Nakon CSKA i drugi je ruski euroligaški predstavnik ove sezone odnio pobjedu iz Istanbula protiv aktualnog prvaka Europe, Efesa za koji je druge večeri 8. kola Eurolige Kruno Simon ubacio šest poena (šut 3-5), uz po tri skoka i asista za 17 minuta na terenu. Zenit su u petak nosili Conner Frankamp i litavski veteran Mindaugas Kuzminskas s kombiniranih sedam trica - kao kompletna momčad Efesa - i ukupno 33 poena.
Momčad iz Sankt Peterburga tako je ostala u "gornjem domu" poretka, pobjedu od kvinteta na diobi drugog mjesta, koji su, uz Barcelonu i Efes, kompletirali Olympiacos uvjerljivom pobjedom protiv Monaca, Maccabi koji je u derbiju večeri u Vitoriji razbio Baskoniju za petu uzastopnu pobjedu s ponovo zapaženim Antom Žižićem - 16 poena (6-7 iz igre, 4-4 slobodna bacanja) i četiri skoka za 22 minute te Real Madrid sa serijom 8-0 u posljednje dvije minute za preokret protiv Bayerna u Münchenu. (tod)
Efes - Zenit 79:90 (20:22, 13:25, 18:26, 28:17)
EFES: Larkin 14p, 5a, Beaubois 11p, 3s, Singleton, Bryant 10p, 5s, Gecim, Gazi, Moerman 10p, 5s, Tuncer, Pleiss 13p, 5s, Micić 6p, 4a, Petrušev 9, Simon 6p, 3s, 3a.
ZENIT: Loyd 7p, 4s, Zaharov 6, Karasjev, Baron 10p, 5a, Puškov, Kuzminskas 15p, 5s, Zubkov 8p, 4s, 3a, Poythress 7p, 3s, 3il, Ponitka 7p, 3a, Frankamp 18p, 3a, 4il, Mickey 10p, 5s, Gudaitis 2p, 4s, 3ul.
Žalgiris - ALBA 71:79 (10:22, 27:19, 15:21, 19:17)
ŽALGIRIS: Webster, Blaževič 2p, 3s, 3il, Lekavičius 11p, 4a, Nebo 8p, 6s, Kalnietis 7p, 3s, 3a, 3il, Lukošiunas, Milaknis 5, Dragić, Strelnieks 16p, 4s, 4a, Cavanaugh 17p, 6s, Giffey 5p, 4s, Ulanovas.
ALBA BERLIN: Lo 9p, 6a, Da Silva 15p, 3s, Smith 3s, Eriksson 16p, 4s, Mattisseck, Olinde 4p, 4s, Koumandje 1, Thiemann 4, Sikma 10p, 6s, 4a, 3ul, Blatt 6p, 6s, 3il, Zoosman 4, Lammers 10p, 4s, 3b.
Olympiacos - Monaco 86:65 (17:27, 18:11, 24:14, 27:13)
OLYMPIACOS: Walkup 11p, 3il, Dorsey 18p, 7s, 4a, Lountzis, Larentzakis 2p, 6s, Fall 5p, 3s, Sloukas 8p, 6a, Martin, Vezenkov 10p, 10s, Printezis 2p, 3s, Papanikolaou 11p, 4s, Jean-Charles 18p, 5s, 3il, McKisssic 1p, 3s.
MONACO: Lee 3a, Bacon 4, W. Thomas 2p, 6s, Diallo 12p, 3s, Motum 2, Boutsiele, Motiejunas 9p, 3s, Outtara 3, Gray 4, Anđušić 11p, 4s, Hall 11p, 9s, James 7p, 8a, 5il.
Baskonia - Maccabi 69:87 (14:21, 21:23, 19:19, 15:24)
BASKONIA: Baldwin 15p, 5s, 5a, 3il, Barrera, Sedekerskis, Marinković, Granger 4p, 4a, Fontecchio 13p, 7s, 5ul, 3il, Enoch 5p, 3s, Costello 13, Giedraitis 9p, 4s, 3a, Nnoko 10p, 4s, Kurucs.
MACCABI TEL AVIV: Wilbekin 3s, 3a, 3il, Evans 14p, 5s, 8a, Caloiaro 5p, 3s, 4ul, Williams 21p, 7s, Taylor 3, Reynolds 16p, 5s, DiBartolomeo, Blayzer, Cohen, Nunnally 12p, 6s, 4a, Žižić 16p, 4s, 3il, Ziv.
Bayern - Real Madrid 76:80 (13:13, 19:30, 26:17, 18:20)
BAYERN: Weiler-Babb 4s, D. Thomas 11p, 4s, Walden 10, Hunter 10p, 6s, Jaramaz, Lučić 7p, 3s, George, Obst, Đedović 2, Rubit 20p, 3s, 5a, Hilliard 16p, 3s, 4a, Schilling.
REAL MADRID: Causeur 7, Nunez, Heurtel 5p, 4s, 3a, Fernandez 5p, 4s, Abalde 9, Hanga 4s, Vukčević 3, Poirier 9p, 7s, Tavares 7p, 9s, Llull 10p, 3a, Yabusele 21p, 3s, Taylor 4.
Odigrano u četvrtak: Crvena zvezda - Panathinaikos 81:48, CSKA - Fenerbahče 82:91, Milano - Barcelona 75:70, ASVEL - Uniks 85:82.
POREDAK: Milano 7-1, Olympiacos, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Maccabi, ASVEL 6-2, Zenit 5-3, Monaco, CSKA 4-4, Fenerbahče, C. zvezda, Bayern, ALBA, Uniks, Baskonia 3-5, Efes, Panathinaikos 2-6, Žalgiris 0-8