Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz kept its playoff hopes alive on Friday night after a majestic performance by shooting guard Vanja Marinkovic, who sank a career-high 35 points, helped the Spanish side to an impressive 92-69 home victory against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. Baskonia improved to 17-15 and Fenerbahce dropped to 18-14 ahead of the final two regular-season rounds, with both sides still having work to do in order to secure postseason berths.
Darius Thompson added 13 points for Baskonia, while Rokas Giedraitis and Daulton Hommes chipped in with 12 each. At the other end, Jonathan Motley scored 18 points for Fenerbahce, Carsen Ewdards netted 16 and Tarik Biberovic had 10.
