Basketball
Europa League. Real defeated Virtus, Baskonia won from Olympiacos
On November 10, the seventh round of the regular season of Europe’s prestigious club basketball tournament took place. Six matches were played on the first day of the Euroleague.
Baskonia grabbed victory on Olympiacos’ home field thanks to a last-second strike from Cody Miller-McIntyre. Anadolu Efes put the finishing touches on Zalgiris in overtime. Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Bayern, while Serbian Partizan defeated Fenerbahce.
Real Madrid and Italian Milan achieved convincing victories at home.
Europa League. Regular season, 7th round. 10 November.
Olympiacos – Baskonia – 74:75 (26:20, 9:30, 25:17, 14:8)
Olympiacos: Kanan (23), Peters (22 + 8 rebounds), Fall (10 + 7 rebounds + 7 assists), Papanikolaou (6), Walkup (0) – start; Larenzakis (7), Williams-Goss (4), Brazdeikis (2), Luntzis (0), Milutinov (0).
Baskonia: Sedekerskis (12 + 13 rebounds), Howard (11), Costello (7), Miller-McIntyre (4), Rayeste (2) – start; Moneke (20), Marinkovic (10), Chiozza (5), Cotsar (4).
Anadolu Efes – Zalgiris – 86:82 Overtime (13:14, 25:12, 13:20, 23:28, 12:8)
Anadolu Efes: Thompson (17), Larkin (14), Willis (11 + 10 rebounds), Zizic (6), Yılmaz (2) – start; Clyburn (20 + 7 rebounds), Jones (11), Beaubois (5), Hollatz (0), Osmani (0).
Zalgiris: Evans (20), Šmits (16 + 7 rebounds), Hayes (13), Ulanovas (4 + 6 assists), Giedraitis (3) – start; Dimsha (15), Manek (6), Butkevicius (3), Birutis (2), Lekavicius (0), Mitrou-Long (0).
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Bayern – 93:90 (17:19, 29:25, 25:19, 22:27)
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Colson (19), Brown (13 + 7 assists), Baldwin (12 + 6 losses), Nibo (7), J. Cohen (5) – starts; Rivero (12), Blatt (11), Webb (8), Cleveland (4), Sorkin (2), DiBartolomeo (0).
Bayern: Ibaka (16), Booker (11), Bonga (8), Obst (7), Wyler-Babb (5) – starter; Edwards (17), Bolmaro (12 + 5 losses), Francisco (7), Giffey (4), Brankovic (3), Harris (0), Gillespie (0).
Partizan-Fenerbahçe-85:84 (23:27, 24:29, 16:13, 22:15)
Partisan: Kaminski (15), Nunnally (13), Naughty (5), Dozier (5), Leday (2 + 7 rebounds) – starter; Smailagic (13), Andjusic (9), Vukcevic (8), Avramovic (7), Trifunovic (6), Ponitka (2).
Fenerbahce: Hayes (23), Dorsey (18), Motley (11), Sestina (4), Madar (2) – start; Biberovich (10), Wilbekin (9), Papayannis (7), Mahmutoğlu (0), Hazer (0).
Milan – Valencia – 83:52 (23:12, 21:19, 20:8, 19:13)
Milan: Mirotic (19 + 7 rebounds), Law (10 + 6 assists), Poythress (8 + 7 rebounds), Melli (3), Shields (0) – start; Voigtmann (9), Hall (7), Flaccadori (7), Tonut (6), Hines (6), Bortolani (5), Ricci (3).
Valencia: Davis (9 + 7 rebounds + 5 losses), Lopez-Arostegui (6), Inglis (6), Ojeleye (5), Jovic (2) – start; Harper (10), Ruvers (8), Ferrando (3), Puerto (2), Pradilla (1), Robertson (0), Claver (0).
Truth – Virtus – 100:74 (26:27, 27:10, 15:14, 32:23)
Real Madrid: Campazzo (18 + 11 assists), Tavares (17 + 7 rebounds), Ara (11), Musa (10), Kozyur (10) – start; Yabusele (16 + 7 rebounds), Hezonja (9), Poirier (5), Sergio Yul (2), Rodriguez (1), Rudy Fernandez (1).
Virtus: Belinelli (15), Shengelia (12), Dunston (9), Cordinier (7), Payola (2 + 7 assists) – start; Hackett (9), Miki (8), Smith (7), Dobrich (5), Lundberg (0), Abass (0).
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
