AS Monaco came up with a victory for the ages, erasing a 22-point deficit to eventually roll past CSKA Moscow 97-80 at home. Monaco trailed 13-35 in the second quarter but then took control of the game with a 24-5 run in the third quarter and started the final frame with a 16-7 surge to win its second straight game at home and move to 4-3.
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne confirmed its outstanding form by downing Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 70-84 in the Greek capital on Friday. ASVEL improved to 5-2 while Panathinaikos dropped to 2-5. Elie Okobo paced the winners with 35 points. Chris Jones added 13 while Kostas Antetokounmpo had 12 for ASVEL. Daryl Macon and Ioannis Papapetrou led Panathinaikos with 16 points apiece, and Jeremy Evans added 12 for the hosts.
Reigning Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champ Anadolu Efes Istanbul delivered its best performance of the season and rolled to a 94-60 win over visiting Zalgiris Kaunas on Friday night. Efes improved to 2-5, while Zalgiris remains the only winless team after Round 7.
Zenit St Petersburg launched two huge runs to demolish Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 83-54 and split the tie between the teams in the middle of the standings.
UNICS Kazan sent a message that echoed all around the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague by downing Real Madrid 65-58 at home on Friday. UNICS improved to 3-4 in the standings while Real dropped to 5-2. Mario Hezonja and Andrey Vorontsevich led the winners with 13 points apiece. Tonye Jekiri pulled down 10 rebounds for UNICS. Walter Tavares led Real with 15 points. Guerschon Yabusele added 13 while Alberto Abalde had 10 for the guests.
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