EuroLeague top photos of the week

Roman Sorkin of Maccabi soars to deny ALBA's Trevion Williams

Mathias Lessort of Panathinaikos dunks over Monaco's Donatas Motiejunas

Raul Neto of Barcelona keeps the ball away from Real Madrid's Facu Campazzo

Tarik Black of ASVEL rises to dunk against Anadolu Efes

Khem Birth of Fenerbahce and Ousmane Diop of Milan vie for a rebound

Jaron Blossomgame of Monaco puts Mathias Lessort of Panathinaikos on a poster

Nadir Hifi of Paris dribbles past Virtus's Matt Morgan

Donta Hall of Baskonia throws it down against Zalgiris in Kaunas

Carlik Jones of Partizan protects the ball against Olympiacos

Devin Booker of Bayern dunks on Crvena Zvezda's Mike Daum

Look back at all the action from Round 12 of the regular season by checking out the best photos of the week!

Top 10 photos of the week: Round 12

Look back at all the action in Round 9 of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup season by checking out the best photos of the week! 

Top 10 photos from Round 9

Axel Boutielle of Bahcesehir and Yannick Kraag of Joventut race after a loose ball

Brandon Paul of Bourg shoots over the outstretched arm of Valencia's Sergio de Larrea

Garrison Brooks of Wolves emotes after dunking against Buducnost 

Miquel Salvo of Gran Canaria splits the defense against Trefl Sopot

D.J. Stewart of Cedevita hangs on the rim after dunking against Hamburg

De'Shawn Stephens of Cluj dunks in front of Aris's Landers Nolley

Aamir Simms of Reyer tussles for the rebound against Lietkabelis's Grantas Vasiliauskas

Bar Timor of Hapoel dribble in front of Ulm's Thomas Klepeisz

Derek Needham of Besiktas shoots a floater against Trento

Zavier Simpson of Cluj makes his way to the basket against Aris

Look back at all the action from Round 9 of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup season by checking out the best photos of the week! 

U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul scored the final 15 points of the game to beat host U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul 67-70 and take seventh place at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul

Fenerbahce grabs seventh place with win over city rival Bahcesehir 

U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul scored the final 15 points of the game to beat host U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul 67-70 and take seventh place at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul. Fenerbahce was winless in the group stage before shocking tournament host and debutant Bahcesehir with the comeback. Omer Ziyaettin scored 10 of his game-high 22 points in the final stretch and Urus Urunlu chipped in 14 points. Ahmet Aydin led Bahcesehir with 15 points, Yavuz Kara had 14 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks and Kartal Simsek added 14 points in the loss.

Game News

The game was tight for the first 5 minutes with 4 points being the biggest lead until Fenerbahce went up 13-18. It stayed close and Bahcesehir was up 22-21 after the first quarter. The hosts led most of the beginning of the second quarter and went ahead 32-27 and then 37-30. The teams went into the locker rooms with Bahcesehir leading 40-39. 

Fenerbahce reclaimed the lead to start the second half but Bahcesehir moved back in front 47-41 before taking a 53-44 advantage. The debutant took the first double-digit lead at 57-46 and held a 59-48 cushion after 30 minutes. The lead grew to 13 points with the first score of the final frame and the score was 67-55 with 4:51 minutes left in the game. But Fenerbahce was not done yet, finishing the game on a 0-15 run with Yagiz Aggez’s layup tying the game with 67 seconds left and Ziyaettin draining the game-winner with 3.5 seconds remaining. 

Fenerbahce rallies with final 15 points for first victory

U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul v U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul (2024-12-01T07:00:00.000Z)

U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul will face off against U18 Mega MIS Belgrade in the first place game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul today after both teams went a perfect 3-0 record on Friday and Saturday at the newly renovated Basketball Development Center where the continent’s top young talents battle at the first in a series of four NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournaments.

Watch LIVE: Day 3 of NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Istanbul

### Sunday, December 1, 2024

**7th place**: [U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul 67-60 U18 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/game-center/2024-2025-istanbul/u18-bahcesehir-college-istanbul-u18-fenerbahce-beko-istanbul/JTI24/13/)

**5th place**: [U18 Umana Reyer Venice 83-76 U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/game-center/2024-2025-istanbul/u18-umana-reyer-venice-u18-anadolu-efes-istanbul/JTI24/14/)

**3rd place**: [U18 Panathinaikos Athens 53-80 U18 Gran Canaria](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/game-center/2024-2025-istanbul/u18-panathinaikos-athens-u18-gran-canaria/JTI24/15/)

**1st place**: [U18 Mega MIS Belgrade 86-70 U18 NextGen Team Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/game-center/2024-2025-istanbul/u18-mega-mis-belgrade-u18-next-gen-team-istanbul/JTI24/16/)

Watch Day 3 of NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Istanbul

The Adidas NextGen EuroLeague’s 2024-25 season has tipped off this week with its first qualifying tournament in Istanbul at the newly renovated Basketball Development Center. Follow the Day 2 action as the continent’s top young talents battle at the first in a series of four NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournaments.

Watch LIVE: Day 2 of NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament in Istanbul

### Sunday, December 1, 2024

**7th place**: U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul vs. U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul (8:00 CET)

**5th place**: U18 Umana Reyer Venice vss. U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul (10:15 CET)

**3rd place**: U18 Panathinaikos Athens vs. U18 Gran Canaria (12:30 CET)

**1st place**: U18 Mega MIS Belgrade vs. U18 NextGen Team Istanbul (14:45 CET)

U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul will face off against U18 Mega MIS Belgrade in the first place game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul on Sunday. Both teams have a perfect 3-0 record after two days of action at the newly renovated Basketball Development Center where the continent’s top young talents battle at the first in a series of four NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournaments.

Day 2: NextGen EuroLeague Qualifying Tournament Istanbul

U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul snatched its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by beating U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul 78-59 in the city derby. Efes’ victory gives the Turkish side third place in Group B with a 1-2 record.

Efes blows out Fenerbahce for first win

U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul snatched its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by beating U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul 78-59 in the city derby. Efes’ victory gives the Turkish side third place in Group B with a 1-2 record. Darius Karutasu led the way with 19 points and Demir Ozturk had 16 points for the winners, who will face U18 Umana Reyer Venice for fifth place. Fenerbahce, which was paced by Omer Ziyaettin’s 20 points, went winless in the group and will play host side U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul for seventh place. 

Ziyaettin drained 3 three-pointers in giving Fenerbahce a 2-11 lead early on. Karutasu had five points at the other end and it was 15-17 and Efes was within 19-20 after one quarter. Aldin Turkoglu started the second quarter with two free throws to give Efes its first lead 21-20. Fenerbahce responded with the next seven points to go up 21-27. Efes charged back with a 9-0 surge and led 37-33 at halftime. 

Efes had the better start to the second half and pushed ahead 47-38 and the cushion was extended to 52-40. Efes remained in control and was leading 58-44. Efes put the game to bed with a 12-3 start to the fourth quarter to lead 70-47. Fenerbahce did not get closer than 18 points the rest of the way. 

Efes wins Istanbul derby to take third place in Group B.

U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul v U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul (2024-11-30T17:15:00.000Z)

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul will have to continue on without the services of forward Dyshawn Pierre for the time being after the player suffered a calf injury on his right leg during Friday's home loss against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. 

Fenerbahce's Dyshawn Pierre sidelined by calf injury

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul will have to continue on without the services of forward [Dyshawn Pierre](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dyshawn-pierre/010560/) for the time being after the player suffered a calf injury on his right leg during [Friday's home loss](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/milan-staged-a-stunning-road-upset-to-beat-fenerbahce-85-91/) against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan. The team's medical staff checked Pierre out on Saturday at Acibadem Atasehir Hospital and prescribed the necessary treatment.

This season, Pierre's fifth with Fenerbahce, he has averaged 3.0 points and 1.8 rebounds in nine games. For his EuroLeague career, 129 games, Pierre has been worth 7.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Dyshawn Pierre’nin sağlık durumu hakkında bilgilendirme<br><br>🔗 <a href="https://t.co/LFPkjE1Jkt">https://t.co/LFPkjE1Jkt</a> <a href="https://t.co/nDa4wFpBiv">pic.twitter.com/nDa4wFpBiv</a></p>&mdash; Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBBasketbol/status/1862906144752103430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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The forward suffered the injury in Friday’s game against Milan

U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul will face off against U18 Mega MIS Belgrade in the first place game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul after defeating U18 Gran Canaria 80-69 to top Group B. NGT pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 3-0 record with Isaac Guedegbe tallying 15 points and 10 assists.

NGT pulls away in fourth to beat Gran Canaria

U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul will face off against U18 Mega MIS Belgrade in the first place game of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul after defeating U18 Gran Canaria 80-69 to top Group B. NGT pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 3-0 record with Isaac Guedegbe tallying 15 points and 10 assists, Jahel Trefle scoring 13 points and Stratos Papastavrou adding 11 points. Joaquin Taboada poured in 17 points to lead Gran Canaria, which finished second in the group with a 2-1 record. Arthur Tsafack had 16 points and 9 rebounds and Mervedi Miteo added 12 points.

The first five minutes of the game saw NGT score and Gran Canaria follow up to even the score until it was 13-13. A Papastavrou three-pointer gave the selection team an 18-13 lead and Papastavrou’s second triple made it 23-15. The score was 25-22 after 10 minutes. Three free throws from Taboada gave Gran Canaria its first lead 27-30 and Tsafack made it 27-34. NGT trimmed the margin to 34-36 only to see the Spanish side push ahead 34-42. NGT made a push right back and was down 42-43 at the break. 

The early parts of the second half featured four lead changes and Gran Canaria eventually opened a 52-59 cushion. And the advantage was 58-61 after 30 minutes. NGT scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter to lead 66-61. Gran Canaria answered with the next four points to make it a one-point game and then Gerard Fernandez threw down maybe the dunk of the tournament and followed that with a corner three as NGT led 72-65. Trailing 74-67, Tsafack got a steal but missed a dunk in the open court and Guedegbe nailed the dagger three-pointer for a 77-67 lead with 70 seconds left. 

Selection team sets up date with Mega in first place game.

U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul v U18 Gran Canaria (2024-11-30T15:00:00.000Z)

The 2022 continental champion U18 Mega MIS Belgrade clinched a spot in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul first place game with a tougher than expected 53-64 victory over host side U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul. 

Mega needs tough fight to see off Bahcesehir

The 2022 continental champion U18 Mega MIS Belgrade clinched a spot in the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul first place game with a tougher than expected 53-64 victory over host side U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul. Mega could never put away the NextGen debutant and finally finished strong for a perfect 3-0 mark in Group A. After scoring 59 points combined in the first two games, Ognjen Srzentic was held to 14 points but did add 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. Pavle Backo scored 13 points and Vid Krunic picked up 10 points for Mega. Bahcesehir could have won the group with a victory but ended up last with a 1-2 record - finishing behind U18 Panathinaikos Athens and U18 Umana Reyer Venice. Yavuz Kara was Bahcesehir’s top scorer with 13 points and Ahmet Aydin added 12 points. 

Bahcesehir led 4-2 in the early going as it played tough defense against the number one offense, and the lead was 7-6. Petar Ostojic answered with five points and Mega star Srzentic needed more than 6 minutes to finally score, but added two triples for a 10-18 lead. And Mega was up 14-20 after the first quarter. Bahcesehir trailed just 18-20 in the opening moments of the second quarter and then Backo scored six straight points for an 18-28 Mega cushion. Bahcesehir’s defense stood strong and allowed the team to stay within 24-30. Bahcesehir went more than 2 minutes without a point and fell behind 24-35, but went into the break down 26-35. 

The host side picked up the first four points of the second half and was only down 30-35. Mega finally started to get some points with Backo adding four more points and the gap was 30-41. Bahcesehir briefly got the deficit down to six points but trailed 39-48 after three quarters. Bahcesehir would not go away and Aydin’s three-pointer made it 45-48. Mega could not put away Bahcesehir and Pamir Suvari scored two baskets to trail just 51-54 with under 4 minutes to play. Backo hit a big three-pointer and Krunic converted a layup and Mega was back up 10 points - 51-61 - with under 2 minutes to play. 

Mega needs tough fight to see off Bahcesehir 

U18 Bahcesehir College Istanbul v U18 Mega MIS Belgrade (2024-11-30T12:45:00.000Z)

A huge individual performance in a come-from-behind winning effort allowed [Jared Harper](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jared-harper/011970/) of Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem to earn MVP of the Round honors for the third time in the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup season.

Harper led Jerusalem to a 77-94 road victory over Turk Telekom Ankara with a career-high 35 points on 8-of-12 two-pointers, 2-of-6 three-pointers and 13-of-13 free throws. He added 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 9 fouls drawn for a PIR of 38, the highest in Round 9.

[Ante Tomic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/ante-tomic/002507/) of Joventut Badalona amassed a PIR of 29 in his team's 89-78 road loss against Bahcesehir College Istanbul. Tomic had 18 points on 6-of-6 two-pointers and 6-of-6 free throws, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 fouls drawn. [Jean Montero](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jean-montero/010042/) led Valencia Basket to a 96-107 road victory over Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse with 19 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 7 fouls drawn, good for a PIR of 28. [Mfiondu Kabengele](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/mfiondu-kabengele/012796/) of Umana Reyer Venice and [Devante Jones](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/devante-jones/013260/) of Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana, each with a PIR of 27, round out the list of top individual performances in Round 9.

### Individual highs: Jordan Baheye, Trento, 13 rebounds

Harper, this Round’s MVP, led all scorers with 35 points. He is also the runaway scoring leader with 23.1 points per game.

[Jordan Bayehe](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/jordan-bayehe/006724/) of Dolomiti Energia Trento pulled down 13 rebounds to lead all players in this round. Kabengele is the competition's top rebounder with 10.5 boards per night.

[Zavier Simpson](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/zavier-simpson/013302/) of U-BT Cluj-Napoca was the only player to reach double digits in assists, dishing 10 in his team's 87-79 home win over Aris Midea Thessaloniki. He is also first overall with 7.2 assists per game.

[Landers Nolley](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/landers-nolley/013249/) of Aris, Cedevita's Jones and [John Shurna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/john-shurna/006588/) of Dreamland Gran Canaria each collected 4 steals in Round 9. [Andrew Albicy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/andrew-albicy/003425/) of Gran Canaria and [Tarik Phillip](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/tarik-phillip/009649/) of Jerusalem are tied for the first place with 2.1 steals per game.

[James Banks](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/james-banks/013248/) of Aris had 4 blocks, more than anybody else in this round. [Kur Kuath](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/kur-kuath/013313/) of Veolia Towers Hamburg ranks first in blocks with 2.0 per game.

There were six double-double in Round 9: Simpson (14 points, 10 assists) and his Cluj teammate [De'Shawn Stephens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/de-shawn-stephens/006618/) (11 points, 11 rebounds), Kabengele (21 points, 11 rebounds), [Semi Ojeleye](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/semi-ojeleye/011982/) of Valencia Basket (11 points, 10 rebounds), Jerusalem’s [Gabriel Chachashvili ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/gabriel-chachashvili/013279/)(15 points, 11 rebounds) and [Kenan Kamenjas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/kenan-kamenjas/008325/) of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica (12 points, 12 rebounds).

Third MVP award in nine weeks for star guard.

Round 9 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem

A huge double-double in a double-overtime road win over the club's archrival has seen Real Madrid center Walter Tavares secure MVP of the Round honors for the first time this season.

Round 12 MVP: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid

A huge double-double in a double-overtime road win over the club's archrival has seen Real Madrid center [Walter Tavares](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/walter-tavares/005791/) secure MVP of the Round honors for the first time this season.

Tavares was a dominant force in *El Clásico*, leading Real to a 90-97 double-overtime road victory over FC Barcelona with 24 points on 10-of-13 two-point shooting and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line. He added 18 rebounds, an assist, a steal, 2 blocks and 5 fouls drawn to amass a PIR of 39, the highest of all players in Round 12. Tavares claimed MVP of the Round honors for the seventh time in his career, and he is also the first Real player to be MVP of the Round in the 2024-25 campaign.

The second-best PIR, 38, belongs to [Nikola Mirotic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nikola-mirotic/000796/) of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after he led his team to an 85-91 win at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul with 29 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists and 7 drawn fouls. [Alpha Diallo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/alpha-diallo/011226/) of AS Monaco had the next best PIR, 35, which came in an 88-91 win at the reigning champion Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens. Diallo collected 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists and drew 7 fouls. [Filip Petrusev](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/filip-petrusev/011194/) had a PIR of 34 in Crvena Zvezda Merridianbet Belgrade's thrashing of FC Bayern Munich. In a 101-77 win, Petrusev amassed 25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and a steal, all in just 22 minutes on the floor. Two players, Panathinaikos center [Mathias Lessort](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/mathias-lessort/003842/) and Real point guard [Facundo Campazzo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/facundo-campazzo/005928/), had a 32 PIR. Campazzo posted 18 points, 10 assists 5 rebounds 2 steals and 10 fouls drawn in a win against Barcelona, while Lessort amassed 22 points and 11 rebounds in a loss against Monaco.

### Individual highs: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid, 18 rebounds

Mirotic led all scorers this round with 29 points. Bayerrn guard [Carsen Edwards](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/carsen-edwards/011987/) is this season's scoring leader with 19.8 points per game, while Mirotic is second with an average of 18.5 points per night.

Tavares led all rebounders by pulling down 18 boards against Barcelona. Tavares is the league's top rebounder with 8.4 per game.

[Codi Miller-McIntyre](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/codi-miller-mcintyre/009048/) of Crvena Zvezda dished 12 assists, more than any other player in this round. [TJ Shorts](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/tj-shorts/012608/) of Paris Basketball leads the EuroLeague with 7.8 assists per game.

[Jaylen Hoard](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/jaylen-hoard/006835/) of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv collected 4 steals, the most in Round 12. Monaco's Diallo tops the steal charts this season with 1.8 per contest.

[Kevarrius Hayes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/kevarrius-hayes/010390/) of Paris Basketball, [Laurynas Birutis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/laurynas-birutis/005504/) of Zalgiris Kaunas, [Wenyen Gabriel](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/wenyen-gabriel/013383/) of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and [Donta Hall](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/donta-hall/011196/) of Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz each had 3 blocks in this week's games. Tavares is the EuroLeague's top shot blocker with 1.7 blocks per game.

Four players registered a double-double this round: Real duo Campazzo (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Tavares (24 points, 18 rebounds), Baskonia's Hall (14 points, 11 rebounds) and Lessort (22 points, 11 rebounds).

U18 Umana Reyer Venice secured its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by winning a back-and-forth battle against U18 Panathinaikos Athens 69-68 in Group A. The biggest lead of the game was seven points and Reyer prevailed for a 1-2 record. Francesco Eramo collected 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals.

Reyer downs Panathinaikos for first win

U18 Umana Reyer Venice secured its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by winning a back-and-forth battle against U18 Panathinaikos Athens 69-68 in Group A. The biggest lead of the game was seven points and Reyer prevailed for a 1-2 record. Francesco Eramo collected 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals, Davide Marini scored 17 points and Edoardo Bonivento added 13 points and 9 rebounds. Panathinaikos is also 1-2 after the loss, wasting Christos Georgas tallying 20 points and 12 rebounds. Georgios-Angelos Tsakiris added 18 points, Iason Binis had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Evangelos Bousmpouras chipped in 2 points and 10 assists. 

Panathinaikos scored the first six points and led 2-8 and was still ahead 7-13. Reyer fought back and trailed just 13-14, and it was 13-15 after 10 minutes. Marini hit a three-pointer for Reyer’s first lead 18-17. The rest of the first half went back and forth with eight lead changes and the game was knotted 35-35 at the break. 

Binis scored 4 points as Panathinaikos opened the second half with the first seven points and led 35-42. Another Marini triple trimmed the deficit to 47-49, only to have Tsakiris hit a three-pointer at the other end to make it 51-57. Reyer cut it to 55-57 after three quarters. The game remained tight in the final frame and it was still tied 66-66 after Federico Vecchiuzzo and Tsakiris drained three-pointer to temporarily put their teams ahead. Marini hit his fifth three-pointer to put Reyer up 69-66 with 80 seconds to go. Bousmpouras pulled back two points from the free throw line but committed a traveling turnover with 10.3 seconds left. Marini however turned it over with 7.2 seconds to play giving Panathinaikos the chance to win, but Georgas missed his shot.

Italian side finishes group play with 1-2 record.

U18 Umana Reyer Venice v U18 Panathinaikos Athens (2024-11-30T10:30:00.000Z)

Make sure to take a look at the best plays of the regular season Round 12, and see who had the best of them.

Top 10 Plays | RS Round 12 | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Round 12: Top 10 Plays

Be sure to take a look at the best 10 plays of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup Regular Season Round 9!

Top 10 Plays | Round 9 | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup

Be sure to take a look at the best ten plays of the 2024 25 BKT EuroCup Regular Season Round 9!

Gran Canaria takes down Efes after tough fight for 2-0 mark

U18 Gran Canaria remained perfect at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by fighting past U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul 87-79 in Group B. Gran Canaria took Efes’ best punch in the fourth quarter and delivered in the clutch for a 2-0 record. Arthur Tsafack paced Gran Canaria with 23 points and 12 rebounds, Jorge Arteaga had 14 points including the dagger three-pointer late in the game and Code Mbengue added 8 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks. Efes fell to 0-2 despite Atahan Akbas scoring 21 points and dishing out 5 assists. Aldin Turkoglu had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Mert Kocagozoglu picked up 13 points in the loss. 

After Gran Canaria started with a 9-5 lead, Efes got 5 points from Kocagozoglu in a 0-12 run to go ahead 9-17. The Spanish side punched back with a 13-2 surge and was leading 22-19 after the first quarter. Efes tallied the first nine points of the second quarter to reclaim the lead 22-28. Two baskets from Tsafack evened the game 33-33 and even though Gran Canaria nosed back ahead 37-36, the score was 39-41 at halftime. 

The beginning of the second half was back and forth with seven lead changes until Gran Canaria scored 6 straight points to take a 60-55 lead. The score was 60-56 after 30 minutes. Gran Canaria had a strong start to the final frame and increased the lead to 67-58. And the cushion was 71-61 with under 7 minutes to play. A Kocagozoglu three-pointer was followed by two triples from Demir Ozturk and Efes was suddenly down just 73-70. Gran Canaria answered with the next 6 points, and Arteaga buried a dagger three-pointer with 73 seconds left to lead 84-76.

Gran Canaria will face Next Gen Team for spot in first place game

U18 Gran Canaria v U18 Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2024-11-30T08:15:00.000Z)

Congratulations to Matej Karamarko, our eighth winner in the 2024-25 EuroCup Fantasy Challenge! Matej's team, 'm199', posted a score of 225.75.

EuroCup Fantasy Challenge: Round 9 winner

Congratulations to Alvis Zirins, our ninth winner in the 2024-25 [EuroCup Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/)! Alvis's team, 'Lielupe', posted a score of 247.25.

Alvis had the following starting lineup: Jared Harper of Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem as team captain, Adam Mokoka of U-BT Cluj-Napoca, Jaime Pradilla of Valencia Basket, Mateusz Ponitka of Bahcesehir College Istanbul and ratiopharm Ulm's Noa Essengue. Jean Montero of Valencia was his sixth man

His team's head coach was Dreamland Gran Canaria's Jaka Lakovic, while the four bench players were Jordan Usher of Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse, Fletcher Magee of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, Conor Morgan of Besiktas FIbabanka Istanbul and Gabriel Chachashvili of Jerusalem.

The prize for finishing first in Round 9 is a free subscription to Euroleague TV for the 2025-26 season, so congratulations, Alvis!

The leader in the overall standings is Milos Mihajlovic and his squad, 'BallIsLife', which has a total of 1,532.90 points after the first nine rounds. Trades are now open for Round 10. Remember, four trades are allowed before each round until the end of the regular season.

Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become EuroCup Fantasy Challenge's next winner!

EuroCup Fantasy Challenge offers weekly prizes to the top team manager, so get in the game and go for the gold!

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans, we have our 12th winner in this season's EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge! Maksim Grbovic beat everyone else in Round 12 with his team 'Maksimum Fantasy', which had a Fantasy Challenge score of 255.90.

EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Round 12 winner

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans, we have our 12th winner in this season's [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/)! Maksim Grbovic beat everyone else in Round 12 with his team 'Maksimum Fantasy', which had a Fantasy Challenge score of 255.90.

Maksim had the following lineup: Facundo Campazzo of Real Madrid as team captain, then Rokas Jokubaitis of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan forward Nikola Mirotic, Olympiacos Piraeus forward Alec Peters and Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens center Mathias Lessort. His sixth man was Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade forward Filip Petrusev. On the bench, Maksim had Elijah Bryant of Anadolu Efes Istanbul, Panagiotis Kalaitzakis of Panathinaikos, and Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul duo Marko Guduric and Sertac Sanli. His team's head coach was Zvezda's Ioannis Sfairopoulos.

The prize for finishing first in Round 12 is a free VIP Euroleague TV Subscription for the 2025-26 season, so congratulations, Maksim!

Marko Dukic and his team 'Kughat' remains the leader of the [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/) overall standings with 2,025.05 points.

Trades are now open for Round 13. Remember, four trades are allowed before each round. You can either trade up to four players, or a head coach and three players.

The first game in Round 13 tips off on Tuesday, December 3, as Anadolu Efes Istanbul hosts FC Bayern Munich at 18:30 CET. That game marks the next round's deadline.

Make new teams now or improve your existing ones and try to become our next round winner!

EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge offers weekly prizes to the top team manager. 

The U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul grabbed its second victory in two games at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by winning comfortably 74-95 over U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul. NGT laid the foundation for its win with a 17-30 second quarter for a 2-0 mark in Group B. Jahel Trefle was the selection team’s top scorer with 16 points to go with 8 rebounds.

Next Gen team takes care of Fenerbahce 

The U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul grabbed its second victory in two games at the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Istanbul by winning comfortably 74-95 over U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul. NGT laid the foundation for its win with a 17-30 second quarter for a 2-0 mark in Group B. Jahel Trefle was the selection team’s top scorer with 16 points to go with 8 rebounds, Lucas Sanchez and Dominique Fisher both had 13 points and Isaac Guedegbe tallied 12 points and 7 assists. Fenerbahce fell to 0-2 despite Omer Ziyaettin scoring 17 points and Ulas Urunlu chipping in 15 points. 

Trefle started strong for the selection team with 5 points in a 5-7 game. Urunlu shined at the other end with 11 points as Fenerbahce led 18-12. Louka Letailleur and Fisher combined for 9 points as NGT responded with a 0-15 run to surge back ahead 18-27. The score was 23-27 after 10 minutes. Ziyaettin and Doruk Yanci both hit triples to get Fenerbahce close at 29-32. Trefle responded with four more points as the advantage grew back to double digits at 31-41. And Sanchez and Djordje Djukanovic drained three-pointers to give NGT a 40-57 lead at halftime. 

The selection team hit the first six points of the third quarter as the cushion grew to 40-63. Fenerbahce trailed by 22 points when it went on an 8-0 spurt to climb within 53-67. The Turkish side still trailed 57-76 after three quarters. NGT once again started a quarter strong with the first five points to re-establish a 24-point lead. Fenerbahce did not get closer than 15 points the rest of the way. 

 

NGT improves to 2-0 in Group B with comfortable victory.

Next Gen team takes care of Fenerbahce

U18 Fenerbahce BEKO Istanbul v U18 Next Gen Team Istanbul (2024-11-30T06:00:00.000Z)