Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 2020-21 regular season

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Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 2020-21 regular season

April 11, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Sasha Vezenkov, Olympiacos Piraeus A winning effort in his team's final game of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season allowed Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Piraeus to earn his second MVP of the Week honor in the last month. Vezenkov led Olympiacos to an 82-75 victory with a performance index rating of 31, his second-best mark in 150 career EuroLeague games. He only had a higher PIR last month against ALBA Berlin in Round 30 , when he won his first weekly MVP honor. Vezenkov finished Friday's game with 20 points on 6-for-8 two-point shooting and 11 rebounds – including a career-high 9 defensive boards – plus an assist, a steal, and 4 fouls drawn. Iffe Lundberg of CSKA Moscow led his team to an 88-70 home victory against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne with a PIR of 30, this week's second-best total. Appearing in only his ninth game in the competition, Lundberg came off the bench to score 23 points, making 5 of 7 two-point shots and 3 of 5 three-pointers. He also had 4 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Nicolas Laprovittola of Real Madrid and Thomas Walkup of Zalgiris Kaunas had PIRs of 29 this week. Read more here.



April 8, 2021 - Round 34 The incredibly competitive nature of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season is underlined by the fact that several playoff qualification matters still have to be settled as we head into the final round of the regular season. With six of the eight playoffs places already taken, four teams – Real Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, TD System Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and Valencia Basket – are competing for the remaining two slots. Read more here. FC Barcelona vs. FC Bayern Munich 72-82 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 98-75 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Khimki Moscow Region 82-75 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 86-69 Valencia Basket vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 86-81 ALBA Berlin vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 81-58 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Real Madrid 67-93 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 93-78 CSKA Moscow vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 88-70



April 5, 2021 - MVP for March: Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona March was an important month for FC Barcelona as it became the first team to qualify for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs and then the first to secure home-court advantage for those best-of-five quarterfinals. Star power forward Nikola Mirotic was at the center of it all, which made him the natural choice as the Euroleague Basketball MVP of March. Mirotic was unstoppable throughout the month, leading the competition in PIR with 26.8 per game while helping Barcelona beat Panathinaikos OPAP Athens, Real Madrid and AX Armani Exchange Milan on the road, as well as TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and ALBA Berlin at home. Mirotic showed relentless effort throughout the month, posting a PIR of at least 22 in each of his team's six games and matching his season high of 34 in Barcelona's only loss in March, on the road at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in overtime. The MVP of the Month honor is now in its 17th season. Although statistics and performance index ratings are taken into consideration for the award, they alone do not determine who is honored. Read more here.



April 4, 2021 - Co-MVPs of the Week: Mickey, Khimki and Polonara, Baskonia The final double-round week of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season saw two players, Jordan Mickey of Khimki Moscow Region and Achille Polonara of TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, finish as weekly co-MVPs, both earning that honor for the first time in their respective careers. Mickey and Polonara set new career highs with performance index ratings of 36 each, the best among players on winning teams in Round 32 and Round 33. Polonara paced Baskonia's 82-97 road win at Panathinaikos in Round 32 with 22 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. He made 3 of 5 two-point shots and knocked down a career-best 5 three-pointers on 6 attempts. Mickey played 44 minutes in Khimki's 87-85 overtime win over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, also in Round 32. He scored 28 points on 9-for-15 two-point shooting to go with 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 9 fouls drawn. The highest PIR of the week belonged to ASVEL's Guerschon Yabusele, who had a PIR of 37 in that overtime loss to Khimki. Yabusele collected 24 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and drew 10 fouls. Read more here.



March 31, 2021 - Round 33 Real Madrid vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 72-63 FC Bayern Munich vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 71-70 ALBA Berlin vs. Valencia Basket 86-90 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. FC Barcelona 73-82 Zenit St Petersburg vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 87-53 CSKA Moscow vs. Khimki Moscow Region 97-72 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 101-111 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 76-64 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 86-83



March 30, 2021 - Round 32 Something special is happening when 18 teams have played exactly 89.9% of their 306 regular season games against each other and 11 of them are still fighting tooth-and-nail for something tangible. In the case of Barcelona, the only team qualified to the playoffs, having already clinched home-court advantage, as well, the last goal of the regular season is to nail down first place. Read more here. Valencia Basket vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 79-88 FC Bayern Munich vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 68-77 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. ALBA Berlin 96-86 Khimki Moscow Region vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 87-85 Real Madrid vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 83-108 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. FC Barcelona 99-94 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 82-97 Zenit St Petersburg vs. CSKA Moscow 74-86 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 72-93



March 27, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Vasilije Micic, Anadolu Efes Istanbul A near-perfect shooting performance in a no-doubt-about-it victory has made Vasilije Micic of Anadolu Efes the MVP of the Week for the third time this season and the sixth time in his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career. Micic led Efes to an 85-65 home win against Panathinaikos OPAP Athens with 21 points as he made 7 of 8 two-pointers, 1 of 2 three-pointers and each of his 4 free throw attempts. Micic added 7 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 4 fouls drawn for a PIR of 30, the highest this week in a winning effort. Nigel Hayes of Zalgiris Kaunas matched Micic with a PIR of 30 in his team's 81-88 home loss against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Hayes had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 5 fouls drawn against Maccabi. Three players followed Micic and Hayes with PIRs of 28 each. That figure matched a career high for Achille Polonara in TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz's important 86-69 home win over AX Armani Exchange Milan. Polonara had another personal best with 13 rebounds to go along with 17 points, 4 assists and a steal. Nikola Mirotic scored a season-high 26 points in leading FC Barcelona to an 80-67 home win over ALBA Berlin that was good enough to clinch home-court advantage in the playoffs. Read more here.



March 25, 2021 - Round 31 Going into Round 31 of the regular season, with just three games left to play for most teams, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague faces the unprecedented situation of still having to decide seven of its eight playoff qualifiers. At this point in the last four fully round-robin seasons, by the time more than 85% of all games were complete, at least three playoff berths had been filled. And after one more round had been played, at least five playoff teams were known. Read more here. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 86-69 FC Barcelona vs. ALBA Berlin 80-67 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 71-76 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 81-88 Khimki Moscow Region vs. Zenit St Petersburg 70-91 Valencia Basket vs. FC Bayern Munich 83-76 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Real Madrid 71-74 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 85-65 CSKA Moscow vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 87-72



March 21, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Sasha Vezenkov, Olympiacos Piraeus Sasha Vezenkov set four career highs on Thursday night while leading Olympiacos Piraeus to an 80-84 road win against ALBA Berlin, keeping the Reds in the playoff hunt while earning the first weekly MVP honor of his six-year Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career. Vezenkov's personal bests came in points (31), three-pointers made (6 of 7), defensive rebounds (8) and performance index rating (41), which shattered his previous high of 26 and came just 1 shy of Olympiacos single-game PIR record. The Olympiacos forward also had 2 steals, 1 block and 5 fouls drawn while making 4 of 9 two-point shots and all 5 of his free throws on Thursday. And with his 2 offensive rebounds, Vezenkov achieved the EuroLeague's first 30-point, 10-rebound double-double this season. This week's second-best PIR, 32, belonged to Jan Vesely of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, who had 21 points on 9-for-10 two-point shooting along with 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a 23-point win over Zalgiris Kaunas. CSKA Moscow's 89-96 road win over Real Madrid on Thursday produced the next two best performances. Real center Walter Tavares collected 12 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks for a PIR 31, while CSKA forward Will Clyburn had 23 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals for a PIR 30. Read more here.



March 17, 2021 - Round 30 The race for the playoffs is hotter than ever in the most competitive Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season in history and several rivals will meet head-to-head in Round 30. A huge battle will be staged on Thursday night in the Spanish capital, where two struggling giants will meet as Real Madrid (17-12) hosts CSKA Moscow (18-10). These titans of the European game, both two-time title winners in the last decade, are sore after suffering tough losses last week. Read more here. Real Madrid vs. CSKA Moscow 89-96 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. FC Barcelona March 56-72 FC Bayern Munich vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 80-79 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 82-86 Khimki Moscow Region vs. Valencia Basket 68-77 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne April 04, 2021 20:05 CET ALBA Berlin vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 80-84 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 84-61 Zenit St Petersburg vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 75-79



March 14, 2021 - Co-MVPs of the Week: Kevin Punter, Milan and Peyton Siva, ALBA Kevin Punter of AX Armani Exchange Milan and Peyton Siva of ALBA Berlin led their respective teams to road victories on Thursday and, in the process, share their first career weekly MVP award by accumulating the highest performance index rating among winning players in Round 29. Punter scored a career-high 32 points in a 76-84 win over CSKA Moscow, netting 4 of 7 two-point shots, 5 of 9 triples and all 9 of his free throws. He also added a rebound, an assist, a steal and drew 4 fouls for a PIR of 28. Siva accumulated that same PIR, a career-high for him, after scoring a personal-best 21 points. He went 3-for-5 on two-pointers, 3-for-6 from deep and made 6 perfect free throws. Siva also had 7 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 5 fouls drawn. FC Bayern Munich big man Jalen Reynolds had a career-high PIR of 34, the highest of all players this week, but that came in a 78-71 loss at TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Reynolds scored 18 points on 8-for-11 two-point shooting, pulled down 10 rebounds, dished a career-high 7 assists, and had 2 steals. Read more here.



March 11, 2021 - Round 29 Round 29 is headlined by a clásico with major ramifications for the playoffs race, along with plenty more must-win games as the action heats up in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. After mounting a two-victory lead atop the standings, FC Barcelona (20-8) in Round 29 becomes the first team with a chance to qualify for this season's EuroLeague Playoffs. And if that is not compelling enough, Barcelona also needs a road win at archrival Real Madrid (17-11) to keep that possibility alive. Read more here. Valencia Basket vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 66-52 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. FC Bayern Munich 78-71 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Zenit St Petersburg 75-61 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 89-62 Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona 76-81 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. ALBA Berlin 89-95 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Khimki Moscow Region 92-81 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 81-63 CSKA Moscow vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 76-84



March 6, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Marcus Eriksson, ALBA Berlin Marcus Eriksson was on fire as ALBA Berlin downed Khimki Moscow Region 81-100 in their Round 28 clash on Friday, not only tying the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague record with 10 made triples, but also earning the MVP of the Week honor. Eriksson scored a career-high and ALBA club-record 36 points, knocking down 10 of 13 three-point shots and 1 of 3 two-pointers. He also collected 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and had 3 drawn fouls for a performance index rating of 41, another career-best for his first weekly MVP award. The second-best performance this week belonged to Jan Vesely, who flirted with a triple-double while leading Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul to a 92-100 road win in a highly entertaining Round 27 game at Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan. Vesely collected 13 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 8 assists for a performance index rating of 35. Wade Baldwin IV of Bayern Munich had a PIR 34 in Thursday's come-from-behind 76-71 win over Panathinaikos OPAP Athens. Baldwin netted 27 points along with 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals. Next, with a PIR of 31, was Khimki's Jordan Mickey, who collected 29 points plus 9 rebounds and 2 steals in a Round 28 loss against ALBA. Read more here.



March 4, 2021 - Round 28 FC Barcelona vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 71-57 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 86-90 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 94-79 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 64-69 Khimki Moscow Region vs. ALBA Berlin 81-100 FC Bayern Munich vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 76-71 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Valencia Basket 84-72 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. CSKA Moscow 100-70 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Real Madrid 71-75



March 2, 2021 - Round 27 March gets off to a fast and furious start as the first week of the month is bursting with 18 games as Rounds 27 and 28 bring the race for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs towards its climax. Tuesday will be an emotional night for Nick Calathes as the FC Barcelona (18-8) point guard makes his first return trip to play his former club, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens (9-15). Read more here. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 91-66 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 92-100 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 85-75 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. FC Bayern Munich 76-78 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. CSKA Moscow 80-84 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. FC Barcelona 77-85 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Valencia Basket 99-83 Zenit St Petersburg vs. ALBA Berlin 87-71 Khimki Moscow Region vs. Real Madrid 78-77



March 1, 2021 - MVP for February: Nikola Kalinic, Valencia Basket Having struggled to start 2021, Valencia Basket faced three higher-ranked teams in February who could have easily prolonged its problems. Thanks in large part to the relentless efforts of forward Nikola Kalinic, Euroleague Basketball's choice as MVP of February, Valencia instead aced those three games to reassert itself in the super-hot Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs race. From his swing forward position, Kalinic led Valencia in scoring, assists and performance index rating to help knock off CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid and Zenit St Petersburg, top-five teams as the month started. The former continental champion, now in his seventh EuroLeague season, reached two of his career-highs in February. His consistency and versatility throughout the month were everything that Valencia needed to shake off a potentially fatal spell of losing and reposition itself for a strong run at the playoffs. The MVP of the Month honor is now in its 17th season. Although statistics and performance index ratings are taken into consideration for the award, they alone do not determine who is honored. The winner is named by Euroleague Basketball based on his and his team's performance during the month in question. Kalinic has not only won the MVP of the Month honor for the first time in his career, but is also the first such honoree in Valencia's six EuroLeague seasons to date. Read more here.



February 28, 2021 - MVP of the week: Vasilije Micic, Anadolu Efes Istanbul With a dominant performance to lead Anadolu Efes Istanbul to a resounding 32-point road win over city rival Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul on Friday, point guard Vasilije Micic earned the fifth weekly MVP award of his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career. Micic netted a career-high 37 points, making 4 of 6 two-point shots and then setting a pair of club records by making 6 three points and 11 free throws without a miss. He also compiled 5 assists, 3 steals and 8 fouls drawn for a career-best performance index rating of 44. Micic was followed at a distance by Jordan Mickey of Khimki Moscow Region and his 29 PIR in a road loss against AX Armani Exchange Milan. Mickey had 23 points on 9-for-16 two-point shooting, 11 rebounds, 2 steals and a block. Also with a PIR 29 was FC Barcelona big man Brandon Davies, who collected 22 points and 8 rebounds in defeat against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne. The next-best PIR, 28, belonged to Fenerbahce's Nando De Colo who had 24 points and 5 assists against Efes. Read more here.



February 25, 2021 - Round 26 The race for the playoffs continues with 11 games this week, including an early start on Monday night and a must-watch Istanbul derby. The week's action starts straight away with a rescheduled Round 5 meeting between a pair of playoffs-positioned teams as Zenit St Petersburg (14-9) hosts AX Armani Exchange Milan (16-8) on Monday night. Morale is high in both camps, after Zenit snapped a three-game losing streak with a 75-76 thriller at Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade last week, while Milan has won seven of its last eight games after hammering Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 87-68. Read more here. FC Barcelona vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 69-76 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 87-67 ALBA Berlin vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 74-65 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 74-106 Real Madrid vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 70-58 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Khimki Moscow Region 84-74 FC Bayern Munich vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 72-70 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. CSKA Moscow 74-75 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Valencia Basket 62-91



February 20, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul As the catalyst of a remarkable comeback, Shane Larkin earned the 11th MVP of the Week honor of his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career by leading Anadolu Efes Istanbul to a 76-53 home win over Olympiacos Piraeus on Thursday. Larkin's performance index rating of 32 topped all EuroLeague players this week, and his role was central in Efes recovering from a 15-point deficit to win by 23. Larkin scored 11 of his 21 points as Efes matched the third-biggest difference ever in a EuroLeague quarter by winning the second one 32-8. He also had 5 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 7 fouls drawn. Larkin now ranks second all-time in weekly MVP honors, behind only Nando De Colo, whose 31 PIR in Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul's 89-84 win over visiting ALBA Berlin was second-best for the week. De Colo pointed the way with 26 points and 8 assists as Fenerbahce stretched its winning streak to 10 games. Larkin and De Colo meet up when Fenerbahce hosts Efes in Round 26. Three players followed them with PIRs of 27 this week. Two of them were huge in first-place FC Barcelona's 86-62 thumping of Zalgiris Kaunas on Thursday. Read more here.



February 17, 2021 - Round 25 After a one-week break, Europe’s elite basketball competition returns to action with the continent’s top talents getting ready for the final stretch of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. Round 25 features several big showdowns in the race for the playoffs. The last round of games before the domestic cup break was notable for shock outcomes with all of the top four in the standings losing. That includes leader FC Barcelona (17-7), which was well beaten at home by Anadolu Efes Istanbul and will now attempt to bounce back by overcoming dangerous visiting Zalgiris Kaunas (13-10) on Thursday. Read more here. Valencia Basket vs. Real Madrid 89-78 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. FC Bayern Munich 87-79 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Zenit St Petersburg 75-76 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. ALBA Berlin 89-84 CSKA Moscow vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens FC Barcelona vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 86-62 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 87-68 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 76-53 Khimki Moscow Region vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 67-89



February 6, 2021 - Co-MVPs of the Week: Vasilije Micic, Efes, and Jalen Reynolds, Bayern By leading their respective teams to victories, Vasilije Micic of Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Jalen Reynolds of FC Bayern Munich shared MVP of the Week honors, each with a performance index rating of 30. Micic led Efes to an 86-88 road win against FC Barcelona with 26 points on 7-for-9 two-point and 9-for-12 free throw shooting. He added 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 7 fouls drawn for a PIR of 30. Reynolds helped Bayern beat ALBA Berlin 101-95 in overtime at the Audi Dome. He paced Bayern with 24 points on 10-for-15 two-point and 4-for-4 free throw shooting, adding 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals and 4 fouls drawn to amass a PIR of 30. Mike James of CSKA Moscow had the highest PIR this week, 31, but his team lost 105-103 in double-overtime against Valencia Basket. James had a career-high 37 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 7 fouls drawn. Nando De Colo of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, who had a PIR of 28, Howard Sant-Ross of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens and Johannes Voigtmann of CSKA, each with a PIR of 27, complete the top individual performances this week. Read more here.



February 4, 2021 - Round 24 Round 24 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague is headlined by one of the most famous fixtures in European basketball as local rivals Olympiacos Piraeus and Panathinaikos OPAP Athens go head to head. CSKA Moscow (16-7) is facing one of its toughest situations in many years as it heads into Thursday's testing road trip to Valencia Basket (11-12). The reigning champion, despite occupying second place in the standings, has lost four of its last six games after going down at home to FC Bayern Munich last week. That was an even more costly defeat as it also saw the loss of star center Nikola Milutlinov, who is set to miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. Read more here. Real Madrid vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 64-84 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 78-69 FC Bayern Munich vs. ALBA Berlin 101-95 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 77-88 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Zenit St Petersburg 92-84 Valencia Basket vs. CSKA Moscow 105-103 FC Barcelona vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 86-88 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Khimki Moscow Region Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade



February 1, 2021 - MVP for January: Jan Vesely, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul The first month of 2021 was one to remember for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and its iconic veteran center, Jan Vesely, who is EuroLeague Basketball's choice for MVP in January. Fenerbahce's rise through the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague standings last month had Vesely's fingerprints all over it. The former champion posted the highest performance index rating in the league over six games in January to lead Fenerbahce to a 6-0 record and a tie for eighth place. Fenerbahce had started January in 13th place. Half of Fenerbahce's victories were on the road and three were against opponents placed higher in the standings when they tipped off. Vesely was near flawless throughout, making 42 of his 57 two-point shots and each of the 12 free throws that he attempted during the month. When January was over, he had led all EuroLeague players with an average PIR of 23.2, making him a slam dunk choice for the month's top honor. The MVP of the Month honor is now in its 17th season. Although statistics and performance index ratings are taken into consideration for the award, they alone do not determine who is honored. Read more here.



January 31, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Nick Weiler-Babb, FC Bayern Munich With his team needing to bounce back at the start of a double-round, FC Bayern Munich first-year guard Nick Weiler-Babb stepped up in a major way on Tuesday, leading his team to a 93-95 road win at Khimki Moscow Region to earn the MVP of the Week honor. His season-high performance index rating of 38 topped all players in Rounds 22 and 23, making Weiler-Babb this season's first rookie MVP honoree. The Bayern guard netted 25 points on 4-for-7 two-point and 4-for-6 three-point shooting, along with 8 rebounds and 5 assists, with all of those marks setting or tying his personal best. The remaining best performances of this week all also came from Round 22. Kevin Punter of AX Armani Exchange Milan had his personal-best PIR of 33 based on a career-high 27 points and 5 assists in a home win over Olympiacos Piraeus. Khimki guard Alexey Shved had a 31 PIR based on his 32 points and 11 assists against Bayern. And two veteran big men, Jan Vesely of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and Bayern's James Gist, tied for the fourth-best performance this week with PIRs of 29 each. Vesely led Fenerbahce with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in 82-75 win over Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Read more here.



January 28, 2021 - Round 23 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 81-68 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 78-81 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Valencia Basket 91-72 ALBA Berlin vs. Real Madrid 63-72 CSKA Moscow vs. FC Bayern Munich 66-69 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Zenit St Petersburg 82-76 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul Olympiacos Piraeus vs. FC Barcelona 74-76 Khimki Moscow Region vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 76-107



January 25, 2021 - Round 22 Another double-round week will add further fuel to an already red-hot race for the playoffs, with this week's action including a pair of top-four challengers for the season's surprise team. The surprise team of the season is Zenit St Petersburg (13-6), which has shown commendable consistency to climb to third place in the standings. This week, though, presents undoubtedly the biggest challenge yet for Xavi Pascual's men, who face a pair of top-four rivals with trips to FC Barcelona (15-6) and AC Armani Exchange Milan (13-7). Read more here. Valencia Basket vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 78-79 Real Madrid vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 76-66 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 83-77 ALBA Berlin vs. CSKA Moscow 68-71 FC Barcelona vs. Zenit St Petersburg 85-81 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 90-79 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 82-75 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 86-72 Khimki Moscow Region vs. FC Bayern Munich 93-95



January 23, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Konstantinos Mitoglou, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Young star-in-the-making Konstantinos Mitoglou dominated for Panathinaikos OPAP Athens in a 94-78 home win over Khimki Moscow Region on Thursday to claim his first Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP of the Week honor. In his fourth season and 79th EuroLeague game, Mitoglou set several career highs, including 29 points, 9 free throws made and a performance index rating of 42, which matched the third-best individual mark both this season and in Panathinaikos history. The 24-year-old forward also pulled 8 offensive boards, tying his previous best, among his 12 total rebounds. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul guard Nando De Colo accumulated a PIR of 38, second-best this week, in an exciting 83-89 road win over his former team, CSKA Moscow. De Colo scored 22 points, missing just 1 shot all night, while also collecting 9 assists, 4 steals and 2 rebounds. Tyler Dorsey starred in Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv's dramatic 86-84 home win over Real Madrid with career highs of 30 points and 36 PIR to go along with 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Fenerbahce center Jan Vesely had an index rating of 32, collecting 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks against CSKA. Read more here.



January 21, 2021 - Round 21 The action keeps on coming in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, with 11 games taking place this week including a pair of rearranged games on Monday and Tuesday. There will be a very quick reunion for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (6-13) and Olympiacos Piraeus (10-9), who went head to head in Greece on Friday and will now meet again on Tuesday in a rearranged Round 10 meeting. ASVEL gained a surprise 63-69 victory in Piraeus in Round 20 on the back of an outstanding defensive effort that was especially notable for slowing down Kostas Sloukas. Read more here. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. ALBA Berlin 77-84 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 81-79 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. FC Barcelona 60-72 CSKA Moscow vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 83-89 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Valencia Basket 90-77 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. FC Bayern Munich 75-51 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Real Madrid 86-84 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Khimki Moscow Region 94-78 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 85-78



January 16, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Nemanja Nedovic, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Scoring ace Nemanja Nedovic has earned his second MVP of the Week honor this season by leading Panathinaikos OPAP Athens to an 88-71 home win over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in Round 19 on Wednesday. Nedovic's performance index rating of 40 that night was the highest single-game total of any player in the double-round week and the fifth-highest of the season so far. Nedovic scored 33 points to go with 6 assists and 5 rebounds in the victory. His scoring and PIR were the second-highest of his 112-game EuroLeague career, behind only the 39 points and 45 PIR he registered less than a month ago, in a Round 16 loss at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Following Nedovic with a PIR of 30, also in Round 19, was Nando De Colo of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, whose 27 points paced his team's 96-76 win over visiting TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Two frontcourt players recorded PIRs of 29 in big Round 30 road wins. Walter Tavares led Real Madrid past FC Bayern Munich 76-81 in overtime with his career-high 26 points and 9 rebounds. Guerschon Yabusele was everywhere in LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne's 63-69 decision over host Olympiacos Piraeus, amassing 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Read more here.



January 14, 2021 - Round 20 Valencia Basket vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 91-71 FC Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid 76-81 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 63-69 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 100-74 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 77-65 CSKA Moscow vs. FC Barcelona 75-88 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 91-82 ALBA Berlin vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 70-84 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Khimki Moscow Region 99-60



January 10, 2021 - Round 19 This week sees the first two-game week of 2021 with 18 games taking place between Tuesday and Friday for Rounds 19 and 20. The action includes a heavyweight tussle between the current top two in the standings, plus lots of confrontations between direct rivals in the race for the playoffs. FC Barcelona (12-6) shrugged off the ongoing absence of key players Nikola Mirotic and Brandon Davies to break a three-game losing streak with a determined win over Valencia Basket last week and now heads to Moscow for a double-header against the bottom and top-placed teams in the league. Read more here. Real Madrid vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade - suspended FC Bayern Munich vs. Zenit St Petersburg 82-80 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 88-71 CSKA Moscow vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 83-73 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Valencia Basket 95-80 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 87-89 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 96-76 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. ALBA Berlin 84-76 Khimki Moscow Region vs. FC Barcelona 75-87



January 9, 2021 - MVP of the Week: Joffrey Lauvergne, Zalgiris Kaunas In his fifth Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, center Joffrey Lauvergne stormed to his first MVP of the Week honor by dominating as Zalgiris Kaunas beat Khimki Moscow Region 102-75 on Friday for its sixth consecutive victory. Lauvergne scored a career-best 29 points by making 13 of 14 two-point shots, or 92.8%, which ranks second all-time for two-point accuracy in a EuroLeague game. Lauvergne also pulled down 9 rebounds and dished 2 assists for a performance index rating of 38. Both his scoring and PIR topped Lauvergne's previous bests by 9. The second-best performance this week belonged to Anadolu Efes Istanbul point guard Vasilije Micic, who posted 23 points, 9 assists and 5 steals for a PIR of 35 in a big 80-102 road win against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade big man Johnny O'Bryant registered a PIR 30 in a loss against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, collecting 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Next came Kostas Sloukas of Olympiacos Piraeus with a PIR of 29 based on his 24 points, 7 assists and 3 steals in an 84-82 win over FC Bayern Munich. Read more here.



January 6, 2021 - Round 18 The second half of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season gets underway with the first fixtures of 2021 on Thursday and Friday. Round 18 delivers plenty of big games as the race for the playoffs heats up. High-flying league leader CSKA Moscow (14-3) will be on familiar territory as it seeks to claim its 13th consecutive victory with a road trip to TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz on Thursday. Read more here. Real Madrid vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 76-80 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. CSKA Moscow 95-93 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 80-102 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. FC Bayern Munich 84-82 FC Barcelona vs. Valencia Basket 89-72 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Zenit St Petersburg 77-89 ALBA Berlin vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 73-85 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 71-73 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Khimki Moscow Region 102-75



January 4, 2021 - MVP for December: Nikola Milutinov, CSKA Moscow After setting all-time Turkish Airlines EuroLeague records for offensive rebounds in a single game and double-doubles in one month, CSKA Moscow center Nikola Milutinov has been chosen by Euroleague Basketball as the competition's MVP for December. Milutinov combined the power of an elite rebounder with the flash seen in his rim-rocking slams and remarkable blocked shots to help CSKA sweep to a 6-0 December record and extend its winning streak to 12 games. Milutinov, in his first season with CSKA, averaged a rare, month-long double-double by putting up 12.3 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. He also shot 66.0% from the field, committed just 3 turnovers in nearly 165 minutes on court, and registered an average PIR of 24.0. In a Round 17 overtime road win at AX Armani Exchange Milan, Milutinov pulled 16 offensive rebounds to shatter by 5 a EuroLeague record that had dated to 2006! It marked his fifth consecutive double-double and came on his 26th birthday, culminating what was truly a December to remember for Milutinov and CSKA. Read more here.



December 31, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Wade Baldwin, Bayern FC Bayern Munich moved into a tie for third place in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season standings on the strength of a club-record performance by Wade Baldwin that was also worth his first MVP of the Week honor. Baldwin posted a performance index rating of 41 to set Bayern's highest individual mark in its four EuroLeague seasons while leading his team to a 90-77 home win over FC Barcelona. Baldwin scored 29 points, the second-highest total in club history, to go with 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in the victory. Zach LeDay of AX Armani Exchange Milan followed Baldwin with a PIR of 31 in his team's 87-91 overtime home loss to CSKA Moscow. He scored 21 points on perfect shooting – 3 of 3 two-pointers, 1 of 1 from three-point distance and 12 of 12 free throws – while pulling 7 rebounds. In the same game, Nikola Milutinov of CSKA set a EuroLeague record with 16 offensive rebounds and scored 17 points for a PIR of 30. Kostas Sloukas of Olympiacos Piraeus came next with a PIR of 29 in his team's 88-105 road win at Khimki Moscow Region. Sloukas nailed 5 of 7 three-pointers for 25 points, 1 short of his career high, and dished 5 assists. Read more here.



December 28, 2020 - Round 17 The final action of 2020 takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Round 17 delivering a big batch of exciting festive action to mark the midpoint of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. After overcoming FC Barcelona last week, Anadolu Efes Istanbul (8-8) will attempt to continue rising in the standings by facing another Spanish visitor of great repute, Real Madrid (11-5). Read more here. AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. CSKA Moscow 87-91 FC Bayern Munich vs. FC Barcelona 90-77 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 74-71 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 81-59 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Valencia Basket 71-70 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Zenit St Petersburg 72-78 ALBA Berlin vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 71-74 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Real Madrid 65-73 Khimki Moscow Region vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 88-105



December 24, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul Just when his team needed it most, Shane Larkin had a monster game to assure Anadolu Efes Istanbul a much-needed home win and earn his first MVP of the Week honor this season. Larkin was everywhere in Tuesday's 86-79 victory over visiting FC Barcelona, with 23 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 9 drawn fouls for a performance index rating of 37, the best this week by a winning player. It marks Larkin's 10th such MVP honor, all since March of 2018, tying him for the second-most ever, and he's had five of those performances against Barcelona. Nemanja Nedovic of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens had the week's highest PIR but the Greens lost to host Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, 89-81. Nedovic shattered his career highs 39 points and a 45 PIR, which also included 6 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals. His 7 triples made in 13 tries matched Nedovic's best in 108 EuroLeague games to date. Nikola Milutinov of CSKA Moscow was third with a PIR of 30 as he put up 17 points and 14 rebounds in a 78-87 road win at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, marking his fourth consecutive double-double. Read more here.



December 22, 2020 - Round 16 There is plenty of festive fun to enjoy as Round 16 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague arrives early, on Tuesday and Wednesday, and delivers a series of showdowns with direct implications for the playoffs race. Tuesday's early action includes a firecracker as two big teams aim to bounce back to winning ways with Anadolu Efes Istanbul (7-8) taking on FC Barcelona (11-4). Efes is currently positioned outside the playoffs positions after suffering two defeats last week, going down to a sobering 35-point loss at CSKA Moscow before being beaten at home by AX Armani Exchange Milan. Read more here. Valencia Basket vs. Khimki Moscow Region 88-82 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 79-84 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. FC Bayern Munich 74-73 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 84-77 Real Madrid vs. ALBA Berlin 91-62 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. CSKA Moscow 78-87 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 89-81 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. FC Barcelona 86-79 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 98-69



December 19, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid To start a road trip that he and his team won't forget soon, Real Madrid tower of power Walter "Edy" Tavares used a career-high performance to earn the MVP of the Week honor for the second time this season. Tavares scored 20 points and ripped 14 rebounds on Tuesday as Real outlasted host Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 93-97 in double-overtime of their Round 14 game. Playing a career-high 41 minutes, Tavares made 9 of 13 two-point shots and added 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block while drawing 4 fouls for a performance index rating of 36, the best of a double-round week full of games. The second-best performance of the week also came in Round 14 as Nikola Mirotic of FC Barcelona registered a 34 PIR in an 87-74 home win over Khimki Moscow Region. Mirotic missed just 2 shots while scoring 24 points in that victory. In Round 15, Khimki center Devin Booker posted a PIR of 32 thanks to 26 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists although his team lost again, 90-84 at LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne. Tying for the week's third-best PIR, with 32, was Mike James of CSKA Moscow, whose 20 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds paced his team's 83-65 home win over Zenit St Petersburg in Round 15. Read more here.



December 17, 2020 - Round 15 FC Barcelona vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 67-68 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Khimki Moscow Region 90-84 FC Bayern Munich vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 77-66 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Real Madrid 82-86 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Valencia Basket 76-73 CSKA Moscow vs. Zenit St Petersburg 83-65 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. ALBA Berlin 92-69 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 99-62 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 69-72



December 14, 2020 - Round 14 Are you ready for another week of world-class basketball? Strap yourselves in for 18 games between Tuesday and Friday as Rounds 14 and 15 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague deliver a batch of big games, including a pair of superstars going head to head. Read more here. FC Barcelona vs. Khimki Moscow Region 87-74 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 84-81 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Valencia Basket 85-96 Zenit St Petersburg vs. FC Bayern Munich 79-75 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Real Madrid 93-97 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 92-73 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. ALBA Berlin 84-90 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 71-79 CSKA Moscow vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 100-65



December 12, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Mike James, CSKA Moscow On the strength of a near triple-double that matched the sixth-best performance in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history, Mike James of CSKA Moscow roared to another MVP of the Week honor by dominating the Leningradka Derby on Friday. James posted the highest performance index rating of the season, 51 as CSKA defeated host Khimki Moscow Region 87-96 for its eighth consecutive victory. The EuroLeague's MVP for November poured in 36 points, dished 10 assists and pulled 9 rebounds. His points and PIR were not only career highs but also new club records for CSKA. His PIR matched the sixth-highest in EuroLeague history. The second-best performance of the week belonged to Shavon Shields, who had career highs of 26 points and 34 PIR as AX Armani Exchange Milan beat Khimki on the road Tuesday by 93-102 in a rescheduled Round 8 game. Shields missed only 1 shot while making 6 of 6 two-pointers, 4 of 5 triples and both of his free throws. Barcelona teammates Brandon Davies and Nikola Mirotic came next with PIRs of 28 as their team rallied to beat Milan 87-71 on Friday. Read more here.



December 9, 2020 - Round 13 The Leningradka derby and two home games for the first-place team are among the highlights from 13 scheduled games this week. In addition to the full slate of Round 13, there are four makeup games set for Tuesday. Read more here. FC Barcelona vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 87-71 FC Bayern Munich vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 76-62 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 69-81 Khimki Moscow Region vs. CSKA Moscow 87-96 Real Madrid vs. Zenit St Petersburg 79-72 Valencia Basket vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 76-74 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 63-67 ALBA Berlin vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 89-63 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 79-81



December 5, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid By leading a late comeback in the final game on Friday, big man Walter Tavares of Real Madrid walked off with the latest MVP of the Week honor in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Tavares loomed large as Real Madrid came back from 12 points down late in the third quarter to defeat visiting LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 91-84, scoring 19 points with just 2 shots missed to go with 6 rebounds and 4 blocked shots. His 29 performance index rating was the best of the week. Following him with a PIR of 26 was Scottie Wilbekin, who led Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv with 23 points in a much-needed 81-76 home win against Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade. He made 4 of 7 three-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws on the way to that total, his 11th consecutive scoring in double figures. In the same game, Jordan Loyd of Zvezda outscored Wilbekin with 24 points but had one point less in PIR with 25. Loyd add 3 rebounds and 5 assists to his team's cause. The fourth-best performance of the week belonged to Real's Sergio Llull, who matched the 19 points of Tavares and dished 4 assists in his team's home win over ASVEL. Coming fifth with PIRs of 24 was a trio of players. Read more here.



December 2, 2020 - Round 12 An emotional reunion for Sarunas Jasikevicius is one of the big talking points ahead of Round 12, with the week's action also delivering a couple of bonus catch-up contests. The week's action starts early on Tuesday with LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (2-6) taking on Panathinaikos OPAP Athens (3-6) in a game left over from Round 3. Read more here. Real Madrid vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 91-84 FC Bayern Munich vs. Khimki Moscow Region 80-77 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. FC Barcelona 62-73 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 59-77 Valencia Basket vs. ALBA Berlin 92-100 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 77-80 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 81-76 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 65-73 CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 80-61



November 30, 2020 - MVP of November: Mike James, CSKA Moscow Just a month ago, CSKA Moscow sat in 10th place in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with a 3-3 record and what looked like a long road to its usual position at or near the top of the standings. That road was made short, though, by the inspired play since then of unstoppable guard Mike James, who is Euroleague Basketball's choice as MVP for November. With James going from strength to strength as CSKA mowed down five consecutive opponents, the Russian giants are suddenly tied for first place on victories and looking very much like the same juggernaut that has reached 16 out of the last 17 Final Fours. Despite missing one round, James outscored everybody in the EuroLeague in November, ending the month with a three-game flurry of point production that culminated in a memorable, game-winning, four-point play. With that, James not only completed his month-long rise from fourth to first place in the top-scorer race, but also gave CSKA bragging rights as the only perfect EuroLeague team in November. Read more here.



November 28, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Luke Sikma, ALBA Berlin A stellar individual performance in a winning effort has earned Luke Sikma of ALBA Berlin the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP of the Week honor. Sikma put on an all-around performance in Round 11 to lead ALBA to a 100-80 home win against Khimki Moscow Region. ALBA reached 100 points for just the fifth time in EuroLeague action, all of them in the last two seasons with Sikma and head coach Aito Garcia Reneses. His performance index rating of 32 was not only the week's best, but also matched his personal high. He finished the game with a career-high 20 points on 7-of-10 two-point and 6-of-7 free-throw shooting. Sikma, the 2018-19 7DAYS EuroCup MVP, added 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, a block, and 5 fouls drawn, all in less than 24 minutes on the floor. This is the second weekly MVP award of Sikma's career. He previously shared that honor with Nick Calathes in Round 9 of the 2019-20 Regular Season. His teammate Niels Giffey posted a PIR of 29 against Khimki, a new personal best. Giffey had a career-high 22 points on 4-of-4 three-point shooting plus 4 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and 2 blocks. Read more here.



November 25, 2020 - Round 11 A showdown between the 2018 and 2019 champions highlights Round 11 in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, which also features a Monday meeting with ramifications for the playoffs positions. Most teams will only be in action once this week, but there are a couple of games to play for two teams currently positioned just outside the playoffs places as TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (4-4) and Zenit St Petersburg (4-2) meet in Spain on Monday evening in a rearranged Round 3 meeting. Read more here. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. FC Barcelona 80-68 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. FC Bayern Munich 83-76 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Valencia Basket 86-90 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 85-86 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 76-90 ALBA Berlin vs. Khimki Moscow Region 100-80 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Zenit St Petersburg 75-83 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 64-75 CSKA Moscow vs. Real Madrid 74-73



November 21, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Mike James, CSKA Moscow The best single-game performance index rating for a winning team during the two rounds played this week belonged to Mike James of CSKA Moscow, thereby earning him the seventh MVP of the Week honor of his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career. James had a PIR of 32 to go with the week's high scoring total of 27 points as CSKA ambushed Zalgiris Kaunas 78-87 in Round 9. He shot almost perfectly in that game, making 3 of 5 two-pointers, 5 of 6 triples and 6 of 6 free throws while adding 5 assists to CSKA's cause. The top performance in all 16 games played this week came in a losing effort and belonged to Moustapha Fall of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, whose 42 PIR based on 25 points and 10 rebounds went for naught in a last-second 76-75 loss at ALBA Berlin in Round 9. Fall, a EuroLeague rookie, recorded the highest PIR so far this season and the best ever in ASVEL's 107 games in the competition. Alec Peters of TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and Nikola Mirotic of FC Barcelona came next with PIRs of 31. Peters had his in an 86-68 home win over Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, also in Round 9. Read more here.



November 20, 2020 - Round 10 Valencia Basket vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 82-80 Real Madrid vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 94-74 FC Barcelona vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 76-65 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Olympiacos Piraeus AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 98-92 ALBA Berlin vs. Zenit St Petersburg 66-73 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 93-72 FC Bayern Munich vs. CSKA Moscow 81-89 Khimki Moscow Region vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 77-105



November 16, 2020 - Round 9 The latest double round week of the season will deliver another batch of big stories as teams jostle for position in the hope of establishing a position in the all-important top eight. FC Barcelona (7-1) has established sole ownership of first place with a run of five straight victories, and Sarunas Jasikevicius’s men are arguably in the best form of any team in the history of the competition after winning their last two games by a startling combined margin of 78 points. Read more here. Real Madrid vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 79-63 FC Barcelona vs. Olympiacos Piraeus November 18, 2020 21:00 CET AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 79-87 ALBA Berlin vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 76-75 Valencia Basket vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 95-83 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 86-68 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. CSKA Moscow 78-87 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. FC Bayern Munich 71-74 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Khimki Moscow Region 83-88



November 14, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Vladimir Lucic, FC Bayern Munich After six previous Turkish Airlines EuroLeague seasons without one, Vladimir Lucic has claimed the MVP of the Week award for the second time in a month, and in so doing helped FC Bayern Munich take sole possession of second place in the standings. Lucic was the game's leading scorer with 22 points and best rebounder with 7 boards as Bayern downed visiting Valencia Basket by 90-79 on Friday. He missed just 3 of 16 shots while adding 2 assists, 2 steals and 8 fouls drawn for a career-high performance index rating of 35 in his 107th career EuroLeague game. This week's second-best performances belonged to Darrun Hilliard of CSKA Moscow and Corey Walden of Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, who posted identical PIRs of 32. Hilliard dominated CSKA's thrilling 89-96 home win over TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz with a personal-best 31 points. His seventh three-pointer of the night broke an 84-84 tie with 23 seconds left, matching CSKA's single-game record, while his point total was the highest without free throws by any EuroLeague player in six years. Read more here.



November 11, 2020 - Round 8 This week marks the first of the season to be affected by rescheduled games. Replays from Round 4 and Round 5 on Wednesday not only give way to a full slate of Round 8 games on Thursday and Friday, but inevitable amount to a double-round week for four teams. This week's action opens on Wednesday with replays of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (1-3) vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade (2-3), from Round 4, and Zenit St Petersburg (2-1) vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan (3-2), from Round 5, with both home teams aiming to make up ground in the standings from their own turf. Read more here. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Zenit St Petersburg 53-66 FC Bayern Munich vs. Valencia Basket 90-79 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 77-80 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Real Madrid 67-73 Khimki Moscow Region vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan FC Barcelona vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 97-55 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 85-57 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. ALBA Berlin 75-71 CSKA Moscow vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 89-86



November 4, 2020 - Round 7 The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague returns to action on Thursday with Round 7's match-ups headlined by a clash between the current standings leader and a perennial title candidate aiming to continue its upward trajectory. Zalgiris Kaunas (5-1) sitting in joint first place while Real Madrid (2-4) languishes outside the playoffs positions might seem like a complete role reversal, but that shifting status is a fair reflection of the opening weeks of the season. Read more here. Valencia Basket vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 86-81 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. CSKA Moscow 83-89 FC Bayern Munich vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 74-59 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Real Madrid 90-93 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Khimki Moscow Region 83-71 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 86-88 ALBA Berlin vs. FC Barcelona 67-103 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 91-89 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 66-75



November 2, 2020 - MVP for October: Marius Grigonis, Zalgiris Kaunas He emerged last month as a go-to leader on a team that has already in this young season accomplished something unprecedented. And now, for his key role in helping Zalgiris Kaunas lock down a share of first place, 26-year-old swingman Marius Grigonis is Euroleague Basketball's choice as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP for October. His numbers are more than respectable, but perhaps the most important one shows Grigonis averaging at least 4 minutes more than anyone else on a Zalgiris team that is the first in EuroLeague history to win four road games in four countries during the same month. In three of them, Zalgiris trailed after 30 minutes on other teams' courts, but Grigonis was good for a combined 19 points to spur those fourth-quarter comebacks on to victory. At month's end, Zalgiris had a 5-1 record and was tied for the league lead despite having traveled more than 15,000 kilometers round trip. All those hours in transit didn't affect Grigonis during all his time on court helping Zalgiris to its longest road winning streak this century – which is also the stuff that MVPs of the Month are made of. Read more here.



October 31, 2020 - Co-MVPs of the Week: Nikola Mirotic and Marius Grigonis Two players who have led their teams 5-1 records atop the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague standings, Marius Grigonis of Zalgiris Kaunas and Nikola Mirotic of FC Barcelona, are sharing the MVP honor for this week after each posted a performance index rating of 27. Mirotic earned weekly MVP honors for the sixth time in his EuroLeague career. Grigonis reached this award for the first time, and is the first Lithuanian player so honored since Edgaras Ulanovas of Zalgiris in Game 4 of the 2018 playoffs. Mirotic returned to action after a spell on the sidelines by coming came off the bench to for 18 points on 7-for-10 two-point shooting, adding 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and the game-sealing block in Barcelona's 71-72 win at TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Grigonis led Zalgiris to a 74-83 victory against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne with 25 points on 6-for-8 two-point and 7-for-7 free-throw accuracy, adding 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of 27. In that game, Moustapha Fall of ASVEL also amassed a PIR of 27 but couldn't help his team win. Fall finished with 7 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, a block and 11 fouls drawn. Thomas Walkup of Zalgiris (26 PIR) and Errick McCollum of Khimki Moscow Region (25) complete the top individual performances in Round 6. Read more here.



October 28, 2020 - Round 6 The action continues with a set of enticing games in Round 6 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, including the season’s early pace-setters attempting to maintain their momentum against two under-achieving giants. If you had been asked to predict which team would be still searching for form with a 2-3 record and which would be flying high at 3-1 ahead of CSKA Moscow’s home meeting with Valencia on Thursday, it’s unlikely you would have picked the Russian team to be the strugglers. Read more here. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. FC Barcelona 71-72 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. ALBA Berlin Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 79-84 Khimki Moscow Region vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 83-77 Real Madrid vs. FC Bayern Munich 100-82 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 74-83 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 65-75 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens CSKA Moscow vs. Valencia Basket 84-75



October 24, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Nemanja Nedovic, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens With a huge game just when his new team needed it most, Nemanja Nedovic of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens has earned the MVP of the Week award, the first of his seven-season Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career. Nedovic scored 28 points, second-best in his seven EuroLeague seasons, to lead Panathinaikos past Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 82-68 on Thursday. His performance off the bench came with career highs of 7 three-pointers made, tying the second-most ever by a Panathinaikos player, and 2 blocks, as well. The week's top performance came from Daniel Hackett of CSKA Moscow in an 86-84 overtime loss to Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade. Hackett's 29 points and 39 PIR, the EuroLeague's highest so far this season, were career highs in his 197th EuroLeague game. Matching Nedovic with a 28 PIR, but in a losing cause, was Alexey Shved of Khimki Moscow Region, whose monster 32-point, 11-assist double-double went for naught as visiting Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv won their game in overtime, 87-89. Zvezda guard Jordan Loyd finished with a 25 PIR after posting 31 points, his career high and the most in any EuroLeague game yet this season, including the game-winner over CSKA in overtime. Read more here.



October 21, 2020 - Round 5 One of the biggest occasions in world sport wraps up the headline action this week in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, but before that there will be lots more mouth-watering action to savor. The EuroLeague's endlessly competitive nature is evident from the fact that only one team is unbeaten through four rounds over three weeks. And that identity of that team is a surprise, with Zalgiris Kaunas sitting top of the pile to give new coach Martin Schiller a dream start in his first EuroLeague season. Read more here. FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid 79-72 FC Bayern Munich vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 74-68 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne October 23, 2020 19:30 CET Khimki Moscow Region vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 87-89 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. CSKA Moscow 86-84 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 82-68 ALBA Berlin vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz October 22, 2020 20:00 CET Zenit St Petersburg vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan October 22, 2020 19:00 CET Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Valencia Basket 82-94



October 17, 2020 - MVP of the Week: Vladimir Lucic, Bayern Veteran forward Vladimir Lucic has earned the MVP of the Week honor for his outsized role in leading FC Bayern Munich to a pair of monumental road wins in the first double-round of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season. Lucic was the high scorer for Bayern in both games, and his combined 53 performance index rating topped all players who won two games this week. First, Lucic had career highs of 26 points and 29 PIR as Bayern upset host Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 82-85 in Round 3 on Wednesday. Just 48 hours later, he sealed a 21-point comeback at the foul line and finished with 18 points as Bayern stunned Fenerbahce Beko 71-75 in Istanbul. This marks the first MVP honor for Lucic in his eight-season EuroLeague career. The highest combined PIR in games this week, 57, belonged to Sergio Rodriguez of AX Armani Exchange Milan. Rodriguez had 18 points and a PIR of 20 in a 86-75 loss to Olympiacos Piraeus on Wednesday, then shined with 25 points and 7 assists for a PIR of 37 in Milan's come-from-behind 78-70 win over Real Madrid on Friday. The next three top performers this week played on teams who suffered two losses each.Read more here.



October 14, 2020 - Round 4 The third of four consecutive days of games in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague featured the first two contests in Round 4 on Thursday. Zalgiris Kaunas put on a display in beating Anadolu Efes Istanbul to remain undefeated before FC Barcelona survived an overtime thriller against Panathinaikos OPAP Athens. The bright lights on Friday night will focus on five more games, including the latest chapters in the rivalries pitting AX Armani Exchange Milan against Real Madrid and Olympiacos Piraeus against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Read more here. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Khimki Moscow Region 77-60 AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Real Madrid 78-70 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 85-82 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. FC Bayern Munich 71-75 CSKA Moscow vs. ALBA Berlin 88-93 Valencia Basket vs. Zenit St Petersburg - Cancelled FC Barcelona vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 97-89 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 68-89 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 89-73



October 12, 2020 - Round 3 The first night of the first two-round week of the season was a strong one for the visiting teams with all three road sides coming away victorious. Zalgiris Kaunas became the first team to three wins when it conquered Belgrade, Anadolu Efes Istanbul left the German capital with its first win and FC Barcelona claimed a victory at Valencia. Four more Round 3 games will be played on Wednesday. Real Madrid vs. Khimki Moscow Region 94-85 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. FC Bayern Munich 82-85 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 86-75 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. CSKA Moscow 77-78 Valencia Basket vs. FC Barcelona 66-71 TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Zenit St Petersburg - Cancelled LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens - Cancelled ALBA Berlin vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul 72-93 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 69-75



October 12, 2020 - Round 2 MVP: Jordan Loyd, Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade looked for a go-to leader in its first home game and Jordan Loyd responded with a performance worth the MVP honor for Round 2 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. Loyd matched Zvezda's second-best scoring total ever in the club's 151 EuroLeague games to lead Zvezda to a resounding 90-73 win over visiting TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Making 5 of 8 three-pointers and 9 perfect free throws among his 30 points, Loyd added 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals on the way to a 34 performance index rating, the best on any winning team in Round 2. Krunoslav Simon had the same PIR for Anadolu Efes Istanbul but his 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists could not prevent a 71-80 home loss to Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. The third-best performance of the week belonged to Jonas Jerebko of Khimki Moscow Region, who had 23 points, 12 rebounds and a PIR of 30 in undermanned team's 70-84 home loss to Zalgiris Kaunas. Read more here.



October 7, 2020 - Round 2 The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague round-robin format promises great games week in and week out. Entering this season, Maccabi's single-game club record in two-pointers made was 35, set in a 76-93 road win against CSKA Moscow in January 2019 that ended its streak of nine consecutive losses in the Russian capital, which dated back to 2004. AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 87-73 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 71-78 ALBA Berlin vs. FC Bayern Munich 72-90 Khimki Moscow Region vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 70-84 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade vs. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 90-73 Real Madrid vs. Valencia Basket 77-93 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 71-80 Zenit St Petersburg vs. FC Barcelona 74-70 CSKA Moscow vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 76-72



October 3, 2020 - Round 1 MVP: Pierria Henry, TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz The opening week of the new season concluded with an MVP of the Round performance from Pierria Henry, who fired TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz to victory over Spanish rivals Real Madrid. Henry was everywhere in his team’s 76-63 win, registering a personal-best 32 PIR by hitting 5 of 7 two-pointers among a career-high 23 points. His 6 assists were only 1 short of Real's entire team total, further contributing to the first MVP award of Henry's EuroLeague career. The next best individual performance came from Simone Fontecchio of ALBA Berlin, who paired 16 points with 8 rebounds for a PIR of 27 in his team’s loss at Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. One of his opponents, Angelo Caloiaro had a PIR of 25 after he scored 18 points in Maccabi’s victory. He went 5 for 5 on both two-pointers and free throws, and his 3 steals matched Caloiaro's career-high. Kevin Pangos also had a PIR of 25, masterminding Zenit St Petersburg’s road upset of Anadolu Efes Istanbul. Read more here.



September 30, 2020 - Round 1 The new Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season tips off with Round 1 games on October 1 and 2. As always, the round-robin format promises great matchups week in and week out. In their first and only official meeting to date, Efes held off visiting Zenit 90-88 last November. Despite the loss, Zenit set a club record with 26 assists. Austin Hollins hit 7 three-pointers made and Alex Renfroe dished 10 assists, both season highs for Zenit. TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Real Madrid 76-63 FC Bayern Munich vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan 79-81 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 77-63 Khimki Moscow Region vs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 76-78 Valencia Basket vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 65-63 FC Barcelona vs. CSKA Moscow 76-66 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv vs. ALBA Berlin 80-73 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 67-68 Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Zenit St Petersburg 69-73

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