Most of the EuroLeague games were on Thursday. In Group A, the titanic clash in Russia went to the home team as CSKA Moscow beat Spain's FC Barcelona 79-65. In the win, ex-Arkansas player Sonny Weems had 15 points and ex-NBA player Nenad Krstic had 12 points. In the loss, ex-DII player Brad Oleson had 14 points, ex-NBA player Juan Carlos Navarro had 12 points, and Ante Tomic, the 44th pick of the Utah Jazz in 2008, 10 points and 10 rebounds. In Group C, Olympiakos continued to show their championship pedigree with another comeback win, beating Italy's Montepaschi Siena 78-73 in Greece. In the win, ex-NBA player Vassilis Spanoulis had 16 points and ex-Hawaii player Matthew Lojeski had 10 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, rookie Erick Green from Virginia Tech, the 46th pick of the Utah Jazz before a draft day trade to the Denver Nuggets, had 28 points with help from two former Texas A&M players as Josh Carter had 10 points and 6 rebounds and Tomas Ress had 10 points. Spain's Unicaja Malaga fended off multiple comeback attempt's from Germany's Bayern Munich to hang on to a 77-72 home win. In the win, ex-Maryland player Nik Caner-Medley had 17 points and 6 rebounds and Fran Vazquez, the 11th pick of the Orlando Magic in 2005, had 12 points and 8 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Virginia Tech player Malcolm Delaney had 14 points and 7 assists, ex-Oregon player Bryce Taylor had 13 points and 6 rebounds, and ex-UNC player Deon Thompson had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Back in Group A, Turkey's Fenerbahce Ulker looked to complete a comeback against Serbia's Partizan Belgrade at home, but they ran out of gas late and fell 79-77. In the win, ex-South Carolina player Tarence Kinsey had 20 points and Joffrey Lauvergne, the 55th pick of the Memphis Grizzlies in the last draft before a draft day trade to the Denver Nuggets, had 18 points. In the loss, Emir Preldzic, the 57th pick of the Phoenix Suns in 2009 before his rights were traded to the Washington Wizards, had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists, Bojan Bogdanovic, the 31st pick of the Miami Heat in 2011 before a pair of draft day trades left his rights with the Brooklyn Nets, had 14 points, and ex-New Orleans player Bo McCalebb had 11 points and 6 assists. In Group D, Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv shook off a slow start at home to beat Lithuania's Lietuvos Rytas 78-71. In the win, ex-Boston College player Tyrese Rice had 14 points and 6 assists, ex-UNC Greensboro player Ricky Hickman and ex-Virginia player Devin Smith had 14 points each, and ex-USC player David Bluthenthal had 11 points. In the loss, ex-Virginia Tech player Zabian Dowdell had 16 points and ex-Louisville player Juan Palacios had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Here are the boxscores:
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The rest of the games were on Friday, starting in Group D, where Greece's Panathinaikos went to Russia and beat Lokomotiv Kuban 82-63. In the win, ex-NBA player Antonis Fotsis had 17 points and 6 rebounds, ex-NBA player Roko Ukic had 17 points, ex-Cal State Bakersfield player Ramel Curry had 13 points, ex-Miami of Ohio player Michael Bramos had 11 points, and ex-UMass player Stephane Lasme had 10 points. In Group A, Ukraine's Budivelnyk beat France's Nanterre 97-87 at home. In the win, ex-Georgetown player DaJuan Summers had 23 points, ex-Ohio State player Daequan Cook had 12 points, and ex-Missouri State player Blake Ahearn had 10 points. In the loss, ex-Ohio State player David Lighty had 20 points, ex-Rhode Island player Will Daniels had 17 points and 6 rebounds, ex-Illinois player Trent Meacham had 14 points and 10 assists, and rookie Deshaun Thomas from Ohio State, the 58th pick of the San Antonio Spurs, had 11 points. In Group C, Turkey's Galatasaray beat Poland's Stelmet Zielona Gora 76-57 at home. In the win, Milan Macvan, the 54th pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2011, had 18 points and 6 rebounds and Furkan Aldemir, the 53rd pick of the Los Angeles Clippers in 2012 before his rights were traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, had 11 points and 16 rebounds. In Group B, Real Madrid beat France's Strasbourg 79-66. In the win, Nikola Mirotic, the 23rd pick of the Houston Rockets in 2011 before a pair of draft day trades moved his rights to the Chicago Bulls, had 22 points and 6 rebounds and ex-NBA player Sergio Rodriguez had 14 points. In the loss, ex-Notre Dame player Tim Abromaitis had 11 points and ex-NBA player Alexis Ajinca had 10 points. In Italy, Emporio Armani Milan waited until the last minute to beat Brose of Germany 74-73. In the win, ex-Georgia Tech player Gani Lawal had 17 points and 10 rebounds and ex-Kansas player Keith Langford had 15 points and 6 rebounds while ex-Fairfield player Rakim Sanders had 13 points in the loss.
Here are the boxscores:
http://www.euroleague.net/main/resul...2013#!boxscore
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