Overview
- Real Madrid, which won 74–69 in Istanbul on Thursday, improved to 23–14 to climb back into the EuroLeague top three.
- Facu Campazzo scored 15 points and Trey Lyles added 12, with Lyles’ late baskets steering Madrid through a tense finish.
- Coach Sergio Scariolo said the team needed a strong road win after recent losses in Vitoria and Piraeus and that it should lift confidence.
- BJ Boston led Fenerbahçe with 21 points as the defending champions’ reported five-game slide under Šarūnas Jasikevičius continued.
- Madrid now hosts Red Star in its finale with a chance to lock home court in the quarterfinals, which in EuroLeague means starting a best-of-five at home and avoiding the Play-In round.