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During Valencia Basket's impressive 96-100 road win at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade on Thursday night, Jared Harper kept a cool head in the most pressurized of environments to help guide his team to its fifth victory of the season.

Although Harper's numbers were not exactly out of this world – he had 14 points after going 3-of-6 from two-point range, 1-of-4 from three and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line – he stepped up in crucial moments to ensure that Valencia's hard work didn’t come undone.

He came into the game with 4:53 minutes remaining in the first quarter and went 0-for-2 from the field. In fact, his first points of the night came at the 7:31 mark in the second quarter, as he hit both of his free throws. Harper dished an assist 38 seconds later before a brief trip to the bench. When he returned, with 3:27 left on the clock, he provided an assist, missed a two-pointer, hit a free throw after a technical foul was called on Kevin Punter, and was then off target with another shot inside the arc.

At the break, Harper was sitting on 3 points – all of which had come from the charity stripe – and 2 assists, having not hit a shot from the floor. He began to heat up in the third, dishing 2 more assists and finally hitting his first field goal, a two-pointer with 4:47 remaining to cut the deficit to three points, 54-51. He immediately came out of the game and then reentered for the last 29 seconds of the quarter, going on to miss a shot from two-point range with 0:05 left.

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It's fair to say that Harper was not having the night he had hoped for up to that point, and the same can be said for starting point guard Chris Jones, who had just 2 points to his name. Harper didn't start the fourth quarter and instead came into the game with 6:39 minutes to go. Leading up to the last minute, he grabbed his second rebound of the night, had 1 turnover, made 1 steal and recorded his fifth assist. Then, with 59 seconds on the clock and Valencia down by one point, Harper saw his deep three-pointer drop – his first made triple from four attempts – to put Valencia narrowly ahead, 80-82.

He wasn't finished there, though. After Punter had gone 2-for-3 from the free-throw line to tie the game, 82-82, the ball was back in Harper's hands. The 1.78-meter guard sought a mismatch with Partizan's 2.06-meter center Mathias Lessort and then drove towards the basket before sending up a teardrop which fell through the net to make it an 82-84 game, with 20.9 seconds remaining.

Yet, Punter once again went to the line to level the scoreboard for Partizan. Valencia still had one final possession and a chance to win the game, but it was Jones, who had been on the bench, who took and missed the shot. Suddenly, the game was heading to overtime.

Jared Harper vs Partizan

Harper was rather quiet in the first four minutes of the extra period, but, following a made basket by Lessort to cut Valencia's lead to 93-96, the EuroLeague rookie showed that he thrives in the big moments. With 52 seconds remaining, he once again had Lessort defending him but this time decided to hesitate before going for a reverse layup at the rim, which dropped. Valencia now led by five, 93-98, with 47 seconds left on the clock.

Valencia head coach Alex Mumbru decided to bring Harper out of the game following his two-pointer, instead preferring to have better defensive options on the court, but James Nunnally hit a three-pointer to bring Partizan back into it, 96-98. A timeout was called and, with Valencia needing a basket, Harper was back in.

As the game reached the final 10 seconds of overtime, a miscued pass by Webb saw Bojan Dubljevic turn the ball over, leaving Nunnally with the ball in his hands in his own backcourt. Yet, Xabi Lopez-Arostegui was alert to it and poked the ball away, with Dubljevic landing on it before quickly finding Harper, who was fouled by Punter. That was Punter's fifth foul, meaning he had been ejected from the game, but he still tried to get in Harper's head before the free throws. It didn't work, though, as the Valencia guard showed that he has ice in his veins, hitting both free throws without cracking a smile. For Harper, it was just another day in the office.

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Harper showed his clutch gene in Valencia's win over Partizan

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v Valencia Basket (2022-12-01T19:45:00.000Z)

Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz protected its home court with a 78-62 win over reeling EA7 Emporio Armani Milan on Thursday night and did so behind two timely 13-2 runs.

The first one came in the first quarter. With Baskonia up 11-7, Darius Thompson got things going with a floater before Rokas Giedraitis first scored a fastbreak layup and then set up an easy dunk for Maik Kotsar. A jumper from Giedraitis and a layup from Steven Enoch made it 21-7. After a pair of free throws from Milan's Kyle Hines, a triple from Matthew Costello ended the first quarter with Baskonia up 24-9.

The other 13-2 run came in the third quarter. When Brandon Davies closed Milan within 40-35, the closest they got since the first quarter, Darius Thompson hit a triple before Markus Howard nailed back-to-back long-range daggers to make it 49-37. A basket from Kotsar and an acrobatic reverse layup from Henry made it 53-37, putting Baskonia in complete control.

Milan did not come closer than 8 points the rest of the way as Baskonia cruised to win, sending Milan to its seventh consecutive defeat.

Two 13-2 runs keyed Baskonia's victory vs. Milan

Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2022-12-01T19:30:00.000Z)

FC Barcelona came away with an 86-88 win over ALBA Berlin at Mercedes-Benz Arena on Thursday evening, which improved its record to 8-3, good enough for second place in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague standings. One of the keys to the victory was the way in which Barca's key players came to the fore at various points during the night.

Nikola Mirotic, the 2021-22 EuroLeague MVP, made his first appearance of the season and finished with a game-high 19 points, including some crucial free three throws to secure the win. Two-time EuroLeague champion Cory Higgins also had 7 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter to help wrap up the result for Barca.

 

With Mirotic finally on the court with the likes of Higgins, Nicolas Laprovittola and summer additions Tomas Satoransky, Nikola Kalinic, Jan Vesely and Mike Tobey, Barca fans were finally able to get a glimpse of what their team could look like at full strength. Satoransky and Laprovittola both got into double digits for scoring with 11 and 16 points, respectively, but they also dished a respective 5 and 6 assists.

Head coach Saras Jasikevicius will be keen for his team to show a better level of concentration moving forward – ALBA twice came back into the game after being down big – but at least he will be able to envisage his Barca team with Mirotic now available. Barca has won six of its last seven games, and the return of last year's EuroLeague MVP should make them one of the teams to beat in the remainder of the regular season.

Barca's star power was evident against ALBA

ALBA Berlin v FC Barcelona (2022-12-01T17:30:00.000Z)

Anadolu Efes Istanbul rallied against Olympiacos Piraeus on Thursday night for its fourth consecutive victory and did it behind its star trio of Vasilije Micic, Rodrigue Beaubois and Will Clyburn.

Micic opened the game with 2 turnovers in the first 80 seconds and even though Coach Ergin Ataman pulled him out of the game, as soon as he returned later in the quarter, he had this third turnover.

However, that was the end of his turnover problem. Micic did not commit another one the rest of the game, while scoring 18 points, dishing 9 assists and pulling down 9 rebounds.

But before he took over leading his team, Micic first joined the other two of his teammates to get Efes going.

"In the second half, I felt we have several capable players, starting with Roddy \[Beaubois\] and Will \[Clyburn\], that they can find their rhythm so I can follow them," Micic explained.

Clyburn was the one who led all the players in the game with 24 points, shooting 4-for-8 from long range, and also had 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Beaubois netted 5-of-6 three-pointers, finishing with 19 points and 6 rebounds.

The trio finished the game scoring 61 of the team's 82 points while knocking down 12 of Efes's 15 three-pointers. Micic, Clyburn and Beaubois pulled down 20 of the team's 29 rebounds and dished 13 of the team's 18 assists.

Dominant trio paced Efes to fourth straight win

Anadolu Efes Istanbul v Olympiacos Piraeus (2022-12-01T17:30:00.000Z)

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne slipped to a fifth consecutive defeat by losing a French League derby 75-84 at home to AS Monaco on Thursday night and turnovers were one of the main reasons why.

TJ Parker’s team consistently wasted possessions throughout the game, ending up with 21 turnovers which were converted into 18 points by Monaco – double the amount of the winning margin.

 

The ball-losing disease spread throughout the team, with 10 of the 11 players who stepped on the floor for ASVEL committing at least one turnover. The only player exempt was Zaccharie Risacher, who spent just 3 minutes on the court in the game.

It was a wasted opportunity for ASVEL, which actually had much better field goal shooting percentages than the winning team; the hosts made 17 of 28 two-pointers and 10 of 23 threes – good enough numbers to win many games. 

 

But those turnovers – along with Monaco’s ability to grab offensive rebounds – meant that the visiting team took a total of 71 field goal attempts, 20 more than ASVEL’s 51. And that allowed Coach Sasa Obradovic’s men to claim a road victory despite shooting the ball with much lower accuracy, 45.1% field goal conversions against ASVEL’s 52.9%.

Turnovers killed ASVEL's hopes

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v AS Monaco (2022-12-01T19:00:00.000Z)

Olympiacos Piraeus controlled things in the first half against Anadolu Efes Istanbul. With Moustapha Fall having his way inside, the Reds made 10 of 14 two-point shots during the first two quarters to hold an 8-point lead.

The second half went to Efes, which shot 10-for-17 from long range in the third and fourth quarters combined, after connecting on 5-of-13 in the first half. Rodrigue Beaubois finished 5-for-6 from three-point land and Will Clyburn was 4-for-8.

Led by Vasilije Micic, who finished with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, Efes also had 12 assists and just 3 turnovers in the second half after going into halftime with 6 apiece. The Reds, on the other side, had 8 second-half turnovers, went 6-for-12 on two-pointers, and made just 4 triples on 15 attempts.

The hosts turned an 8-point halftime deficit into an 11-point win, which was their fourth consecutive victory. 

Efes won in a tale of two halves

### Alex Mumbru, Valencia Basket head coach

"I'm happy for the players, because we had this incredible atmosphere and we were ready to play until the end."

### Xabi Lopez-Arostegui, Valencia Basket guard

"I'm super happy and super exhausted. It was a tough game – a very important game for us, because we are coming off a losing run in the EuroLeague and also in the Spanish League. It was very important to come here and compete as a team against a very tough team in a great arena with great fans, so we are very happy."

 

### James Webb, Valencia Basket forward

"We didn't give up. We just fought until the end, played every possession hard. They're a tough team, so shout out to them. We just stuck to our game plan until the last minute of overtime. Credit to our coach \[Alex Mumbru\], getting our confidence back. We needed this win.

"We've been in a slump, but we knew that we were going to get back on track. It was just a matter of moments, fixing a few details on details on defense and offense, and here we are today."

### Zeljko Obradovic, Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade head coach

"If you lost in overtime, it means it was a tough game for both sides. They were more concentrated, and because of this they won the game."

Lopez-Arostegui, Valencia: 'It was important to come here and compete as a team'

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Live Blog: Barca, Monaco, Valencia claim tough road wins

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Valencia Basket came away with a 96-100 victory over Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade at Stark Arena on Thursday night, tying its highest-ever score on the road in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. With this win, Valencia ends a three-game losing run and improves to 5-6, while Partizan has now not tasted victory in three fixtures and finds itself with a record of 4-7.

Xabi Lopez-Arostegui had 17 points and a team-high PIR of 23, but it was a real team effort by Valencia, who had Jasiel Rivero, James Webb and Jared Harper join Lopez-Arostegui in double figures for scoring, with 22, 18 and 14 points, respectively. Mathias Lessort had a dominant night for Partizan, finishing with a 22-point, 10-rebound double-double and a PIR of 37, while Kevin Punter had 19 points, James Nunnally chipped in with 15, Yam Madar had 13 and Zach LeDay ended the night with 12.

It was Webb who helped Valencia get comfortable in the game, scoring the visitors' first 6 points to open a 3-6 lead. Partizan responded through Madar, who had 8 first-quarter points, but the entrance of Rivero into the game began to see Valencia cause more problems for the hosts. Come the end of the first 10 minutes, it was a tied game, 21-21. It was a back-and-forth encounter in the first half of the second quarter, but just as Valencia began to extend its advantage, making it 29-34 with just over four minutes left, Punter, Lessort and Nunnally combined to give Partizan a six-point gap at halftime, 43-37. Partizan led for the entire third quarter – the closest that Valencia got was within one point, 54-53, after a Jonah Radebaugh basket – but the visitors continued to fight, keeping the game close. Then, with 5:20 remaining in the fourth quarter, Valencia took its first lead of the half, 70-72, thanks to a three-pointer from Webb. It was Valencia who managed the lead heading into the final minutes, but some incredible baskets by Punter helped Partizan stay in the game. In fact, it was Punter who gave the lead back to the hosts with 1:10 left on the clock after hitting a midrange shot, and from that point on it became a battle between Partizan's team captain and Harper. First, Harper hit a deep three-pointer to put Valencia ahead, 80-82, with 57.2 seconds remaining. Punter then went to the free-throw line and went 2-for-3, making it 82-82. Harper followed that up with a beautiful layup past Lessort, 82-84. Partizan drew level again after Punter made both of his free throws, 84-84. Chris Jones off the bench for Valencia ahead of the final play, but his three-point effort was off target, so the game went to overtime.

 

Valencia got off to the better start in the extra period, going four points ahead thanks to plays from Bojan Dubljevic and Webb, but Partizan soon responded and drew level. The visitors' lead then went to five points following a three-pointer by Lopez-Arostegui and 2 made free throws by Claver, 90-95. As the game entered the last minute of play, Valencia's lead was 93-96 after Lessort had scored a floater from inside the arc. Harper reestablished Valencia's five-point buffer with a layup runner, yet Nunnally pulled Partizan to within two after hitting a triple, with 36.9 seconds remaining. It appeared as though Valencia had coughed up the chance to win with just over 10 seconds left, as Dubljevic turned the ball over, leaving Nunnally in possession. However, Lopez-Arostegui poked it away and Dubljevic landed on the ball. Punter immediately fouled Harper to send him to the line, with the first-year Valencia guard keeping his cool to drain the two free throws and give his team an impressive 96-100 win in Belgrade.

Valencia gets back on track with overtime win at Partizan

The first three quarters of AS Monaco’s trip to LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne’s for Thursday’s French League derby could not have been closer, all finishing with a tie on the scoreboard: 20-20, 45-45 and 60-60.

 

Something special would be needed to break the game open, and that something proved to be a remarkable outburst of offensive rebounding from Monaco’s John Brown. The all-action forward, who first made his EuroLeague mark by leading last season’s competition in steals during his spell with UNICS Kazan, started the final period by grabbing Elie Okobo’s missed shot and converting the second chance shot…and then doing exactly the same thing on Donatas Motiejunas’s miss in the next possession. 

Then Donta Hall got in on the action, grabbing an offensive board off Jordan Loyd’s missed shot and sticking it back in before Brown completed his ‘hat-trick’ by again crashing the glass after Alpha Diallo was off target and once more converting.

Those four baskets off offensive rebounds were Monaco’s only field goals in the first 5 minutes of the final period and they were enough to give the visiting team a firm grip on the game for the first time. It was also the continuation of a game-long trend, as Monaco finished with no less than 17 offensive rebounds – led by Motiejunas with 5 – which resulted in 16 second-chance points, a key factor in the victory.

 

Sadly, the night ended on a bad note for Monaco as Brown was stretchered off the court with an apparent chest injury after a collision with Amine Noua underneath the basket in the final minute.

Offensive rebounds powered Monaco’s derby win

Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz led from start to finish en route to a 78-62 win over the visiting last-place EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 78-62 on Thursday night at Buesa Arena. The win improved Baskonia to 6-5, while Milan dropped to 3-8 with its seventh straight defeat.

Baskonia used a 13-2 run to finish the first quarter with a 15-point lead and never allowed Milan closer than 5 points the rest of the game. Led by Brandon Davies, the visitors did close within 40-35, but another 13-2 run, this one in the third quarter, opened a 16-point margin and Milan never threatened again. Darius Thompson had 15 points and 7 assists and Daulton Hommes scored 11 to lead the winners. Davies collected 23 points plus 12 rebounds for Milan while Devon Hall netted 14 points in defeat.

Hommes quickly picked up 2 personal fouls in the first 70 seconds of the game, but then knocked down 3 triples in the next 3 minutes to get Baskonia going. Thompson and Rokas Giedraitis then sparked a 13-2 run as Baskonia held the visitors without a field goal the final 5 minutes of the quarter, opening a 24-9 lead. Three-pointers, one apiece from Hall and Nicolo Melli, gave Milan life as Baskonia needed exactly 5 minutes for its first field goal of the second quarter. But with baskets few and far between, Baskonia kept its lead safe and took a 38-27 advantage into halftime. 

Davies had a jumper and a triple to cut the margin to 40-35 early in the third, but three-pointers from Thompson and Markus Howard restored a double-digit margin and sparked another 13-2 run which opened a 53-37 lead. A triple from Tomasso Baldasso helped halve the deficit and Baldasso hit another one early in the fourth to cut it to 56-48. Pierria Henry fueled a 6-0 run before back-to-back threes from Henry and Thompson made it 68-51 and Baskonia cruised to victory.

Baskonia runs past reeling Milan, 78-62

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul's star guard [Scottie Wilbekin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/scottie-wilbekin/006661/) suffered a knee injury during a Turkish League game against Galatasaray Istanbul on Sunday and will be sidelined for two-three weeks, the club announced. Wilbekin (1.88 meters, 29 years old) is the second-best scorer on the team with 12.5 points per game, to which he adds 2.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists as a starter in all 10 of Fenerbahce's Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games so far this. This is Wilbekin's seventh season in Europe's premier basketball competition and his first with Fenerbahce. Fenerbahce leads the standings with a 9-1 record and this week welcomes Real Madrid on Friday in Round 11.

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