EuroLeague round-up: Barcelona win again, Lucic MVP of the week

Barcelona batter Fenerbahce

Barcelona won their sixth successive EuroLeague game as they thrashed Fenerbahce 97-55.

Kyle Kuric scored 25 points for the hosts, including seven three-pointers from eight attempts.

💥💥💥 @KingKK_14 pic.twitter.com/IDNlJfyCMh

— Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) November 12, 2020

Rolands Smits added 20, while Nikola Mirotic scored 16 for Barcelona. They led 51-29 at half-time and never ceded their advantage. Barcelona lead the table with seven wins from eight games.

The loss was Fenerbahce’s second-biggest in terms of margin, and their fourth out of eight games this season in the EuroLeague.

Madrid edge past Crvena Zvezda

Elsewhere, rivals Real Madrid had a much tougher encounter, narrowly beating Crvena Zvezda 73-67 in a topsy-turvy match.

It was the Whites’ third successive win after a slow start to their EuroLeague season.

🙌 ¡EQUIPAZO! 🙌#HalaMadrid | #EuroLeague pic.twitter.com/gWmI8Uf0S5

— Real Madrid Basket (@RMBaloncesto) November 13, 2020

Zvezda led by 13 points in the first quarter and were 42-36 ahead at half time, but Los Blancos fought back and won the third quarter 23-11 to take the lead.

The hosts went 65-64 ahead with four minutes left, but Trey Thompkins scored two triples to turn the game around. He scored 14 points in total for Real Madrid.

The win puts Real Madrid 8th, while Zvezda sit 13th in the table.

Bayern beat Valencia for first time

Vladimir Lucic scored 22 points as Bayern Munich beat Valencia 90-79 in the EuroLeague.

It was the first time that Bayern had ever beaten Valencia in their history. The win was Bayern’s sixth in eight matches, and it puts them second in the table.

.@FCBBTogether continues its good start to the season after a brilliant two minutes to close out the game pic.twitter.com/OkqoOTe1md

— Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) November 13, 2020

Lucic MVP

Lucic was named MVP of the week as he scored 22 points and also made seven rebounds for the German side. He has now scored 1000 points in the EuroLeague, becoming the 193rd player to do it.

This is Lucic’s world and we’re just living in it 🙌🌏 pic.twitter.com/HjT1ig6oa6

— Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) November 13, 2020

Paul Zipzer scored 20 for Bayern, while JaJuan Johnson picked up career-best numbers of 17 points and eight rebounds.

Valencia are 6th with four wins and three defeats from seven matches.