Maccabi Tel Aviv got involved: victories for Valencia and Zenit

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The 25th round of the Euroleague continues: Tonight (Friday) four more games were played in the framework of the best basketball league in Europe, with the focus on the Spanish derby between Valencia and Real Madrid, as well as the meetings between the red star Zenith and Villarban and Bayern Munich. This is what happened on the hardwood floors.

Valencia (12:13) – Real Madrid (10:15) 78:89
An important victory for the host, which complicates Maccabi Tel Aviv and opens a gap of three games. The team of Juma Ponsarna already has a second victory, with a huge control at the expense of Real that moves away from the top at the same time. The gap between the teams was larger during the 40 minutes He reached 20 points, but the Blancos managed to shrink a bit in Garbage Time and come out with a reasonable difference in the “Spanish Derby”.

Sam Van Rossum excelled for the host with 16 points and 8 assists, Vania Marinkovic scored 14 and Nikola Kalinic scored 12. For Real Jesse Carroll he stood out with 20 points and four threes, Alberto Abalda contributed 13 and Walter Tavares scored 11 points and -9 rebounds.


Fenerbahce (10:15) – Alba Berlin (17: 8) 84:89
The Turks continue their great run: Fener is still without a Euroleague loss in 2021! The host also dominated tonight’s game, although the Germans managed to close the gap towards the end – and maintained sixth place in the table.

During the third quarter, the Germans still led 53:55, but Fenner managed to recover with the help of De Colo – and opened a gap towards the last quarter that was maintained until the end.

Nando de Colo celebrated with 26 points, De Sean Pierre added 17, with Marco Godoric and Jan Wesley scoring 12 each. For the Germans, Marcus Erickson scored 19 points, Ben Lamers with 16 and Maudo Lou and Simona Pontekio with 15 each.

Red Star Belgrade (17: 7) – Zenit (9:14) 76:75
More bad news for Maccabi came tonight from the field in Belgrade, where a minute and a half before the end, the Red Star still led by three points, 72:75, but succumbed to a point from the line of Artures Godaitis and a three by Kevin Pangos who passed the advantage to the visitors.

Jordan Lloyd missed a shot four seconds to go, KC Rivers got a two-second chance to finish the game and missed too – and another three by Eugenie Dobrich went out, and in the end it was a Russian victory.

Pangos excelled for the winners with 25 points and 5 threes, including 7 assists. Rivers and Godaitis added 9 points each. Among the Serbs, Lloyd scored 21 and was the best, Dobrich added 13.

Wheelerban (14:11) – Bayern Munich (10:15) 79:87
And if Maccabi Tel Aviv received any positive news, the Bavarians got entangled with a first loss after three consecutive Euroleague victories, the French on the other hand already with five non-stop victories – and continue to improve.

David Lighty excelled for the host with 19 points, Mustafa Pal scored 15 with 9 rebounds. Norris Cole and Anthony Dio scored 12 each. Bayern had 19 for Lewin Baldwin, 18 for Vladimir Lucic and 12 for Jaylen Reynolds.

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