Name: FC Barcelona-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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FC Barcelona-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

FC Barcelona v Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (2024-12-17T19:30:00.000Z)

Aris BC improved to a 3-9 record in the EuroCup by beating Lietkabelis Panevezys 81-66, with Trey Woodbury netting a game-high 25 points.

Aris downs Lietkabelis, 81-66, to record first home win this season

Aris Midea Thessaloniki will be hoping that Tuesday night's 81-66 triumph over 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys kickstarts its season, with Ioannis Kastritis's men winning at Nick Galis Hall for the first time this season. The legendary Greek outfit is now 3-9 in Group B, while Lietkabelis – which has a game in hand – is 3-8. 

Trey Woodbury was Aris's star on the offensive end, netting 25 points. The hosts also had Sharife Cooper (12 points), D'Moi Hodge (11), and Landers Nolley (10) finish in double figures. Martynas Varnas was Lietkabelis's leading scorer with 11, while Dovis Bickauskis and Georgios Kalaitzakis had 10 apiece.

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There was little to separate the two teams in the early going, but Woodbury scored Aris’s first 5 points to give the hosts an early 5-4 edge. Kalaitzakis, playing back in his native Greece, also had a strong start to the game, and his layup four minutes in saw him move to 6 points and give Lietkabelis a 5-11 lead. Woodbury scored 6 points in the final 4:11 minutes of the quarter to move to 11 overall, but Bickauskis’s tough layup made it 18-19 after 10 minutes.

The largest lead either team had in the second quarter was two points as the chess match continued; one score for Aris would be followed by one for Lietkabelis, and vice versa. It looked like they were going to head into the halftime break with the score tied at 32-32, but Bickauskis’s finger-roll layup on the fast break ensured it was 32-34 after the first two quarters.

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Aris had a strong start to the third, with Woodbury moving to 17 points with a layup high off the glass to level it at 34-34 before Sharife Cooper reeled off 5 straight points to give the hosts a 39-34 advantage. Lietkabelis responded with two quick threes by Varnas and Danielius Lavrinovicius to retake the lead, 39-40. The lead kept changing hands the rest of the way, but after D’Moi Hodge gave Aris a four-point advantage, 56-52, in the closing stages, Bickauskis had a perfect trip to the line to make it 56-54 after 30 minutes.

Lietkabelis scored the first 4 points of the final frame, but things quickly went south for the visitors. In response to a Maldunas dunk, Roberts netted 4 straight points, Cooper added a three-point play, Woodbury scored a layup, and Roberts had another big dunk to give Aris a 69-60 lead with 4:48 minutes remaining. Varnas’s mid-range make made things interesting at 69-62, but back-to-back three-pointers by Woodbury all but put the game to bed at 75-62, with the Aris guard doing the Steph Curry sleeping celebration after the second. The hosts then coasted towards an eventual 81-66 victory.

Trey Woodbury scored 8 of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter to keep the Greek side's faint playoff hopes alive

Aris Midea Thessaloniki v 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys (2024-12-17T18:00:00.000Z)

Real Madrid center Walter Tavares spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Paris Basketball in Round 16 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Walter Tavares: 'For me, Paris is the best team in the league right now'

Real Madrid center Walter Tavares spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Paris Basketball in Round 16 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Paris Basketball v Real Madrid (2024-12-17T19:30:00.000Z)

Paris Basketball-Real Madrid | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Zalgiris Kaunas guard Lonnie Walker spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat ALBA Berlin in Round 16 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Lonnie Walker: 'When we're locked in on defense, I don't think there's anyone who can beat us'

Zalgiris Kaunas guard Lonnie Walker spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat ALBA Berlin in Round 16 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

ALBA Berlin v Zalgiris Kaunas (2024-12-17T19:45:00.000Z)

ALBA Berlin-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

LDLC ASVEL head coach Pierric Poupet spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat KK Partizan in Round 16 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Pierric Poupet: 'Whatever you tell yourself, you must have fun'

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne head coach Pierric Poupet spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in Round 16 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (2024-12-17T19:45:00.000Z)

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Reigning EuroLeague champion Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens erupted on Tuesday night behind the might of Kendrick Nunn to record a 103-74 thrashing of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan at OAKA Altion in Round 16

Kendrick Nunn enjoyed record night at OAKA

Reigning EuroLeague champion [Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/panathinaikos-bc-athens/roster/pan/?season=2024-25) erupted on Tuesday night behind the might of [Kendrick Nunn](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/kendrick-nunn/012774/) to record [a 103-74 thrashing](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/nunns-39-points-leads-panathinaikos-past-milan-103-74/) of [EA7 Emporio Armani Milan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/ea7-emporio-armani-milan/roster/mil/) at OAKA Altion in Round 16.

The Greens set the tone in a historic first quarter with a 38-15 margin in the opening 10 minutes. Nunn provided the fireworks, making 7 three-pointers in that first quarter, which set a new competition record for most three-pointers in a quarter. Six players had shared the previous mark with 6 three-pointers in a quarter: [Thomas Kelati](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/thomas-kelati/000545/), [Marcelinho Huertas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/marcelinho-huertas/juj/), [Linas Kleiza](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/linas-kleiza/001925/), [Jaycee Carroll](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/jaycee-carroll/001960/), [Kyle Kuric](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/kyle-kuric/005789/) and [Mario Hezonja](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/mario-hezonja/003108/). Nunn is now ahead of this pack.

Moreover, Nunn's 21 points tied for the highest individual score ever in a quarter. Before him, [Toney Douglas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/toney-douglas/008152/) scored 21 points in the fourth quarter for [Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/anadolu-efes-istanbul/roster/ist/?season=2017-18) against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul on [January 19, 2018](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/game-center/2017-18/anadolu-efes-istanbul-fenerbahce-dogus-istanbul/E2017/149/#boxscore). Fenerbahce won the game 84-89.

Nunn hit seven three-pointers in the first quarter. An all-time record!

Nunn sets EuroLeague record

Panathinaikos shattered its club record for most points in the first quarter, besting the 33 points it had [against Khimki Moscow Region](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/game-center/2018-19/panathinaikos-opap-athens-khimki-moscow-region/E2018/183/#boxscore) in the 2018-19 season.

Nunn finished the game with a career-high 39 points, 7 rebounds and a personal-best PIR of 37. It was his first 30+ point game in the competition: his previous scoring best was [29 against FC Barcelona](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/panathinaikos-wins-thriller-against-barcelona-90-89/) two weeks ago. He missed a chance to set the club record for most points in a game. [Tyrese Rice](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/tyrese-rice/003367/) still holds the record with 41 points in a 99-93 home win against Olympiacos Piraeus on [December 6, 2019](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/game-center/2019-20/panathinaikos-opap-athens-olympiacos-piraeus/E2019/107/#boxscore). It was this season's most points scored in a game, too.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He is… INEVITABLE! 🤯<a href="https://twitter.com/nunnbetter_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nunnbetter_</a> scored 39 points with EIGHT 3pointers! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeTheGreens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeTheGreens</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/paobcaktor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#paobcaktor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveTheGreenMagic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LiveTheGreenMagic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Club1908?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Club1908</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OneClubOneApp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OneClubOneApp</a> <a href="https://t.co/UzDHDz3xkq">pic.twitter.com/UzDHDz3xkq</a></p>&mdash; Panathinaikos BC (@Paobcgr) <a href="https://twitter.com/Paobcgr/status/1869134924445597929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Milan arrived to OAKA on a six-game winning streak but was overwhelmed, especially in the first and fourth quarters. Panathinaikos outrebounded Milan 40-21, made 17 of 32 three-pointers (53.1%) and had 26 assists, 11 more than its opponent. After the game, Nunn celebrated his great performances, but said that he believes that the best is yet to come.

"We needed that one. We needed that energy, that spark, and we are moving in the right direction. We are in a double week- We are going to take this victory and shelve it, and we got another one on Thursday," Nunn said. "It was a statement night. We started off defensively very well and that's what ignites our offense. So we keep that up, we will be good."

Milan head coach [Ettore Messina](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/ea7-emporio-armani-milan/mil/messina-ettore/) joked about the fact that Nunn was suspended in Round 15 and had a career-best performances against his team.

"Hopefully, if you pass me the joke, next time we play \[against\] Nunn, we hope that the EuroLeague doesn't make him nervous with suspension or whatever because man, he was all over the place tonight," Messina said. "So congratulations to them, and we move on."

The guard was magnificent in the first quarter to set the tone for Panathinaikos 

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2024-12-17T19:15:00.000Z)

Panathinaikos BC guard Kendrick Nunn spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Olimpia Milano in Round 16 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Kendrick Nunn: 'We needed that energy, that spark'

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens guard Kendrick Nunn spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in Round 16 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz forward Chima Moneke spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Maccabi Tel Aviv BC in Round 16 of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

Chima Moneke: 'This is our best win of the season'

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz forward Chima Moneke spoke to EuroLeague TV after his team beat Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in Round 16 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv v Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (2024-12-17T19:05:00.000Z)

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

LDLC ASVEL rallied in the second half to stun KK Partizan 79-82 at Belgrade Arena on Tuesday night and grab its first road win of the 2024-25 EuroLeague season.

ASVEL stuns Partizan for first road win, 79-82

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne rallied in the second half to stun Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade 79-82 at Belgrade Arena on Tuesday night. This was ASVEL's first road win of the season and it saw the team improve to a 7-9 record, the same as Partizan, which had its five-game winning streak snapped.

Partizan led 51-42 in the third quarter, but ASVEL netted 7 three-pointers on 8 attempts in the third quarter to take a 65-66 lead, and it never trailed the rest of the way. Theo Maledon paced the winners with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Joffrey Lauvergne collected 17 points plus 9 rebounds, Nando De Colo scored 14 and Melvin Ajinca added 10 for ASVEL. Duane Washington had 22 points and 8 assists for Partizan, Tyrique Jones had 16 points and Sterling Brown scored 15 in a losing effort.

Lauvergne and Maledon scored all of ASVEL's points in a game-opening 2-11 run, including Maleon's triple. Koprivica ignited Partizan with a pair of dunks and a block, while a triple apiece from Brown and Isaac Bonga got the hosts within 14-16. The hosts went in front 20-19 on a fast-break dunk from Brown, but Lauvergne continued troubling Partizan in the paint and a three-pointer from Melvin Ajinca got ASVEL a 21-24 lead after 10 minutes.

Neal Sako dominated inside in the opening moments of the second quarter, stringing together 7 points to open a 22-31 lead. But Tyrique Jones and Washington had back-to-back three-point plays, and Washington remained hot, scoring four times taking the ball to the rim. His basket put Partizan up 38-37, then his floater and a triple to finish the half made it 45-39 at the break.

Tyrique Jones and Washington extended the margin to 51-42, but back-to-back threes from Maledon and Paris Lee started ASVEL's rally. Another triple from Maledon cut the deficit to 53-51. Bonga nailed a triple for the hosts, but Maledon had a layup high off the glass and De Colo netted a three to tie the game at 58-58. Brown answered with a three-pointer, but ASVEL ended the quarter with back-to-back threes from De Colo and Ajinca, the latter being a buzzer-beater to give the visitors a 65-66 lead after 30 minutes.

De Colo with a jumper and Lauvergne with a tip-in opened 65-70. Brown hit a triple to make it a single-point game, but Lauvegne had another tip-in and Maledon beat the shot clock with a corner triple to give the visitor 69-75 margin. Washington took it to the rim, but Sako scored after another offensive rebound. Tyrique Jones's dunk made it 73-77 with 4:35 to go, but teams did not make another field goal until Carlik Jones made a jumper with 1:43 left and 76-78. Partizan had a possession to tie, but Carlik Jones missed a jumper, only for De Colo to hit a second-chance step-back with 12.6 seconds left, as ASVEL pulled out a win.

Zalgiris Kaunas extended its winning streak to three games as it defeated ALBA Berlin 66-86 on the road

Zalgiris brushes past ALBA, 66-86, for third straight win

Zalgiris Kaunas extended its winning streak to three games as it defeated ALBA Berlin 66-86 on the road. Zalgiris took control of the game with a 2-22 run spanning the first two quarters to improve to 10-6 including 4-4 away from home.

Sylvain Francisco paced the Lithuanian side with 16 points while Lonnie Walker tallied 13 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists for Zalgiris, which has won two straight road games after a previous three-game road losing skid. ALBA has now lost three in a row and six of its last seven for a 3-13 record. David McCormack scored a career-high 19 points and Yanni Wetzell added 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in the loss.

Zalgiris got on the board first and twice was evened by ALBA before Francisco converted a three-point play and three-pointer for a 7-12 early cushion. Deividas Sirvydis and Brady Manek sandwiched triples around 4 Ignas Brazdeikis points in a 0-12 run over the final 4:17 minutes of the first quarter for a 10-24 Zalgiris lead.

Zalgiris scored the first 4 points of the second quarter to increase the run to 0-16 to go up 10-28. After Trevion Williams ended ALBA’s 6-minute scoreless drought, Manek and Walker went back-to-back from deep and the advantage swelled to 12-34. Dovydas Giedraitis’s three-point play had Zalgiris still up 20-41 before ALBA scored 8 straight points for a 28-41 gap. Zalgiris led 30-45 at the break.

ALBA started the second half in good fashion with the first 6 points to make it a single-digit deficit at 36-45. Zalgiris needed more than 2 minutes to score but had the next 6 points to re-establish a 15-point gap. The Zalgiris defense was back up to speed and triples by Sirvydis and Francisco made it 42-63. Manek added a third three-pointer and the score was 46-69 after 30 minutes.

Zalgiris did not let ALBA really cut into the margin in the final frame, leading 49-75. Not even a quick 5 points to make it 54-72 with 5 minutes left helped. The hosts did not get closer than 17 points the rest of the way.

Zalgiris's offense is slowly waking up with three straight 85-plus point showings in victories 

FC Barcelona defeated Fenerbahce Beko 90-63 in Round 16's Rivalry Series game, spoiling Saras Jasikevicius's first return to Palau Blaugrana in the process.

Kevin Punter shines as Barcelona steamrolls Fenerbahce, 90-63

FC Barcelona gave its under-pressure head coach Joan Penarroya some breathing space and improved to 9-7 in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with a 90-63 home drubbing of Saras Jasikevicius’s Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (10-6) on the back of a game-high 25 points from Kevin Punter.

Justin Anderson was perfect from the floor and the foul line as he added 18 points for the home team while Jabari Parker chipped in with 15 points and 7 boards, as Barcelona hit top gear in the second half after carving out a 44-37 lead in the first.

Barca gained the upper hand in the first quarter, 20-12, thanks to ironclad defense which saw Fenerbahce struggle from all over, shooting 3 of 10 from inside and 2 of 7 from deep in the wake of the home side’s aggressive half-court pressure.

The visitors conjured a 0-8 run to slash the deficit to 24-22 early in the second but then suffered a blow as Wade Baldwin limped off the court with what looked like a recurring hamstring injury, leaving Fenerbahce’s already shorthanded unit decimated.

Having led 44-37 at halftime, Barcelona duly took advantage and raced clear in the third quarter as Punter, who finished the first half on 10 points, added another 8 including a pair of early three-pointers from the baseline. The hosts were in cruise control, 65-53, ahead of the final 10 minutes before romping away with some spectacular plays down the stretch.

There was no way back for Fenerbahce in the fourth as Punter nailed the opening 5 points of the quarter for Barca and the writing was on the wall for the visitors after an 8-0 run gave the home team an unassailable 75-57 lead in the closing stages.

There was even time for the jugular in the dying minutes as Punter facilitated a pair of monster dunks for Anderson, putting the icing on the cake for the *Azulgrana*.

The guard led the charge as the Spanish giant ran riot in the second half

Real Madrid ended its three-game losing streak by beating Paris Basketball 85-96 on Tuesday night at Adidas Arena

Real Madrid defeats Shorts-less Paris, 85-96

Real Madrid ended its three-game losing streak by beating Paris Basketball 85-96 on Tuesday night at Adidas Arena. With their top scorer and best assist producer, TJ Shorts, missing out due to illness, the hosts saw Real Madrid lead for the last 32 minutes of the duel despite Maodo Lo stepping up big time in his teammate's absence. With the win, *Los Blancos* improved to 7-9, with Paris dropping to 11-5.

Facundo Campazzo paced Real Madrid with 19 points, Mario Hezonja scored 17, Dzanan Musa had 12 and Gabriel Deck added 11. Alberto Abalde and Walter Tavares netted 10 points each, with the latter completing a double-double by recording 14 rebounds. Lo led all scorers with a season-high 30 points, but it wasn’t enough. Nadir Hifi scored 21 points and Collin Malcolm had 11 in a losing effort.

Lo opened the scoring with a layup before triples from both Tyson Ward and the Paris guard gave the hosts an 8-2 lead. Then, Lo and Eli Ndiaye traded buckets before 4 points by Musa brought Real Madrid within 10-9. Hifi opened his account from inside, but Andres Feliz responded with a basket off the glass before Tavares put the visitors ahead with an alley-oop slam, 12-13. After Hifi nailed one from deep, Abalde scored inside and Campazzo drained a corner triple for a 15-18 cushion. Then, Hezonja and Campazzo netted from deep before the latter nailed a layup to make it 17-26 after 10 minutes.

A Collin Malcolm bucket was followed by another triple from Hezonja for Real Madrid’s first double-digit lead, 19-29. Ward drilled one from downtown before setting up Malcolm for a three-point play that cut the deficit to 25-29. But Hezonja’s long two was followed by Campazzo’s third triple of the night to restore a 25-34 lead. A three-point play from Kevarrius Hayes and a couple of Hifi free throws cut the difference to 30-34. Hezonja nailed another three, but Malcolm scored inside to bring Paris within 36-37. Campazzo responded with a three-point play before back-to-back triples from Sergio Llull restored a 38-46 lead. Triples from Hifi and Lo were followed by an off-balance jumper from the former and a buzzer-beating layup from the latter, who trimmed the deficit to 48-52 at the break.

Lo and Hayes netted inside to tie it, but Abalde hit a corner three to put Real Madrid back in front, 53-55. Four straight layups from Musa allowed the visitors to pull away, 58-65. Paris was held scoreless for 5-and-a-half minutes before Lo converted twice inside to trim the deficit to 62-68. After Leopold Cavaliere netted a triple, a buzzer-beating jumper from Hifi brought Paris within 67-70 heading into the closing quarter.

Lo drilled a triple to take his tally to 26 points and tied it for Paris. Yet, Feliz and Gabriel Deck responded from inside before a triple by Llull and a dunk from Tavares extended Real Madrid’s lead to 73-80. A bucket from Lo was followed by a triple by Hifi. Campazzo replied with a three-point play on the other end to set a 78-83 lead. Then, Hezonja netted 5 unanswered points before 3 free throws from Deck sealed it for the visitors. 

The win snapped Los Blancos’s three-game slide

Lonnie Walker feeds Laurynas Birutis, who races down the lane for the monster dunk.

 Birutis skies for the dunk! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night

 Lonnie Walker feeds Laurynas Birutis, who races down the lane for the monster dunk.