Fenerbahce helped Nicolo Melli celebrate his 27th birthday with a win as Barcelona’s faint EuroLeague playoff hopes are all but fading away.
Brad Wanamaker led Fenerbahce to an 86-82 win over the Catalan side with 24 points, seven assists and birthday boy Melli added 23 points.
CSKA Moscow registered its fourth consecutive win in the EuroLeague by topping Brose Bamberg 81-72 to strengthen their grip at the top of the standings.
Nando De Colo led the winners with 20 points, making 13/13 free throws.
Olympiacos’ inconsistent form continues after they lost 89-78 away to Crvena Zvezda, who themselves ended a three-game losing streak in Belgrade.
Dylan Ennis came off the bench to lead the winners with 21 points.
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv won the highest-scoring EuroLeague game in more than five years by topping Olimpia Milano 102-111 at the Mediolanum Forum.
The combined 213 points marked the fifth-highest total in a non-overtime game in EuroLeague history and the most in any game since Cedevita beat Zalgiris 108-106 in double-overtime on November 15, 2012.
Norris Cole led the winners with 19 points.
Valencia held off Khimki 85-83 on Friday to register its fourth win in the last six games in a highly-entertaining contest.
Tibor Pleiss led the winners with 15 points plus nine rebounds.
