**•2022-23 Playoffs, Final Four and entire 2023-24 season to be streamed on ESPN Platform**

**•USA basketball fans to experience the unique EuroLeague atmosphere**

Basketball fans in the USA will be able to view the most exciting moments of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague as ESPN Platform has secured the rights to stream all of the 2022-23 playoffs and Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four, as well as the entire 2023-24 season.

The flagship European basketball competition is back to ESPN platform, which will air all playoffs and Final Four games of the current season on ESPN 3.

The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague is in the middle of the most intense phase of the season, with three best-of-five playoff series – Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, AS Monaco vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Real Madrid vs. Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade – all going down to do-or-die Game 5s this week. FC Barcelona has already advanced to the Final Four. The victors will play the Final Four from May 19 to 21 in Kaunas, Lithuania, where the last team standing will become the new EuroLeague champion and lift the trophy.

"I am delighted that all U.S. basketball fans will have the possibility to watch all EuroLeague games on ESPN platform," Alex Ferrer Kristjansson, Euroleague Basketball Marketing and Communication Senior Director, stated. "Globalization is a cornerstone for sports market growth in general and basketball in particular. We are confident that all U.S. basketball fans will appreciate the diversity of our stories and the experience that the EuroLeague delivers during the whole season."

The agreement with ESPN is another step forward in Euroleague Basketball's strategy to expand its reach outside its pan-European frontiers. The ongoing globalization of basketball has seen a growing interest from fans and experts in the U.S. with regard to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, where basketball superstars like Luka Doncic, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Pau Gasol and Victor Wembanyama made their debuts.

ESPN to bring the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague to U.S. audience

### Oded Kattash, Maccabi head coach

"Not a lot to say. Game 5, everybody understands what it means. We are trying to make history. We are excited. Basketball-wise we want to push the ball better, just like we play at home. It will not be the same atmosphere but we have to focus on basketball."

### Donatas Motiejunas, Monaco player

"The coach, experienced players like me, will have to find the words to re-motivate everyone. Letting Maccabi play at the pace they want is not possible. Game 5 will be do-or-die. We will have to give everything."

The momentum has shifted to Maccabi as it looks to seal a first Final Four appearance since 2014 with a decisive visit on Wednesday to Monaco, which is aiming to reach European basketball's biggest event for the very first time. Maccabi made a serious statement with a 104-69 victory in Game 4 partly based on a major advantage in the rebounding battle, 46-35. The Israeli team also boasts an extremely consistent scorer in Wade Baldwin, who averages 18.0 points in this series with at least 16 points in every game. Monaco needs at least one of its star trio of guards – Mike James, Elie Okobo and Jordan Loyd – to match the output of Baldwin and the equally dangerous Lorenzo Brown, who averages 16.2 points and 4.8 assists in the playoffs.

Oded Kattash, Maccabi: 'We are trying to make history'

AS Monaco v Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (2023-05-10T18:00:00.000Z)

The crucial importance of home-court advantage in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs is clear enough considering that 42 of 53 five-game series to date, or 79.2%, were won by teams that finished from first to fourth place in the regular season. When it comes to do-or-die Game 5s, though, the evidence is downright unanimous. In 15 series that have gone the five-game distance, home teams are a perfect 15-0!

This week, as many as three Game 5s – tied for the most in any season since 2009 – are in due to decide Final Four qualifiers. At the end of the tightest season in EuroLeague history, the perfect record of home teams will be tested as never before.

[Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (Tuesday)](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/olympiacos-piraeus-fenerbahce-beko-istanbul/E2022/323/)

No team has more experience in Game 5s than Olympiacos, which has played in four of them over the last 10 years. In each of its three victories as the home team in those games, though, its margin of victory has dwindled. In 2013, [Olympiacos defeated Anadolu Efes Istanbul 82-72](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2012-13/olympiacos-piraeus-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2012/248/) and went on to defend its EuroLeague title in London. After losing Game 5 on the road to Real Madrid the next season, Olympiacos returned to the championship game in 2017 after [again beating Efes in a Game 5, 87-78](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2016-17/olympiacos-piraeus-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2016/259/). And last season, the Reds prevailed at home in a do-or-die classic against AS Monaco by 94-88.

Fenerbahce, meanwhile, has never played a Game 5 and neither has it head coach, Dimitris Itoudis. He always qualified early for the Final Four when on the bench of CSKA Moscow. Current Olympiacos head coach Georgios Bartzokas was on the bench for the team's 2013 and 2022 victories in Game 5.

Each of these teams has a veteran star who can boast the best Game 5 records of any players ever, 3-0. Olympiacos forward [Kostas Papanikolaou](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kostas-papanikolaou/001255/) started in each of his club's Game 5 victories – the same as his former teammate Georgios Printezis – with the difference being that Papanikolaou wasn't with the Reds when they lost Game 5 in Madrid in 2014. He went to that season's Final Four with FC Barcelona.

Meanwhile, point guard [Nick Calathes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nick-calathes/001932/) started in the Game 5 victory of Panathinaikos Athens over Maccabi Tel Aviv back in 2012, in another classic. And he was on the floor for tipoff as Barcelona won Game 5s at home the last two seasons against Zenit St. Petersburg and FC Bayern Munich, respectively. Fenerbahce's [Tyler Dorsey](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/tyler-dorsey/009849/) was also a starter last year for Olympiacos in its Game 5 win against Monaco.

[AS Monaco vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (Wednesday)](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/as-monaco-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv/E2022/324/)

Despite this being just its second EuroLeague season, Monaco already has Game 5 experience from last season against Olympiacos. Monaco had stolen homo-court advantage in that series by winning a Game 2 blowout, only to go home and drop Game 3. Monaco [edged the Reds 78-77](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2021-22/as-monaco-olympiacos-piraeus/E2021/322/) in Game 4 to set up the fifth game in Piraeus. In one of the best games in EuroLeague history, Monaco led 80-81 midway through the fourth quarter but couldn't finish the job. [Olympiacos won 94-88](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2021-22/olympiacos-piraeus-as-monaco/E2021/326/) despite 24 points and 10 assists from Mike James, who along with several other Monaco teammates from last season and head coach Sasa Obradovic will certainly want to flip that script on Wednesday.

Maccabi's Game 5 history is limited to that single series in 2012 against Panathinaikos, but it was the one that experts agree might have been the best full-length series of them all, a one-of-a-kind tactical battle between Zeljko Obradovic for the Greens and David Blatt for Maccabi. Maccabi won Game 2 in overtime, stealing the home-court advantage but Panathinaikos saved itself with a Game 4 win in Athens, taking the series back to Athens. In a thrilling Game 5, [Panathinaikos won 86-85](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2011-12/panathinaikos-athens-maccabi-electra-tel-aviv/E2011/184/) in an instant classic after Maccabi battled back from a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to tie. Dimitris Diamantidis split free throws and sealed the outcome with a steal in the game's final possession.

[Real Madrid vs Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (Wednesday)](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/real-madrid-partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/E2022/325/)

This series is already unprecedented as the first ever to feature four road wins. Partizan took Games 1 and 2 in the Spanish capital and Real returned the favor, winning Games 3 and 4 in Belgrade. No team has ever rallied from 0-2 down to win a playoff series and no road team has ever won Game 5. One of these streaks is set to end on Wednesday.

Real has been in Game 5 situations three times, first beating Valencia basket at home in 2011 for its first Final Four qualification in 15 years. Real also made it to the Final Four in 2014, downing back-to-back champion Olympiacos in Game 5. In 2021, Real came back from a 0-2 deficit to tie the series against Anadolu Efes Istanbul. Game 5 went down to the wire before Efes prevailed to win the first of its two titles in a row.

Current team captain [Sergio Llull](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/sergio-llull/tgb/) is the only Real player who was involved in all three of those Game 5s, with a record of 2-1. [Sergio Rodriguez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/sergio-rodriguez/cvm/) was injured for Real's Game 5 in 2011 and was with do-or-die home winner EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in 2021, so his Game 5 record is 2-0. [Rudy Fernandez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/rudy-fernandez/bmt/) joined Real in 2012 and so is 1-1 in Game 5s.

Besides head coach Zeljko Obradovic, author of that Panathinaikos win in 2012 against Maccabi, Partizan has several players with singular Game 5 experiences. [Kevin Punter](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/kevin-punter/009862/) and [Zach LeDay](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/zach-leday/008987/) both were with Rodriguez on the Milan team that edged FC Bayern Munich to reach the 2021 Final Four. [Dante Exum](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/dante-exum/011302/) and Barcelona also beat Bayern in Game 5 last year. And [Danilo Andjusic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/danilo-andjusic/000956/) was among the Monaco players who lost at Olympiacos in the series-decider last season.

Predictions would favor home teams based on history, but in the tightest season ever, anything is possible. Partizan's Coach Obradovic has done about everything, big and small that there is to be done in the EuroLeague. Does anyone put it past him to win the first Game 5 on the road ever, too?

One thing is guaranteed, it will be a historical week in the EuroLeague.

Game 5: A perfect record for home teams

Real Madrid v Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (2023-05-10T19:00:00.000Z)

Olympiacos Piraeus v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2023-05-09T18:30:00.000Z)

FC Barcelona is the first team to have booked its place at the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, but it will have to play its games in Kaunas, Lithuania without two-time champion Cory Higgins. The guard, who last played in Round 34 of the regular season, missed the playoff series against Zalgiris Kaunas due to a back problem and will now miss the Final Four after undergoing surgery.

Barcelona's Cory Higgins to miss 2023 EuroLeague Final Four

FC Barcelona is the first team to have booked its place at the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, but it will have to play its games in Kaunas, Lithuania without two-time champion [Cory Higgins](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/cory-higgins/006450/). The guard, who last played in Round 34 of the regular season, missed the playoff series against Zalgiris Kaunas due to a back problem and will now miss the Final Four after undergoing surgery.

We inform you that our player Cory Higgins has successfully undergone surgery for the lower back problems he had," read Barca's statement. "The operation, performed at the Hospital de Barcelona, has been carried out by Dr. Maite Ubierna and Dr. Anna Garcia de Frutos. The player is out for the rest of the 2022/23 season."

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ca" dir="ltr">[𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐄̀𝐃𝐈𝐂]<br><br>Us informem que el jugador Cory Higgins ha estat operat amb èxit dels problemes de columna lumbar detectats<br><br>La intervenció, realitzada a l’Hospital de Barcelona, ha anat a càrrec de les doctores Maria Teresa Ubierna i Anna Garcia de Frutos.<br><br>El… <a href="https://t.co/YJ9RotXMsQ">pic.twitter.com/YJ9RotXMsQ</a></p>&mdash; Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/1655939884593598469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Higgins made 32 appearances for Barca during the 34-game regular season, averaging 8.7 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and an 8.7 PIR in 19:49 on the court. The 33-year-old, who joined Barca in 2019, has been an important member of the team's last two trips to the Final Four, in which the Blaugrana lost in the 2021 championship game to Anadolu Efes Istanbul before falling short in the 2022 semifinals to archrival Real Madrid. 

Having previously become a EuroLeague champion while playing for CSKA Moscow, lifting the trophy in 2016 and 2019, Higgins's experience on the court will come as a big blow to Barca, which is trying to win its first EuroLeague title since 2010. He has played in a total of six Final Fours in the past, having reached four straight with CSKA between 2015 and 2019, while he also played in Europe's showpiece event in 2021 and 2022 with Barca.

Barcelona's Cory Higgins to miss 2023 Final Four

If you comb through Alex Poythress's basketball history, you can find records for hundreds of official games he's played in. He suited up 112 times for the University of Kentucky in college, played in another 52 in the NBA and 71 in the G-League. Then there’s his time in Turkey and the 7DAYS EuroCup with Galatasaray Istanbul and two years in Russia with Zenit St Petersburg, during which he debuted in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

Alex Poythress, Maccabi: 'My dad always wore 22'

If you comb through [Alex Poythress](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/alex-poythress/009960/)'s basketball history, you can find records for hundreds of official games he's played in. He suited up 112 times for the University of Kentucky in college, played in another 52 in the NBA and 71 in the G-League. Then there’s his time in Turkey and the 7DAYS EuroCup with Galatasaray Istanbul and two years in Russia with Zenit St Petersburg, during which he debuted in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

Now, towards the end of what has been an injury-marred season, he's eager to leave his mark on the EuroLeague Playoffs with Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. After missing more than four months with a hand injury. Poythress returned to action in time for the playoffs and last week resumed his place in the starting lineup for Game 4 against AS Monaco. In that game, he contributed 12 points and 6 rebounds in a blowout win that set up a fifth and deciding game for a ticket to the Final Four on Wednesday in the principality. 

Poythress is one of a few players who has experience in a do-or-die Game 5 in the playoffs; he was crushed, 79-53, at FC Barcelona in Game 5 in May 2021 with Zenit. 

"No. 22 just stuck in our family ever since. Me and my twin sister used to always wear it. And my younger sister wore it when she played volleyball, too." 

Naturally, Poythress hopes everything will go differently for him this time. But one thing will be the same, just like in the overwhelming majority of the games Poythress has played: he will be wearing the same uniform number. 22.

"My dad played \[American\] football growing up," Poythress explained. "He was a running back, actually, so he always had 22. And then it just stuck in our family ever since. Me and my twin sister used to always wear it. And my younger sister wore it when she played volleyball too." 

There was no coercion, Poythress insisted. It just sort of happened. 

"It was just always there. When \[my dad\] played sports, he was 22. And when my mom played, she was 23, so it was close enough, so I just stuck with 22," Poythress said. 

Of course, Poythress's beloved No. 22 was not always available. In those situations, he just had to make do. 

Poythress debuted in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2016-17 season and No. 22 was unavailable. Pressed to make a decision, he decided to honor his closest friends: "I have five best friends and I just chose it because of that," Poythress explained his decision to wear No. 5. 

A year later, he was signed by the Indiana Pacers and faced the same situation. This time he opted for the number 0. 

"It was like a new beginning for me. Somebody already had 22 and I just wanted to start fresh, so I thought 0 was the best way to start fresh," Poythress said. "I wanted to make a deal \[for 22\] when I got to the Pacers, but the deal was with a young guy, so I was like, I’ll just take 0 and start fresh."

Best of Alex Poythress 2022-23

Ironically, the player with No. 22 in Indiana was T.J. Leaf, the son of Israeli basketball great Brad Leaf, who starred for Maccabi in the late 1990s. T.J., who has played for Israel's youth national teams and now plays in China, has been linked to Maccabi too in the past, but now the No. 22 in Tel Aviv belongs to Poythress. 

Poythress wore his favorite uniform number in the 2018-19 season with the Atlanta Hawks. The next time No. 22 was unavailable was when Poythress came to Europe for the first time to join Galatasaray and found young Turkish center Ayberk Olmaz sporting his number. 

"I needed a number quick, so I'm like 5. I’ve worn 5 in the past, so I just chose that," Poythress said. 

Will 22 continue in the family? 

Alex does not have kids yet, but his twin sister Alexis has a 6-year-old daughter. There is one problem, however. Alexis's husband is also a professional athlete. Jalen Reeves-Maybin plays football for the Detroit Lions in the NFL and wears No. 44. 

Alex is optimistic that they can keep the number in the family. 

"My sister can convince her to wear 22," he said. "For sure. She's gotta wear it."

The three remaining tickets to the Final Four will be sealed on Tuesday and Wednesday as Fenerbahce, Partizan and Maccabi aim to make history by becoming the first teams to win on the road in Game 5 of the playoffs. But Olympiacos, Real Madrid and Monaco have very different ideas as they look to make the most of home-court advantage in what is just the second edition of the playoffs ever to feature three Game 5s. Here's your guide to the action as the playoffs reach a thrilling climax.

Game 5: History is on menu

The three remaining tickets to the Final Four will be sealed on Tuesday and Wednesday as Fenerbahce, Partizan and Maccabi aim to make history by becoming the first teams to win on the road in Game 5 of the playoffs. But Olympiacos, Real Madrid and Monaco have very different ideas as they look to make the most of home-court advantage in what is just the second edition of the playoffs ever to feature three Game 5s. Here's your guide to the action as the playoffs reach a thrilling climax.

[Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/olympiacos-piraeus-fenerbahce-beko-istanbul/E2022/323/)

At the conclusion of a series of momentum swings that hasn't seen either team win two games in a row, top seed Olympiacos will look to make home-court advantage count on Tuesday against a Fenerbahce team that has excelled on defense by holding the usually offensively prolific Reds to less than 80 points in every game so far. Dyshawn Pierre's 4-for-6 long-range shooting made the difference as Fenerbahce edged Game 4, with Dimitris Itoudis's team also doing a great job in limiting the league's leading scorer and MVP candidate Sasha Vezenkov to just 2 points. Olympiacos was also held to 11 assists in that game, below its league-leading and EuroLeague-record threatening 21.1 per game. The outcome of this thrilling series probably depends on whether Fenerbahce can mount such strong defensive resistance again. 

Game 5 at a glance: Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

[AS Monaco vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/as-monaco-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv/E2022/324/)

The momentum has shifted to Maccabi as it looks to seal a first Final Four appearance since 2014 with a decisive visit on Wednesday to Monaco, which is aiming to reach European basketball's biggest event for the very first time. Maccabi made a serious statement with a 104-69 victory in Game 4 partly based on a major advantage in the rebounding battle, 46-35. The Israeli team also boasts an extremely consistent scorer in Wade Baldwin, who averages 18.0 points in this series with at least 16 points in every game. Monaco needs at least one of its star trio of guards – Mike James, Elie Okobo and Jordan Loyd – to match the output of Baldwin and the equally dangerous Lorenzo Brown, who averages 16.2 points and 4.8 assists in the playoffs. 

Game 5 at a glance: AS Monaco vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv

[Real Madrid vs. Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/real-madrid-partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade/E2022/325/)

Real will attempt to become the first team to ever recover from going down 0-2 in a playoffs series by making it three straight wins against Partizan. The Serbian team can take confidence from already winning twice in Madrid, in Games 1 and 2, and has a very significant boost with the return of backcourt leader Kevin Punter from a two-game suspension. Real center Walter Tavares enhanced his own EuroLeague MVP claims with two dominant performances in his team's two road wins last week, so Partizan simply must find a way to limit his influence. Another MVP contender, Partizan big man Mathias Lessort, will use his athleticism in an attempt to disrupt Tavares, while the versatile Zach LeDay – who scored 25 points in Game 4 – can also take the Spanish team's key player out of his comfort zone.

Game 5 at a glance: Real Madrid vs. Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade

**EUROCUP GLORY**: Gran Canaria won the 7DAYS EuroCup title and earned a spot in the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Enhorabuena <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GranCanariaCB</a> 👏🏻👏🏻 <a href="https://t.co/fgQnnUcRNn">https://t.co/fgQnnUcRNn</a></p>&mdash; Sergio Rodriguez (@SergioRodriguez) <a href="https://twitter.com/SergioRodriguez/status/1653872724651982850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a>, long time no see.<br><br>¡𝗡𝗼𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻̃𝗼 𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗲, 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲! <a href="https://t.co/77BkBiMyVt">pic.twitter.com/77BkBiMyVt</a></p>&mdash; CB Gran Canaria (@GranCanariaCB) <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB/status/1653870438575923200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to Gran Canaria on winning the EuroCup title and the ticket to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroLeague</a>! 👏🙌 <a href="https://t.co/83BlBAlpCq">pic.twitter.com/83BlBAlpCq</a></p>&mdash; AS Monaco Basket EN 🏀 (@ASMBasket_EN) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASMBasket_EN/status/1654018702948409344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Bienvenidos de nuevo. Felicitaciones</p>&mdash; Maccabi Tel Aviv BC (@MaccabitlvBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaccabitlvBC/status/1654003511351287808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Vamos Granca!!! <br>Enhorabuena al <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GranCanariaCB</a> por este tremendo éxito. Campeones de la Eurocup!!!</p>&mdash; Israel González (@Israelcoach) <a href="https://twitter.com/Israelcoach/status/1653876868246798346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">👏🏽 ¡Enhorabuena a <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GranCanariaCB</a> por el título de campeones de la <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroCup</a>! 🏆🐥<br><br>¡Nos vemos el domingo por el Buesa, amigos! 🤝</p>&mdash; Baskonia (@Baskonia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Baskonia/status/1653869327257305089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See you soon <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GranCanariaCB</a> <a href="https://t.co/XqripkqcAV">https://t.co/XqripkqcAV</a></p>&mdash; Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936/status/1653872376520515585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="pt" dir="ltr">Bravo 🐼 <a href="https://twitter.com/LakovicJaka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LakovicJaka</a> !! <a href="https://t.co/Fjinkd0vG4">https://t.co/Fjinkd0vG4</a></p>&mdash; Prepelic Klemen (@prle_10) <a href="https://twitter.com/prle_10/status/1654023224760344576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Enhorabuena <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GranCanariaCB</a> 🙌🏽Bienvenidos de nuevo a la <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a>!<br>Pío Pío 🐣👏 <a href="https://t.co/KWeHTmq0zD">pic.twitter.com/KWeHTmq0zD</a></p>&mdash; Sergio Llull (@23Llull) <a href="https://twitter.com/23Llull/status/1653871889163362304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Felicidades on winning the <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroCup</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/GranCanariaCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GranCanariaCB</a>! We&#39;re looking forward to battles like this one in next season&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeBallTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeBallTogether</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCBB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FCBB</a> | Photo: Albertini <a href="https://t.co/L9PQlrkdsB">pic.twitter.com/L9PQlrkdsB</a></p>&mdash; FC Bayern Basketball (@FCBBasketball) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBBasketball/status/1654040668426190848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


**TIME FOR FANS**: It might be playoff time, but EuroLeague players always find time for the fans.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/TDORSEY_1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TDORSEY_1</a> getting those pre-game selfies with the fans🤳 🟡🔵 <a href="https://t.co/SxiKKKTuHW">pic.twitter.com/SxiKKKTuHW</a></p>&mdash; Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague/status/1653806586538651648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

**GOOSEBUMPS ATMOSPHERES**: Games 3 and 4 had some amazing and memorable atmospheres in Belgrade, Tel Aviv, Kaunas and Istanbul.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Zalgirio Arena is amazing! 💚 <a href="https://t.co/AwwlJDiv3B">pic.twitter.com/AwwlJDiv3B</a></p>&mdash; BC Zalgiris Kaunas (@bczalgiris) <a href="https://twitter.com/bczalgiris/status/1653811990496784395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Amazing EuroLeague season! Thank you, green-and-whites! 💚 <a href="https://t.co/2ilCEA6zq1">pic.twitter.com/2ilCEA6zq1</a></p>&mdash; BC Zalgiris Kaunas (@bczalgiris) <a href="https://twitter.com/bczalgiris/status/1653842945005568000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr">🇱🇹🫶 <a href="https://t.co/CkyZU5yRI4">pic.twitter.com/CkyZU5yRI4</a></p>&mdash; Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/1653851926386315265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="sv" dir="ltr">📍Belgrade I <a href="https://twitter.com/PartizanBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PartizanBC</a> <a href="https://t.co/G6hxc3opsU">pic.twitter.com/G6hxc3opsU</a></p>&mdash; Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague/status/1653466369386528784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="iw" dir="rtl">בחמישי חוזרים לסדרה. דוחפים את הקבוצה, מתרכזים רק בעצמנו וחותרים לניצחון. זה הבית שלנו!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9D%D7%91%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%94?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#הביתהחםבאירופה</a> <br>(צילום: אלעד גולדשטיין) <a href="https://t.co/GGjT5CFNop">pic.twitter.com/GGjT5CFNop</a></p>&mdash; Maccabi Tel Aviv BC (@MaccabitlvBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaccabitlvBC/status/1653696670943592448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Playoff atmosphere in Istanbul 🟡🔵<a href="https://twitter.com/FBBasketbol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBBasketbol</a> <a href="https://t.co/CccoDf9UCp">pic.twitter.com/CccoDf9UCp</a></p>&mdash; Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague/status/1653817942444744704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr">🤩<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YellowLegacy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YellowLegacy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroLeague</a> <a href="https://t.co/Pz35cKGFcD">pic.twitter.com/Pz35cKGFcD</a></p>&mdash; Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBBasketbol/status/1654544636461871104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


**THE SHOT**: The Game 3 game-winner from Kostas Sloukas is already among the competition's most memorable shots.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr">😱😱😱😱👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OlympiacosBC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OlympiacosBC</a> <a href="https://t.co/ENFBGQIxx6">https://t.co/ENFBGQIxx6</a></p>&mdash; OLYMPIACOS BC (@Olympiacos_BC) <a href="https://twitter.com/Olympiacos_BC/status/1653852903889616897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THAT JUST HAPPENED 🚨 <a href="https://twitter.com/kos_slou?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kos_slou</a> with the buzzer-beater for <a href="https://twitter.com/Olympiacos_BC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Olympiacos_BC</a> to take Game 3! <br><br>WHAT an ending 🤯<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/7DAYSMagicMoment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#7DAYSMagicMoment</a> <a href="https://t.co/gULfvgcPhm">pic.twitter.com/gULfvgcPhm</a></p>&mdash; Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague/status/1653847439881932800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr">🫣 <a href="https://twitter.com/DaveyAsaph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DaveyAsaph</a> <a href="https://t.co/rxXfBrMaax">pic.twitter.com/rxXfBrMaax</a></p>&mdash; Shaquielle McKissic (@ShaqInTheBox) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaqInTheBox/status/1654198825404493825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hope the neighbors weren´t sleeping 😂🔥 <a href="https://t.co/3xFYAxY7tX">https://t.co/3xFYAxY7tX</a></p>&mdash; Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague/status/1654039371840880643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">WoW 🤦♂️😳</p>&mdash; Bogdan Bogdanovic (@LeaderOfHorde) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderOfHorde/status/1653872070948782080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qst" dir="ltr">Wow 😳</p>&mdash; Jordan Loyd (@mrjloyd) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrjloyd/status/1653848656322101248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yooooooooooo Kosta magic. Big time shot. Great way to keep fighting <a href="https://twitter.com/olympiacosbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@olympiacosbc</a></p>&mdash; Othello hunter (@O_hunter5) <a href="https://twitter.com/O_hunter5/status/1653847373661995012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That shot was tough Sloukas</p>&mdash; Gabriel Iffe Lundberg (@IffeLundberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/IffeLundberg/status/1653846934451376128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Euroleague Atmospheres 🚨🚀</p>&mdash; PaulZ (@paulzzip) <a href="https://twitter.com/paulzzip/status/1653461925164990464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


**FINAL FOUR BOUND**: Barcelona is the only team so far to book a Final Four spot after completing a sweep of Zalgiris in Kaunas, where it will return in 10 days for the big event.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="et" dir="ltr">Fins aviat, Kaunas 😏 <a href="https://t.co/YLpQyokke7">pic.twitter.com/YLpQyokke7</a></p>&mdash; Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/1653845380344303618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">A LA FINAAAAAAAAAAAAL‼️‼️‼️ <a href="https://t.co/85HkvdqlrZ">pic.twitter.com/85HkvdqlrZ</a></p>&mdash; Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/1653846889987547139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Final Four, here we gooooo! 💦 <a href="https://t.co/6NTEgRWX0q">pic.twitter.com/6NTEgRWX0q</a></p>&mdash; Alex Abrines (@alexabrines) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexabrines/status/1653850558350934016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We&#39;ll be back for F4! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/For%C3%A7aBar%C3%A7a?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForçaBarça</a> <a href="https://t.co/JomuEXjOjK">pic.twitter.com/JomuEXjOjK</a></p>&mdash; Sertac Sanli (@SanliSertac) <a href="https://twitter.com/SanliSertac/status/1653840190107009024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


**TIED AT 2-2**: Real Madrid won two games in Belgrade, while Maccabi and Fenerbahce forced Game 5s, too.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Concentrado en nuestro objetivo 🎯 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fromcvm22?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fromcvm22</a> <a href="https://t.co/9lqvE640aq">pic.twitter.com/9lqvE640aq</a></p>&mdash; Edy Tavares (@waltertavares22) <a href="https://twitter.com/waltertavares22/status/1653545377914552321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jumping into the weekend like 🦅🏀 <a href="https://t.co/05iybAbZ68">pic.twitter.com/05iybAbZ68</a></p>&mdash; Sergio Llull (@23Llull) <a href="https://twitter.com/23Llull/status/1654496369195745285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Her zaman, hep birlikte omuz omuza💛💙<br><br>Always together💛💙 <a href="https://t.co/Mm5cH7s0MD">https://t.co/Mm5cH7s0MD</a></p>&mdash; Melih Mahmutoğlu (@melihmahmutoglu) <a href="https://twitter.com/melihmahmutoglu/status/1654582026517790722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Teşekkürler Fenerbahçe Ailesi for your support 💛💙 <a href="https://twitter.com/FBBasketbol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBBasketbol</a> <a href="https://t.co/JQ2ReconrN">pic.twitter.com/JQ2ReconrN</a></p>&mdash; Itoudis Dimitris (@ItoudisD) <a href="https://twitter.com/ItoudisD/status/1654837675155771392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


EuroLeague playoffs on social media

Tarik Black of Olympiacos and Mako Guduric of Fenerbahce fight for a rebound 

Lorenzo Brown of Maccabi gets past Monaco's Mike James for a layup

Walter Tavares of Real Madrid blocks Partizan's Alen Smailagic at the rim

Edragars Ulanovas of Zalgiris reaches to strip the ball from Barcelona's Nikola Mirotic

James Nunnally of Partizan watches his desperation shot at the buzzer against Real Madrid

Johnathan Motley of Fenerbahce dunks against Olympiacos 

Mike James of Monaco splits the defense of Maccabi's John DiBartolomeo and Wade Baldwin 

Zach LeDay of Partizan dunks in front of Real Madrid's Walter Tavares

Kostas Sloukas of Olympiacos shoots in front of Fenerbahce's Johnathan Motley 

Bonzie Colton of Maccabi dunks against Monaco

Look back at all the action from Game 3-4 of the playoffs by checking out the best photos of the week!

 The Top 10 photos of the week, Playoffs Game 3-4

Game 4 of the thrilling playoff series between Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and Olympiacos Piraeus, eventually won 73-69 by the Turkish team to force a decider in Greece next week, was a real slug fest, with neither team conceding an inch and defenses dominating nearly the entire game.
But the incredibly intense, physical nature of the contest still did not deter Fenerbahce’s Marathon Men from making their usual huge contribution: Nigel Hayes-Davis played every single second, while Dyshawn Pierre spent nearly 37 minutes on the floor. 

Fenerbahce's Hayes-Davis, Pierre delivered at both ends in Game 4

Game 4 of the thrilling playoff series between Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and Olympiacos Piraeus, eventually [won 73-69 by the Turkish team](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul-olympiacos-piraeus/E2022/319/) to force a decider in Greece next week, was a real slug fest, with neither team conceding an inch and defenses dominating nearly the entire game.

But the incredibly intense, physical nature of the contest still did not deter Fenerbahce’s Marathon Men from making their usual huge contribution: Nigel Hayes-Davis played every single second, while Dyshawn Pierre spent nearly 37 minutes on the floor.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr">🖼 <a href="https://twitter.com/DyshawnPierre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DyshawnPierre</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YellowLegacy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YellowLegacy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroLeague</a> <a href="https://t.co/Qk0YNtYPLF">pic.twitter.com/Qk0YNtYPLF</a></p>&mdash; Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBBasketbol/status/1654581969861107713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This is nothing new. Hayes-Davis, who also played the full 40 minutes in Round 33 of the regular season against Anadolu Efes Istanbul, has spent no less than 35:18 on the court in every game of the series, whereas Pierre averages nearly 36 minutes in the playoffs with a minimum of 32:44 playing time.

Both players used their time on the court to make big contributions during Friday's win. Offensively, that was mostly done through long-range shooting, with Pierre sinking 4 of his 6 three-point attempts en route to a total of 17 points, with 3 of those successful strikes coming in the decisive final 4 minutes of the game to lift Fenerbahce at exactly the right time.

At least one man was totally unsurprised by Pierre’s burst of scoring. Speaking after the game, Olympiacos coach Georgios Bartzokas lamented: “Dyshawn Pierre scored three-point shots which were crucial in that moment of the game. We needed to be careful to avoid his shots, because we mentioned that this guy would be the decision-maker, the crucial guy. We allowed him to have 3 open shots, and he made them.”

Similarly, Hayes-Davis netted 12 points thanks to 3 three-pointers on just 4 attempts, including back-to-back strikes early in the fourth quarter as Fenerbahce launched a 9-0 run to move ahead 54-49 and take control of the game for the first time. He also added a trio of nerveless free throws down the stretch and dished 2 assists.

The best plays of Nigel Hayes-Davis and Dyshawn Pierre in Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul's 73-69 win against Olympiacos Piraeus in Game 4 of the 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs.

Best highlights of Hayes-Davis, Pierre in Game 4

### Keeping Vezenkov quiet

Even more important than that offensive production, however, was Hayes-Davis’s defense on Sasha Vezenkov. This season’s leading scorer in the competition, with an average of 17.2 points per game, was a shadow of his usual self on Friday night, scoring just 2 points on 1-of-6 field goal attempts, including 5 misses from long range.

That wasn’t for a lack of trying, because Vezenkov spent nearly 30 minutes on the floor as Olympiacos repeatedly tried to get their key shooter going. But with Hayes-Davis in his face literally every second that he spent in the game, Vezenkov was not allowed to find any rhythm and became a non-factor long before the final stages, not even attempting one shot during the final 13 minutes as the Reds instead turned to Shaquielle McKissic – who scored 12 points in the last quarter – to lead their offense.

Keeping such a talented and confident player so quiet is an enormous achievement, even more so as it was achieved by playing hard but fair. Vezenkov did not draw a single foul, with Hayes-Davis disciplining himself to be called for 3 fouls over the course of his full 40 minutes.

The tired players from both teams can now try to get some rest before deciding their grueling series in Piraeus on Tuesday. But no matter how hard they have worked so far, we can be certain of one thing: Hayes-Davies and Pierre will be there in Game 5, and it will be almost impossible to drag them off the court.

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