Monaco climb to top spot in EuroLeague after beating Anadolu Efes 94-75

By Selcuk Bugra Gokalp

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 are in seventh spot with 10 wins and 8 losses.

- Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv shock Zalgris Kaunas 95-78

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 are in eighth spot with 10 wins and eight losses, while Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv are in 16th spot with five wins and 13 losses.

- Olympiacos Piraeus narrowly beat Emporio Armani Milan 84-83

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 are in second spot with 12 wins and six losses, while Emporio Armani Milan are in 12th spot with nine wins and nine losses.