Basketball returns to the parquet courts of Europe: The 30th round of the best league in Europe hit the fields tonight (Thursday), with four games – with the focus on the glittering meeting between CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid. Here is everything that happened tonight in the Euroleague:
Zenith (13:16) – Basconia (14:16) 79:75
A third straight loss to the Russians, who continue to get entangled in the battle for the top 8. On the other hand, the Spaniards remain in the Euroleague playoff picture, with a big comeback in the last quarter of 16:34 and a big performance by Alec Peters (17 points).
Zenit started well, and at half time they were down by 13 points – 32:45. Also in the third quarter it went down by a significant advantage, until the crash in the last quarter and the comeback of the Spaniards, and a basket by Rocas Guidratis set up a four-point lead at the end.
In addition to Peters, there were also 15 for Lucca Wildusa, 12 for Gaideratis and 9 for Achilles Polonara for the winners. Mathews Ponitka contributed 15 for the host, KC Rivers added 14 and Billy Barron scored 12.
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Fenerbahce – Zalgiris 61:84
After the loss to Valencia, the Turks returned home and recovered against the team that will meet Maccabi Tel Aviv next week. The level gaps were already felt in the opening, when Fenerbahce gained a double-digit advantage in the first quarter. The gap only grew in the second quarter, where Zalgiris was stopped by 8 points Alone, which promised Fenner a light half-second.
Jan Wesley led the Fener scores with 21 and 10 rebounds, Nando de Colo added 16 and Dishon Pierre scored 12. Lucas’ 12 to Cavissius’s and Thomas Wolcap’s 11 were not enough for Zalgiris.
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