French team Monaco climbed to the top spot in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague after beating Türkiye’s Anadolu Efes 94-75 in a round 18 match Thursday.
Jordan Loyd and Mike James dropped 14 points each for Monaco at the Salle Gaston Medecin indoor sports arena.
Efes’ US center Dan Oturu scored 14 points for his team.
With this result, Monaco took over the top spot with 12 wins and six losses, while Anadolu Efes is in seventh spot with 10 wins and 8 losses.
Israeli club Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv shocked Lithuania’s Zalgris Kaunas 95-78 in another EuroLeague round 18 match on Thursday.
Jaylen Hoard led Maccabi with 23 points, while his teammates Roman Sorkin and Rokas Jokubaitis contributed 18 points each at Belgrade’s Aleksandar Nikolic Hall.
Sylvain Francisco and Deividas Sirvydis dropped 15 points each for Zalgris.
Zalgris Kaunas is in eighth place with 10 wins and eight losses, while Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv is in 16th place with five wins and 13 losses.
Greece’s Olympiacos Piraeus narrowly beat Italian team Emporio Armani Milan 84-83 in a Thursday EuroLeague round 18 game.
Greek forward Sasha Vezenkov rallied Olympiacos to victory with 21 points at Milano’s Unipol Forum.
Spanish forward Nikola Mirotic was the top scorer for Milan with 16 points.
Olympiacos Piraeus is in second place with 12 wins and six losses, while Emporio Armani Milan is in 12th place with nine wins and nine losses. (Anadolu)
