Barcelona, 5 October 2023 – First day of the new season of Turkish Airlines Euroleague. European basketball returns in its maximum expression, this year with an important innovation in the format: the inclusion of Play-in. Things didn’t start well in general for the Italians. In addition to the defeats of The power of Bologna e Olimpia MilanIn fact, they also lost Gabriele Procida e Matteo Spagnolo in Alba Berlin, defeated by Bayern in the German derby, e Nico Mannionwhich in turn lost to the Baskonia against the Real Madrid.
Results: Red Star Belgrade – ASVEL Villeurbanne 93-74 Maccabi Tel Aviv – Partizan 96-81
Virtus Bologna – Zalgiris Kaunas 79-82
Bayern Monaco – Alba Berlino 80-68 Barça – Anadolu Efes 91-74
Fenerbahçe – Olimpia Milano 85-82 (dts)
Panathinaikos – Olympiacos 78-88 (dts) Valencia Basket – Monaco 70-65 Baskonia – Real Madrid 77-79
The Euroleague continues to speak Spanish
The reigning champions of Real Madrid they started this edition of the top European competition with a narrow success on the pitch Baskonia in the long-awaited Spanish derby. The home team, which remained in the lead for the longest time, was close to scoring, but the men of Joan Peñarroya they were unable to respond to the basket Facundo Campazzo which gave the victory to the Blancos with almost two minutes still to play. Chima Monk on the one hand and Guerschon Yabusele on the other they were the best on the pitch (22 rating) and finally we saw a good one Nico Mannionwho scored 13 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds in 19 minutes.
The new Barça Of Roger Grimauthanks to a last partial of 22-10, managed to get the better of the new player Anadolu Efes Of Erdem Can. Good match, with a high pace, good play for three quarters by both teams (and in the last part only by the Blaugrana). Willy Hernangomez he made amends for his gray pre-season in last Sunday’s championship clash by being the best of his team with 18 points and 3 rebounds (24 rating). Good too Jan Vesely, who scored 16 points and 7 rebounds. For Efes, 16 points were not enough Shane Larkin.
The renewed Valencia Basket Of Alex Mumbrú he made it clear that this year he can and wants to have his say in the Euroleague. THE orange in fact, they defeated a team capable of playing in the Final 4 last year at the end of a serious and well-played match, in which they dominated the rebounding battle (38-27). The former Virtus Semi Ojeleye it was the best of his with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 23 rating. Good too Chris Jones with 14 points. Monaco’s 21 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists (29 rating) were not enough Mike James.
Olympiacos and Bayern win the heartfelt derbies
Il derby greco in Athens and its surroundings it is always the most popular match of the year, and this season, with the millionaire purchases of the new Panathinaikos driven by Ergin Atamanand the loss of the MVP Sasha Vezenkov flown to the NBA by theOlympiakos we expected a revenge from the greens, but this was not the case. After having dominated the entire match for some time, in fact, Pana was joined by Alec Peters on 74-74 at the end of regulation time, and the men of Georgios Bartzokas they dominated overtime Peters, author of 17 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 31 rating was the great protagonist of the evening. 20 points from the great ex were not enough for Panathinaikos Kostas Sloukas.
Also in Germania the always felt derby was played between Bayern e Albawith the Berliners going into half-time in the lead, but then seeing themselves overwhelmed by the Bavarians. Pablo Laso he relied on the good defense and the 17 points and 20 rating of Sylvain Francisco to win. Good performance from the brand new signing Serge Ibaka, who finished with 8 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks in 18 minutes. For the best Alba on the pitch Johannes Thiemann with 12 points and 5 rebounds. 6 points in 17 points for Matteo Spanish and 2 points and 2 rebounds for Gabriele Procida in 15 minutes on the parquet.
Red Star and Maccabi, rocket starts
The Red Star he had no difficulty in overcoming theASVEL Villeurbanne, achieving the largest victory and the provisional lead in the standings. 21 points from the former Milan Shabazz Napier and 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 20 rating Rock Giedraitis they were the most highlighted performances of the challenge.
Prestigious victory for Maccabi against the Partizan Belgrade Of Zeljko Obradovic, a team that reached the Playoffs last year. The Israelis, led by a great performance by Lorenzo Brown (22 points, 8 assists, 25 rating), neutralized the 24 points of Aleksa Avramovic.
Laura78
2023-10-06 23:10:48
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