Basketball
Europa League. Pao beat Virtus, Barcelona beat Valencia
Five matches of the regular season in the Euroleague were played on Friday, November 17.
Greek Panathinaikos managed to defeat Italian Virtus in the leading group. Barcelona won the Spanish derby, which turned out to be stronger than Valencia.
Europa League. regular season
Zalgiris – Bayern – 74:73 (25:18, 16:25, 21:18, 12:12)
Zalgiris: Šmits (16), Evans (11), Giedraitis (2), Butkevicius (2), Hayes (0) – start; Dimsha (14), Lekavicius (11), Birutis (10 + 9 rebounds), Ulanovas (8), Mitrou-Long (0), Manek (0).
Bayern: Bolmaro (12 + 5 losses), Booker (8), Edwards (6), Giffey (3), Gillespie (0) – starts; Ibaka (20 + 7 rebounds), Wyler-Babb (11 + 7 rebounds), Kharchenkov (4), Brankovic (4), Francisco (3), Wimberg (2).
Lyon-Villeurbanne – Basque Country – 81:88 (30:20, 19:22, 16:31, 16:15)
Lyon-Villeurbanne: Lauvergne (16 + 9 rebounds), Ly (12), Luwavou-Cabarrot (10 + 8 assists), Lighty (6), Fall (6) – start; Scott (22), Egbunu (4), Yaakov (3), Kayudi (2 + 7 rebounds), Jackson (0).
Baskonia: Howard (35), Costello (16), Diez (6), Cotsar (4), Miller-McIntyre (2) – start; Moneke (19 + 13 rebounds + 6 assists), Raieste (4), Chiozza (2 + 6 assists), Mannion (0).
Panathinaikos – Virtus – 90:76 (21:15, 24:27, 17:21, 28:13)
Panathinaikos: Mitoglou (24 + 10 rebounds), Nunn (11), Balcerovski (10), Grant (7 + 7 assists + 5 steals), Grigonis (6) – start; Sloukas (11), Wildosa (11), Lessor (10 + 9 rebounds), P. Kalaitsakis (0), Mandzoukas (0), K. Antetokounmpo (0).
Virtus: Belinelli (20), Shengelia (17 + 11 rebounds), Hackett (7), Dunston (6), Cordinier (2) – start; Payola (7), Smith (6), Lundberg (5), Abass (4), Keycock (2), Dobrich (0).
Barcelona – Valencia – 74:70 (25:16, 12:17, 17:19, 20:18)
Barcelona: Vesely (17), Satoranski (9), Laprovittola (7), Kalinic (7), da Silva (0) – start; Abrines (12), Parker (9 + 7 rebounds), Hernangomez (9), Yokubaitis (2), Parra (2), Nnaji (0).
Valencia: Jones (15), Ojeleye (8), Toure (4), Ruvers (2), Puerto (2) – start; Inglis (13 + 5 turnovers), Lopez-Arostegui (10 + 7 rebounds), Jovic (6), Davis (5), Claver (3), Pradilla (2), Ferrando (0).
Partizan – Alba – 89:74 (18:20, 25:20, 22:15, 24:19)
Partizan: Nunnally (14 + 6 assists), Leday (14), Kaminski (9), Trifunovic (2), Naughty (0) – start; Avramovic (20), Andjusic (16), Caboclo (7), Dozier (5), Ponitka (2), Vukcevic (0).
Alba: Tiemann (21), Olinde (10 + 9 rebounds), Brown (8), Kumadje (8), Delov (0 + 6 assists) – start; Schneider (12), Whetzell (6), Samar (4), Procida (3), Thomas (2), Mattissek (0).
Tournament rankings
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.
