulaimon answered the same way 11 seconds later to make it 88-89. Mathews split free throws, and Buducnost had two chance to win, but Besiktas survived.

Besiktas pulls out its third straight road win

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica v Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul (2024-12-04T18:00:00.000Z)

Dos Santos nets a spectacular bucket in traffic with his back to the basket!

Dos Santos with a circus basket! Motorola Magic Moment

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan v Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade (2024-12-04T19:30:00.000Z)

Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse avoided a major slip-up by rallying from 14 points down to beat Veolia Towers Hamburg 93-82 in Group B. Bourg used a 22-4 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to improve to 6-4 after having lost four of its last five games with its first win since November 6.

Bourg rallies from 14 points down to beat Hamburg, 93-82

Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse avoided a major slip-up by rallying from 14 points down to beat Veolia Towers Hamburg 93-82 in Group B. Bourg used a 22-4 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to improve to 6-4 after having lost four of its last five games with its first win since November 6. 

Hugo Benitez scored 17 points, 11 of which came in the final 15 minutes, Joel Ayayi had 15 points and Jordan Usher and Jean-Marc Pansa both picked up 11 points. Hamburg set a new club record for most points in a first half with 58 points, one point off the club’s record in a half. But then managed just 24 points in the final 20 minutes and fell to 2-8, including a 0-6 mark on the road. Johnathan Stove led the way with 22 points and Jaizec Lottie had 19 points. 

Hamburg’s new addition Stove had an immediate impact with two baskets for a 4-11 lead. Stove added a three-point play and Kenneth Ogbe drained a triple as the guests were up 8-17. Hamburg turned an unsportsmanlike foul on Maxime Courby into five points with a triple from Lottie to lead 8-22. Jordan Barnett and Lottie added three-pointers to give Hamburg the lead 20-31 after 10 minutes. 

Bourg started the second quarter with the first five points to make it a six-point game. With his team ahead 27-35 with 7:40 minutes left in the first half, Hamburg coach Benka Barloschky was ejected as he received two technical fouls. Hamburg kept Bourg at bay and even pulled ahead 32-45. Pansa scored five points and Brandon Paul and Xavier Castaneda hit triples to bring Bourg within 45-50. Stove and Barnett both added three-pointers, and Hamburg was up 47-58 at halftime. 

After giving up 58 points in the first half, Bourg stepped up its defense in the second half, not allowing a score for the first 3 minutes in cutting the gap to 53-58. A Kuath three-point play had Hamburg up 58-66. But Bourg continued its charge on defense, holding Hamburg scoreless for almost 5 minutes and putting together a 13-0 run with three baskets from Benitez to lead 71-66. And the score was 73-67 after three quarters. 

A Castaneda triple and Benitez jumper gave the hosts their first double-digit lead at 80-70. Hamburg managed to get back within 80-74, but Benitez drained a three-pointer and Usher had a layup and Bourg was up 85-74. An Usher triple made it 88-76 and did not let Hamburg get closer than nine points the rest of the way.

Last season's runner-up grabs first victory since November 6 

Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse v Veolia Towers Hamburg (2024-12-04T18:30:00.000Z)

AS Monaco-Olympiacos Piraeus | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

AS Monaco v Olympiacos Piraeus (2024-12-04T18:00:00.000Z)

Olympiacos BC handed Vassilis Spanoulis his first defeat as AS Monaco Basket head coach, with the Reds winning 80-89 to improve to a 9-4 record.

Olympiacos sinks Monaco, 80-89, handing Spanoulis first defeat 

Olympiacos Piraeus ground out a valuable 80-89 road win at AS Monaco in Round 13 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and improved to 9-4, while the French side dropped to 8-5 after its new coach Vassilis Spanoulis tasted his first defeat in the competition.

Frenchman Evan Fournier paced Olympiacos with 19 points, player of the game Shaquielle McKissic poured 18 while Sasha Vezenkov and Nigel Williams-Goss chipped in with 14 apiece.

The outstanding Alpha Diallo led Monaco with a game-high 21 points, with Jaron Blossomgame adding 12. Georgios Papagiannis netted 11, while Elie Okobo and Mike James added 10 each, the latter also racking up 12 assists.

The lead changed hands time and again in a physical see-saw contest played at a frantic pace, with Monaco dishing out 16 assists in the first half while Olympiacos sank 8 three-pointers from 18 attempts in the opening two quarters.

Papagiannis did a lot of damage in the Olympiacos paint early on, scoring 7 points in the opening 10 minutes, but James was largely stifled out on offense by his markers, although he dished out a barrage of assists for his teammates to convert from close range.

A pair of triples by Fournier gave Olympiacos a 53-58 lead midway through the third quarter, but Monaco hit back instantly and nosed ahead 71-70 early in the fourth, with Diallo making shots from all over as he continued his fine run of form.

A long-range slugfest saw the visitors turn the tide and carve out a 74-78 advantage as Monaco committed several costly turnovers down the stretch. It was lights out for the hosts after Sasha Vezenkov hit one from deep to give Olympiacos an unassailable 77-87 lead in the dying moments, sparking loud celebrations among a vociferous contingent of away fans.

Olympiacos finished on a commendable 14 of 32 from downtown and restricted Monaco to a mere 6 assists in the second half, having won the battle of the boards 36-31 as Vezenkov, Nikola Milutinov and Thomas Walkup grabbed 6 rebounds each.

Spanoulis, who won back-to-back EuroLeague championships with Olympiacos as a player in 2012 and 2013 as a player, thus tasted defeat against his former mentor Georgios Bartzokas, who led the Reds to that 2013 title. It came after Spanoulis enjoyed a dream debut last week when he celebrated an 88-91 win at his other former club, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, where he won Europe’s premier club competition in 2009.

The visitors prevailed thanks to a smooth team effort and sound long-range shooting 

Will Clyburn goes all the way with a wild tomahawk dunk!

Clyburn throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment

 Will Clyburn goes all the way with a wild tomahawk dunk!

Virtus Segafredo Bologna v ALBA Berlin (2024-12-04T19:45:00.000Z)

Reyer Venezia defeated Aris BC 74-81 in Round 10 of the EuroCup season to improve to a 5-5 record.

Reyer downs Aris, 74-81, to notch third straight win

Umana Reyer Venice is starting to build some momentum in the BKT EuroCup after reeling off its third straight victory on Wednesday night, beating Aris Midea Thessaloniki 74-81 in Greece to improve to a 5-5 record. Aris, which trailed by as many as 20 points, took the lead for the first time with 6 minutes left in the fourth quarter, but Jordan Parks scored 8 points the rest of the way as Reyer secured the win.

Tyler Ennis netted a team-high 19 points for Reyer, while Mfiondu Kabengele had an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double. Reyer duo Parks and Aamir Simms both scored 12 points, too. Aris center Darral Willis, in just his second game for the club, scored a game-high 25 points, with Sharife Cooper – also making his second Aris appearance – pouring in 19 points. Landers Nolley had 17 points, too.

With Aris missing star player Vassilis Toliopoulos for the next few weeks due to injury, Reyer capitalized on his absence by racing out to a 4-14 lead on the back of Ennis, Kabengele and Parks. Kabengele continued to do damage inside, finishing back-to-back alley-oop plays to set a 7-18 score. Despite a Nolley-inspired resurgence by Aris, Reyer led 18-30 at the end of the first quarter.

Reyer continued to make life difficult for Aris early in the second frame, as Simms had back-to-back layups and Alessandro Lever scored on consecutive plays to swell the lead to 19-38. Simms then appeared again to knock down a three and set a new game-high 20-point lead, 21-41, which Davide Casarin matched with a reverse layup to make it 23-43. Nolley scored 4 straight points, including a jaw-dropping poster dunk on three Reyer players, to bring some life back into the arena. Then it was the turn of Cooper to step up, with the 23-year-old scoring Aris’s last 10 points of the half to make it 40-47.

After the break, it suddenly became a much tighter affair. Ennis put Reyer on his back at times as Willis and Nolley did their best to bring the hosts back into it, but a layup by Ennis and a couple of free throws made it a 12-point ball game, 50-62, with 2:13 minutes left. Aris had a strong end to the quarter, however, scoring 8 straight points – 4 by Nolley and 4 by Emmanouil Chatzidakis – to set a 58-62 score.

Willis went into superstar mode for Aris early in the fourth, scoring his team’s first 12 points of the quarter to give the Greek side its first lead of the night at 70-69. However, Parks replied with 4 straight points to give Reyer the lead once more at 70-73, and his put-back layup kept Reyer in control at 72-75. It was then the turn of Ennis and Kabengele to make it 72-79, as Reyer ended up seeing a 74-81 win over the line.

Despite a spirited fightback from the hosts, Jordan Parks stepped up late to carry the visitors home

Aris Midea Thessaloniki v Umana Reyer Venice (2024-12-04T18:00:00.000Z)

Tim Schneider beats Ante Zizic's defense with a huge poster dunk!

Schneider's poster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment

 Tim Schneider beats Ante Zizic's defense with a huge poster dunk!

Toko Shengelia stops Yanni Wetzell at the rim - twice!

Shengelia's double block! Motorola Magic Moment

 Toko Shengelia stops Yanni Wetzell at the rim - twice!

Gabriele Procida silences the crowd with a show-stopping dunk!

Procida's huge dunk! Motorola Magic Moment

Gabriele Procida silences the crowd with a show-stopping dunk! 

7-bet Lietkabelis Panevezys-Turk Telekom Ankara | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys v Turk Telekom Ankara (2024-12-04T17:00:00.000Z)

Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv cruised to a 95-70 victory over struggling Joventut Badalona on Wednesday at Samokov Arena in Bulgaria to move into a share of third place in Group A at 6-4. 

Hapoel overpowers Joventut, 95-70

Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv cruised to a 95-70 victory over struggling Joventut Badalona on Wednesday at Samokov Arena in Bulgaria to move into a share of third place in Group A at 6-4. Hapoel led from tip to buzzer, with the margin reaching as high as 32. The loss dropped Joventut to 3-7 on the season.

Antonio Blakeney led a deep Hapoel attack, in which all but two players scored, with a season-high 20 points, Patrick Beverley tallied 15 points and 6 assists, Marcus Bingam added 11 and Yam Madar produced 9 points, 4 assists and 2 steals in his first EuroCup game with his boyhood club. Kassius Robertson paced Joventut with 21 points, Devon Dotson netted 14, Artem Pustovyi 12 and Ante Tomic 10. 

Madar made his presence felt from the start with an assist to Ish Wainright for the game’s first points followed by a defensive rebound to get Hapoel going in transition. Tomic got Joventut on the scoreboard with a free throw before Beverley’s second layup of the night made it 9-1 and prompted a Joventut timeout after a little more than 2 minutes of action. Robertson drilled a three-pointer for Joventut’s first basket and Joventut slowly closed to within 11-9 through Dotson and Robertson. Beverley remained hot with a three-pointer and an assist for a Bingam dunk as Hapoel pulled away again. Wainright's three-point play made it 19-10. Robertson and Beverley traded triples as Hapoel remained in control, but Bingam’s second foul sent him to the bench alongside Bruno Caboclo, who was also in early foul trouble. A pair of buckets by Blakeney gave Hapoel a double-digit lead, 28-17. Joventut took advantage of Hapoel’s foul woes by feeding Pustovyi for 4 quick points before a pull-up jumper by Dotson made it 30-23 after 10 minutes.

The pace remained fast with the onset of the second quarter with Joe Ragland dishing a pair of assists and Caboclo dunking twice as Hapoel restored a double-digit lead. Blakeney’s fastbreak slam after a Bar Timor steal made it 40-27. Joventut continued to press its advantage in the paint, but had no answer for Hapoel at the other end. A Joe Ragland-to-Blakeney alley-oop extended the lead to 46-29. Tomic scored again for Joventut before Beverley's third three of the night ended that half at 51-35.

Sam Dekker looked to get more involved for Joventut, but on the other end, Beverley found Bingham twice for dunks as the margin grew to 20 points. After a timeout, Tomic found Dekker for a reverse layup and then the center scored twice to trim the deficit to 57-44. The Hapoel attack went cold and Robertson and Dotson extended the Joventut tun to 11 unanswered points. Madar came to the Hapoel rescue with a three and a dish to Tomer Ginat. Soon after, Madar took over with 6 straight points, the last coming on a strip of Keye Van Der Vuurst that he took in for a layup and a 69-52 lead. Ginat made it 74-54 with a layup in the closing seconds of the third quarter.

Hapoel put the game away with an 11-0 run to open the fourth quarter during which Ragland scored 4 points, dished an assist and collected 1 steal. Dotson made free throws to stop the Joventut drought. The margin peaked at 88-56 on a Blakeney triple with 6 and a half minutes remaining. Even though both Hapoel centers, Caboclo and Bingham, fouled out, the margin would prove to be too great for Joventut to overcome.

Antonio Blakeney paced a balanced Hapoel attack with 20 points 

Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv v Joventut Badalona (2024-12-04T17:45:00.000Z)

Nikola Kalinic drives to the basket, but LeDay pulls up for a powerful block!

LeDay rejects Kalinic! Motorola Magic Moment

 Nikola Kalinic drives to the basket, but LeDay pulls up for a powerful block!

Jordan Barnett steals the ball and receives it back from Osaro Rich before flying for the sweet dunk.

 Barnett takes off! Magic Moment 

In a thriller that went down to the final seconds, Turk Telekom Ankara topped 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 93-98 on the road in Round 10 on Wednesday.

Turk Telekom rallies past Lietkabelis, 93-98

In a thriller that went down to the final seconds, Turk Telekom Ankara topped 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 93-98 on the road in Round 10 on Wednesday.

Turk Telekom improved to 5-5 in Group A while Lietkabelis dropped to 2-7. Anthony Brown led the winners with 26 points. Braian Angola added 24, Yoan Makoundou had 23 while Speedy Smith got 10 for Turk Telekom. Martynas Varnas led Lietkabelis with 20 points. Oleksandar Kovliar added 16, Georgios Kalaitzakis had 13, Mantas Rubstavicius 12 and Justin Briggs 10 for the hosts.

Brown buried a mid-range jumper and Makoundou added a layup to give Turk Telekom an early 2-4 lead. Kalaitzakis sank a corner triple, Brown sank a step-back jumper and Kyle Alexander's dunk boosted the guests' lead to 5-8. Rubstavicius buried a corner three-pointer and Danielius Lavrinovicius dunked but Angola and Makoundou kept Turk Telekom in charge, 10-13. Lavrinovicius struck from downtown, Makoundou matched that with a layup-plus-foul and Kovliar tied it at 15-15. Angola hit a triple, Briggs and Javon Bess traded layups and Brown erased Kovliar's three-point play with a bomb from beyond the arc, good for a 21-23 Turk Telekom lead after 10 minutes.

Vytenis Lipkevicius buried a highly-contested jumper and Kovliar added a bomb from downtown to put Lietkabelis ahead, 26-24. Grantas Vasiliauskas bettered Smith's jumper with a triple and Briggs's layup-plus-foul boosted the hosts' margin to 32-26. Angola struck twice from downtown and soon added a three-point play that made Turk Telekom regain a 34-35 lead. Varnas rescued Lietkabelis and Kalaitzakis sank a three-pointer for a 39-37 score. Alexander took over with a reverse layup, igniting a 0-6 run that Makoundou capped with a put-back basket. Varnas and Smith traded triples and Lavrinovicius's jump hook kept the hosts within 45-46. Makoundou dunked, then Varnas and Lipkevicius put Lietkabelis in charge, 50-48, at halftime.

Varnas struck twice from downtown immediately after the break and added a jumper for a 58-48 Lietkabelis lead, after a 13-0 run. Brown joined the three-point shootout and matched Gabrielius Maldunas's layup with free throws to keep Turk Telekom within 60-53. Multu Akpinar found his first points, Rubstavicius hit a floater and Angola's driving layup got the guests closer, 62-57. Kovliar hit a stop-and-pop jumper that Akpinar bettered with a triple. Makoundou added a tip-in that made Lietkabelis call a timeout at 64-62. Brown and Kovliar traded three-pointers, then Briggs and Kalaitzakis each had a layup-plus-foul to give Lietkabelis fresh air, 74-66, after 30 minutes.

Makoundou and Kovliar traded triples early in the fourth quarter. Makoundou took over with a wild dunk, which Briggs erased with a backdoor layup. Rubstavicius and a red-hot Makoundou each struck from beyond the arc and Brown's jumper got his team within striking distance, 82-79, with under 6 minutes left. Brown improved Maldunas's layup with a triple and Makoundou dunked again to tie it at 84-84. Smith's driving layup soon completed his team's comeback, 85-86. Alexander and Angola made free throws, then Maldunas kept Lietkabelis within 88-90 with 1:52 left. Kalaitzakis banked in a close shot, Angola scored in penetration and Rubtavicius's three-pointer put Lietkabelis ahead, 93-92, with 45.8 seconds left. Brown answered from beyond the arc and Angola split free throws for a 93-96 Turk Telekom lead with 20.4 seconds left. Rubstavicius missed around the basket and Berkan Durmaz sealed the win from the foul line.

Brown, Angola and Makoundou led Turk Telekom to its fifth victory in Group B 


Bahcesehir College Istanbul-Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup   

Bahcesehir College Istanbul v Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius (2024-12-04T16:00:00.000Z)

Georgios Kalaitzakis draws a foul and somehow gets to score - wow!

Kalaitzakis's circus shot! Magic Moment

Brooks blocks the shot high above the rim

Brooks's block! Magic Moment

Brooks blocks the shot high above the rim.