Basketball
Europa League. Barcelona won in Turkey, Olympiacos beat Bayern
On December 8, the thirteenth round of the regular season of Europe’s most prestigious club basketball tournament took place. On the second match day Europa League six matches were played.
The match day started with Monaco’s victory over local giants Zalgiris in Lithuania. Spanish Barcelona and Baskonia, Greek Olympiacos and Italian Virtus recorded victories on their home soil. Valencia beat ASVEL in France.
Europa League. Regular season, round 13. 8 December.
Zalgiris – Monaco – 79:83 (19:23, 18:23, 22:11, 20:26)
Zalgiris: Shmits (13 + 11 rebounds), Evans (10 + 7 assists), Ulanovas (10), Giedraitis (8), Hayes (6) – start; Dimsha (14), Sumner (9), Birutis (6 + 7 rebounds), Lavrinovicius (3).
Monaco: James (25 + 8 rebounds), Blossomgame (13), Strazel (3), Brown (2), Motiejunas (0) – start; Okobo (12), Diallo (11), Cornely (9), Hall (4), Jete (4), Walker (0).
Olympiakos – Bayern – 77:69 (24:8, 17:21, 13:15, 23:25)
Olympiacos: Walkup (14 + 7 assists), Peters (14 + 7 rebounds), Kanan (8), Papanikolaou (8), Fall (7) – start; Larenzakis (13), Milutinov (12), Sikma (1), Luntzis (0), McKissick (0), Brazdeikis (0).
Bayern: Edwards (11), Bonga (6), Brankovic (5), Booker (4), Giffey (0) – start; Francisco (10), Wyler-Babb (9), Harris (8), Weidemann (5), Kharchenkov (4), Gillespie (4), Radoncic (3).
Virtus – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 100:90 (28:29, 21:20, 29:23, 22:18)
Virtus: Shengelia (27 + 8 rebounds), Hackett (12 + 8 assists), Dunston (9), Cordinier (5), Dobrich (4) – start; Belinelli (22), Smith (10), Lundberg (6), Mickey (5), Keycock (0).
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Brown (26), Baldwin (20), Colson (10), Nibo (7 + 9 rebounds), J. Cohen (2) – start; Sorkin (8), Rivero (6), Cleveland (5), Blatt (3), Menko (3).
Baskonia – Red Star – 87:85 (26:18, 26:25, 15:19, 20:23)
Baskonia: Sedekerskis (18 + 8 rebounds), Marinkovic (9), Cotsar (6), Miller-McIntyre (4 + 12 assists), Diez (2) – start; Howard (17), Moneke (15 + 9 rebounds), Rongavopoulos (14), Chiozza (2), Rayeste (0), Diop (0).
Red Star: Bolomboy (14), Teodosic (13 + 6 assists), Nedovic (7), Lazarevic (2), Davidovac (0) – start; Giedraitis (24), Lazic (9), Mitrovic (8 + 16 rebounds + 7 assists), Toby (5), dos Santos (3).
Barcelona – Fenerbahce – 89:81 (16:19, 22:31, 25:14, 26:17)
Barcelona: Laprovittola (15), Satoranski (12 + 6 assists), Vesely (12), Kalinic (7), da Silva (0) – start; Hernangomez (21 + 9 rebounds), Parra (8), Parker (8), Yokubaitis (3), Abrines (3), Brizuela (0).
Fenerbahce: Hayes (18), Motley (15), Pierre (5), Guduric (4), Calathes (0) – start; Dorsey (13 + 7 assists), Wilbekin (10), Shanly (7), Madar (6), Biberovich (3), Sestina (0).
ASVEL – Valencia – 55:78 (23:18, 10:17, 8:18, 14:25)
ASVEL: Lauvergne (13 + 8 rebounds), Luwawu-Cabarrot (12), Lee (7 + 7 assists), Lighty (4), Fall (4 + 7 rebounds) – start; De Colo (9), Kayudi (4), Egbunu (2), Jackson (0), Scott (0 + 7 rebounds).
Valencia: Ojeleye (16), Jones (14), Puerto (8), Davis (8), Inglis (7 + 8 rebounds) – starter; Toure (7 + 4 blocked shots), Harper (6), Robertson (5), Rouvers (5), Jovic (2), Claver (0), Pradilla (0).
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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.
