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AS Monaco-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

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AS Monaco head coach Sasa Obradovic was delighted with his team's performance in a 93-80 triumph against Olimpia Milano in Round 1 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.


Sasa Obradovic: 'It was over my expectations'

AS Monaco head coach Sasa Obradovic was delighted with his team's performance in a 93-80 triumph against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in Round 1 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Luwawu-Cabarrot gets round his man and violates the rim with a breathtaking dunk!

What a superb one-handed jam by Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot! Motorola Magic Moment

 Luwawu-Cabarrot gets round his man and violates the rim with a breathtaking dunk!

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Zalgiris Kaunas, led by some fourth-quarter heroics by Sylvain Francisco, downed FC Barcelona 74-67 in Round 1 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Zalgiris powers past Barcelona, 74-67

Zalgiris Kaunas started its 2024-45 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague campaign in style by beating FC Barcelona 74-67 at a buzzing Zalgirio Arena on Thursday. The hosts dictated the tempo throughout the content and imposed their style of play on FC Barcelona by playing tough on defense, which forced the visitors to score fewer than 20 points in each of the four quarters.

Sylvain Francisco led all scorers with 19 points, 15 of which were scored in the closing quarter. Ignas Brazdeikis also stood out on his return to Zalgiris and netted 17 points. Nico Laprovittola scored 12 points for the guests, with Kevin Punter and Jabari Parker recording 11 each.

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Summer signings Tyrone Wallace and Brazdeikis netted a bucket apiece to start the game, but Willy Hernangomez responded from inside to tie it at 4-4. Brazdeikis sliced through Barcelona’s defense twice after a Jabari Parker triple and scored two layups to put Zalgiris ahead, 10-7. Then, Deividas Sirvydis opened his account from beyond the arc on his Zalgiris debut, but Barcelona newcomer Punter responded with one of his own on the other end to make it 13-10. Triples from Dovydas Giedraitis and Dovydas Giedraitis extended Zalgiris’s lead to 21-14 heading into the second quarter.

Wallace and Brazdeikis started strong again in the second and gave Zalgiris a 25-14 cushion. Yet, Barcelona fought back, with Laprovittola drilling a triple from deep to trim the deficit to 27-21. Boosted by the energy injected by the fans, Zalgiris responded with two triples from Arnas Butkevicius and a hard-fought Laurynas Birutis bucket to restore a 37-26 lead. Punter replied to a Matthew Mitchell midrange jumper with a triple on the other end, but Brazdeikis drilled an impossible off-balance basket to beat the second-quarter buzzer and make it 43-31 at the break.

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Barcelona hit the ground running in the second half, forcing Zalgiris to commit 3 turnovers, and Laprovittola and Tomas Satoransky made the most of them to cut the difference to 43-37. Zalgiris struggled on offense and netted just one bucket in the first four and a half minutes of the third quarter. In the meantime, Alex Abrines drilled a three-pointer and Laprovittola nailed a layup to bring Barcelona within 45-42. Then, Sirvydis sank his second triple of the game, but buckets from Chimezie Metu and Parker were followed by two free throws from Justin Anderson, who tied the game at 48-48.  Edgaras Ulanovas came off the bench to provide his team with some much-needed energy, stealing a ball and scoring one from inside to give Zalgiris a narrow 50-48 cushion heading into the last quarter.

The hosts started strong in the fourth, with Brazdeikis and Mitchell scoring from inside before the former drilled one from deep to extend Zalgiris’s lead to 57-48. But Barcelona fought back and responded with a 0-6 run of their own, inspired by Parker. Yet, a step-back triple from Francisco got the fans off their seats before two buckets from the Zalgiris guard and another 2 three-pointers took his tally to 17 points and allowed the hosts to restore a 72-65 lead, practically clinching the victory.

Sylvain Francisco and Ignas Brazdeikis were the hosts' heroes on the night

Zalgiris Kaunas v FC Barcelona (2024-10-03T17:00:00.000Z)

Zalgiris Kaunas guard Sylvain Francisco channeled his inner Vassilis Spanoulis as his team beat FC Barcelona 74-67 in Round 1 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Sylvain Francisco: 'Shout out to Spanoulis, that's his move!'

Zalgiris Kaunas-FC Barcelona | RS Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Hall pops up to reject Bonga on the fastbreak!

Donta Hall denies Isaac Bonga with a huge block! Motorola Magic Moment 

 Hall pops up to reject Bonga on the fastbreak!

AS Monaco Basket led from start to finish as it beat Olimpia Milano 93-80 in Round 1 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Monaco runs past Milan in opener, 93-80

AS Monaco led from start to finish and opened the new Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season in style, downing the visiting EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 93-80 on Thursday night. Monaco opened the game with an 18-4 run and held a 21-point lead at halftime behind its 12 offensive rebounds. The visitors halved the lead early in the fourth quarter behind Armoni Brooks, and briefly got within single digits, but Monaco’s lead was never in danger.

Alpha Diallo paced Monaco with 20 points, Elie Okobo had 14, while Furkan Korkmaz, Mam Jaiteh and Matthew Strazel scored 10 apiece, with Jaiteh also pulling down 7 rebounds. Mike James, last season’s MVP, had 9 points and 5 assists in less than 19 minutes on the floor. For Milan, Armoni Brooks netted 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, while Neno Dimitrijevic had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Zach LeDay also scored 11, and Shavon Shields finished with 10 in the defeat.

James needed just seven seconds to score his first basket, a short pull-up jumper, while Milan needed six minutes to get its first field goal, only scoring a pair of free throws in those opening minutes. Until then, Mam Jaiteh, Furkan Korkmaz and James have opened an 11-2 lead, and a three-point play from Alpha Diallo helped open an 18-4 margin. Zach LeDay and Armoni Brooks cut into the margin a bit, but the hosts held 22-10 after the opening 10 minutes.

Monaco wasn’t slowing down in the second, too. A triple from Okobo, the first of the game, and second-chance points by Jaron Blossomgame and Vitto Brown opened a 30-12 margin. Josh Nebo inside and Shavon Shields with a three-point play gave Milan some life, but Matthew Strazel and Okobo each knocked down a three, and a second-chance layup from Motiejunas extended it to 38-18. Shields had a three-point play and LeDay had Milan’s only three-pointer of the half, but Monaco went into the break up 47-26.

Nikola Mirotic knocked down two triples in the first three minutes of the third quarter, and a transition corner triple from Giampaolo Ricci cut it to 53-39. Milan kept charging, and a three-point play by Nebo got the visitors within 55-42. But a triple from Diallo changed the momentum, sparking a 7-0 run which restored a 20-point margin. A three-pointer from Strazel helped open 66-44, before Milan scored the last five points of the quarter and cut the deficit to 66-49 entering the final 10 minutes.

Back-to-back triples from Brooks gave Milan hope, cutting it to 68-55, and forcing coach Sasa Obradovic to call a timeout. Brooks continued to be hot, scoring eight more points, including two more three-pointers, getting Milan within 73-63. Milan got the deficit into single digits, 77-68, with 4:41 left, but a second-chance three from Diallo and a three-point play from Okobo opened 85-70, and Milan did not threaten again.

ASVEL has the last chance and Edwin Jackson measures it up and beats the buzzer.

Edwin Jackson beats the buzzer, Motorola Magic Moment

 ASVEL has the last chance and Edwin Jackson measures it up and beats the buzzer.

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Xavier Rathan-Mayes produces an amazing halfcourt strike to end the first quarter!

Rathan-Mayes from halfway! Motorola Magic Moment 

 Xavier Rathan-Mayes produces an amazing halfcourt strike to end the first quarter!

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Panathinaikos BC center Mathias Lessort spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team's at ALBA Berlin in Round 1 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Mathias Lessort: 'We've got everything to prove this year'

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens center Mathias Lessort spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team's at ALBA Berlin in Round 1 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

ALBA Berlin v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2024-10-03T16:45:00.000Z)

Laprovittola finds Anderson, who smoothly slams the alley-oop dunk!

Laprovittola connects with Anderson for the slam! Motorola Magic Moment 

 Laprovittola finds Anderson, who smoothly slams the alley-oop dunk!

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Jones races clear and rocks the rim after Marinkovic facilitated the fastbreak with a timely pass!

Tyrique Jones dunks on a fastbreak! Motorola Magic Moment

 Jones races clear and rocks the rim after Marinkovic facilitated the fastbreak with a timely pass!

Panathinaikos BC has started the 2024-25 EuroLeague season with a win in Berlin, the same place it won last year's title last May.

Panathinaikos beats ALBA in Berlin, 77-87

In its first return to the German capital since winning the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague title last May, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens collected its first win as reigning champion by downing ALBA Berlin 77-87 at Uber Arena in Round 1 on Thursday night.

Kendrick Nunn paced the winners with 16 points. Mathias Lessort added 14 and 8 rebounds, and Juancho Hernangomez had 11 points, while Kostas Sloukas and Jerian Grant scored 10 points apiece for Panathinaikos. Will McDowell-White netted 13 points in his EuroLeague debut with ALBA. Martin Hermannsson added 12, Trevion Williams had 11 while Khalifa Koumadje pulled down 13 rebounds for the hosts.

Lessort hit a five-minute jumper to get the first score of a new season. Nunn added a floater for a 0-4 Panathinaikos lead. Dinos Mitoglou bettered Louis Olinde's jump hook with a corner triple, then Lorenzo Brown swish a jumper for a 2-9 score. Jonas Mattisseck stepped up with a three-point play and Matteo Spagnolo added a backdoor layup to keep ALBA within 7-13. Lessort scored the next 6 points, including a power layup and a dunk to boost the Greens' margin to 7-19. Marius Grigonis struck from downtown and Grant scored in penetration, good for a 13-24 Panathinaikos lead. Spagnolo and McDowell-White brought ALBA within 17-26 after 10 minutes.

Omer Yurtseven scored around the basket early in the second quarter. Williams and McDowell-White each struck from beyond the arc to get ALBA closer, 23-30. Yurtseven and Yanni Wetzell exchanged dunks, then Hernangomez's triple restored a 25-35 Panathinaikos lead. McDowell-White scored again, Elias Rapieque added a driving layup and Justin Bean's three-pointer made the Greens call timeout at 32-37. Cedi Osman answered from downtown and Lessort dunked in traffic to keep the Greens out of trouble, 32-42. Nunn joined the three-point shootout but Khalifa Koumadje followed a jump hook with a tip-in to fix the halftime score at 36-45.

Lessort matched Hermannsson's first basket with a layup and soon added a dunk for a 38-49 Panathinaikos lead. Hermannson and Olinde stepped up for ALBA, then Koumadje's third-chance layup gave the hosts hope at 44-51. Hermannsson kept pacing ALBA and Koumadje ignited the crowd with an alley-oop slam that made it a four-point game, 47-51. Osman rescued Panathinaikos with a fast-break layup, which Nunn followed with a three-point play. A red-hot Hermannsson followed a floater with a three-pointer, then Spagnolo's circus shot got ALBA as close as 54-56, after a 7-0 run. Lorenzo Brown and Hernangomez helped Panathinaikos restore a 57-62 lead after 30 minutes.

Nunn buried back-to-back jumpers early in the fourth quarter, then Hernangomez dunked to restore a double-digit Panathinaikos lead, 57-68. Grant capped a 0-9 run with a three-pointer that McDowell-White matched at the other end. Williams and Mattisseck each joined the three-point shootout, then Justin Bean's coast-to-coast layup give ALBA fans plenty of hope, 68-73, with over 4 minutes left. Hernangomez sank his third three-pointer and Sloukas added his first one to make ALBA called a timeout at 68-79. Williams followed Koumadje's put-back slam with a three-pointer, then Olinde got the hosts within 75-79. Sloukas answered from beyond the arc to seal the outcome in the penultimate minute of the game.

The Greens returned to Berlin and did what it did last May: win

Hall gets airborne to hammer it home after grabbing an offensive rebound!

Donta Hall with a put-back dunk! Motorola Magic Moment