EuroLeague round 7: Fenerbahce joins Panathinaikos at the top
Fenerbahce recovered from 16 points down to beat Olympiacos 64–61. Valencia closed the round with a 104–93 win at Paris, moving to five wins and two defeats.
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Fenerbahce recovered from 16 points down to beat Olympiacos 64–61. Valencia closed the round with a 104–93 win at Paris, moving to five wins and two defeats.
Fenerbahce joined Panathinaikos at the top of the 2026–27 EuroLeague basketball regular-season standings after overturning a 16-point deficit at Olympiacos on 23 October. Euroleague Basketball confirmed on 24 October that Hapoel Tel Aviv’s Zach LeDay and Valencia’s TJ Shorts II share the round’s Most Valuable Player award. Valencia’s away win at Paris completed all ten Round 7 fixtures.
Valencia beat Fenerbahce 86–78, leaving both at 6–2; Hapoel Tel Aviv and Olympiacos also reached 6–2 with wins over Anadolu Efes and Besiktas. Paris, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Crvena Zvezda won, while ASVEL’s 82–75 comeback against Partizan and Zalgiris’s 91–74 victory at Virtus Bologna completed the round.
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The award was LeDay’s fifth of his career, following one with Olympiacos and three with Olimpia Milan. Shorts received his seventh; five came while he played for Paris.
Olympiacos held Fenerbahce to 24 first-half points before the visitors gradually erased the gap and completed their comeback in the final minute. Shavon Shields led Fenerbahce with 17 points. The result took Fenerbahce to six wins and one defeat and left Olympiacos at five wins and two defeats.
Zalgiris’s 23 October win in Kaunas followed two consecutive defeats. The hosts led ASVEL 50–35 at halftime and increased the gap after the break. Carson Edwards led Zalgiris with 16 points, while Jonas Valanciunas contributed 15 points and eight rebounds.
Partizan’s Belgrade derby victory on 22 October ended its three-game losing streak and Crvena Zvezda’s four-game winning run. Partizan’s third consecutive EuroLeague derby win left both teams at 4–3.
Partizan led by 18 in the third quarter and 65–50 entering the fourth, but Crvena Zvezda forced overtime and then went four points ahead. Carlik Jones brought Partizan level at 82–82 before Alessandro Pajola made the winning three-pointer with 17 seconds remaining. Crvena Zvezda failed to attempt a shot on its final possession. Jones finished with 26 points.
Barcelona won every quarter of its away victory over Olimpia Milan on 22 October. Kevin Punter led Barcelona with 17 points.
Anadolu Efes’s Istanbul derby win left both teams at 3–4. Efes led Besiktas 57–36 at halftime, but the visitors cut the gap to eight before the fourth quarter. Cameron Payne scored Efes’s first 11 points of the final period to help the hosts regain control and finished with 22. Dubai built a 63–36 halftime lead at Bayern Munich, with Mfiondu Kabengele finishing with 24 points and seven rebounds.
Real Madrid made 21 of 39 three-point attempts against Maccabi Tel Aviv and scored 62 points after halftime. In Athens, Baskonia scored seven unanswered points to draw level with Panathinaikos at 79–79. Sylvain Francisco restored the hosts’ lead with a three-pointer with 1:09 remaining, before Guerschon Yabusele made another to seal the victory.
The round began on 21 October with Hapoel Tel Aviv’s win over Virtus Bologna and concluded on 23 October. Eurohoops reported the following final scores.
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 21 October | Hapoel Tel Aviv – Virtus Bologna | 90–81 |
| 22 October | Anadolu Efes – Besiktas | 89–80 |
| 22 October | Bayern Munich – Dubai | 91–107 |
| 22 October | Maccabi Tel Aviv – Real Madrid | 99–113 |
| 22 October | Panathinaikos – Baskonia | 85–79 |
| 22 October | Olimpia Milan – Barcelona | 81–89 |
| 22 October | Partizan – Crvena Zvezda | 85–82, overtime |
| 23 October | Zalgiris – ASVEL | 105–85 |
| 23 October | Olympiacos – Fenerbahce | 61–64 |
| 23 October | Paris – Valencia | 93–104 |
Fenerbahce and Panathinaikos finished Round 7 with the league’s best record. Valencia, Olympiacos, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Dubai each stood one win behind them.
| Team | Wins | Defeats |
|---|---|---|
| Panathinaikos | 6 | 1 |
| Fenerbahce | 6 | 1 |
| Valencia | 5 | 2 |
| Olympiacos | 5 | 2 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 5 | 2 |
| Dubai | 5 | 2 |