Regular Season
Round 34 of 34
Regular Season
Olympiacos PiraeusOLY
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Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-GasteizBKN
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Olympiacos beats Baskonia, clinches first place
Game Report
3 Mins read
Olympiacos Piraeus led from start to finish to beat Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 86-78 and clinch first place at the end of the regular season. Olympiacos finished with a regular-season best 24-10 record and is now awaiting the outcomes of Friday's games to learn who will be its opponent, either Zalgiris Kaunas, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, or a rematch with Baskonia, which dropped to 18-16 and will have to wait until Friday to learn if it makes the playoffs. Baskonia will clinch a playoff berth if FC Bayern Munich defeats Zalgiris on its home floor, otherwise, it will be Zalgiris moving on and Baskonia getting eliminated.
In this game, Sasha Vezenkov paced the Reds with 23 points plus 10 rebounds and Kostas Papanikolaou collected 16 points on 4-for-5 three-point shooting and 9 rebounds. Kostas Sloukas added 15 points and 6 assists in a winning effort. Meanwhile, Markus Howard netted 29 points on 7-for-15 shooting for Baskonia. Rokas Giedraitis had 13 points plus 8 rebounds, and Darius Thompson 11 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in a losing effort.
Game Videos
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 24 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Simmons to Diakite alley-oop hook-up! Motorola Magic Moment
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Olympiacos Piraeus | Round 24 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Tyrique Jones skies for the rejection! Motorola Magic Moment
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Top 10 Plays | Round 23 | 2025-26 EuroLeague Regular Season
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 23 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot finds Rodions Kurucs for the transition alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Khalifa Diop rises for the impressive jam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv | Round 23 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Vezenkov ends the first half in style! Motorola Magic Moment
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Jones skies for the alley-oop slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 22 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Rodions Kurucs beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Olympiacos Piraeus | Round 22 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Donta Hall skies for the alley-oop slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Donta Hall attacks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | Round 21 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Olympiacos Piraeus-FC Bayern Munich | Round 21 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Fournier at the buzzer from the corner! Motorola Magic Moment
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Hall with the alley-oop slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Ward skies in transition! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Bayern Munich-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 20 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Olympiacos Piraeus | Round 20 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Hall throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Hall's big block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Olympiacos Piraeus | Round 19 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | Round 19 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Hall throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kobi Simmons crosses his defender and slams it home! Motorola Magic Moment
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Papanikolaou throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus Bologna-Olympiacos Piraeus | Round 18 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Valencia Basket-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 18 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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FC Barcelona-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 17 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Olympiacos Piraeus-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | Round 17 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Howard sends it to overtime! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nikola Milutinov with the slam – and one! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kostas Papanikolaou rocks the rim in transition! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-AS Monaco | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Valencia Basket | Round 16 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Nikola Milutinov stops Jean Montero! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-Olympiacos Piraeus | Round 15 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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How on earth, Evan Fournier! Motorola Magic Moment
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Donta Hall with the explosive put-back dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nikola Milutinov with the one-handed slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | Round 15 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Diop rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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A monster dunk from Simmons! Motorola Magic Moment
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Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | Round 14 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
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Khalifa Diop rejects Josh Nebo! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Olympiacos Piraeus | Round 13 Highlights | 2025-26 EuroLeague
Olympiacos had 3 quick turnovers, but also triples from Papanikolaou and Vezenkov that helped open 10-2 lead. Baskonia struggled from long range against the Reds defense, and the hosts controlled the boards. A three-pointer from Isaiah Canaan helped the hosts to 19-11 after 10 minutes, before Howard got hot.
He hit a pair of triples, including a four-point play, early in the second quarter to close the gap to 21-20, and after Olympiacos responded with a 7-0 run, another three from Howard made it 28-23. But Shaquielle McKissic, Sloukas and Vezenkov kept the Reds lead safe, before a triple from Giannoulis Larentzakis helped open a 45-30 margin. Baskonia cut it to 45-33 at the break.
Matthew Costello had a three-pointer for the visitors, but Papanikolaou answered in the same manner for the Reds early in the third quarter. A three-pointer from Vezenkov made it 53-40, but Thompson had a three-point play and Howard another four-point play to close the gap to 53-49. Vezenkov scored a three-point play to snap a 0-9 run, and despite a pair of buckets from Giedraitis, a triple from Sloukas made it 66-55 after 30 minutes.
Back-to-back threes from Papanikolaou and Alec Peters opened 72-55 after 68 seconds in the fourth. Howard and Vanja Marinkovic each knocked down a three-pointer, keeping Baskonia's hopes alive. Howard's seventh triple cut it to 80-73, and the visitors had couple of possessions to get even closer, but Olympiacos's defense stepped up again, icing the game.
