Virtus Bologna stuns Paris Basketball as EuroLeague Matchday 5 delivers a bard burner and two blowouts

Virtus Bologna survives in Paris on a fourth-quarter surge

Paris Basketball let a third-quarter lead slip away. The hosts led 65-64 through three quarters, built on quarters of 26, 12 and 27 points, but Virtus Bologna turned the final period into a track meet. The Italian club closed the final ten minutes with a 32-29 edge to walk away with a 96-94 win on the road. It's the kind of finish that will sting more than most for a Paris team that led going into the fourth quarter.

Tyson Etienne ran the Paris attack all night, scoring 23 points on 7-of-17 shooting from 3-point range to go with 7 assists in roughly 28 minutes. That's a heavy workload from deep, and it kept Paris afloat even as the offense sputtered in the second quarter, when the hosts managed just 12 points. T.J. Warren added 19 points on an efficient 8-of-11 clip on 2-point shots, with 3 steals, and Sebastian Herrera knocked down 4 of 6 from 3-point range for 12 points.

Off the bench, Mouhamed Faye grabbed 7 rebounds and blocked 3 shots to go with 10 points, but none of it was enough to hold off Virtus down the stretch. Derrick Alston answered for Virtus Bologna with 23 points of his own, shooting 5 of 7 from 3-point range and a perfect 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. Wendell Moore Jr. added a well-rounded line of 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and Marcus Carr chipped in 11 points and 6 assists. Rasheed Bello came off the bench to drop 12 points and hand out 4 assists in under 12 minutes.

Hapoel Tel Aviv pulls away from Besiktas with a third-quarter surge

Hapoel Tel Aviv needed a half to shake Besiktas Istanbul loose. The two sides traded blows early, with Hapoel up just 43-39 at the break after matching Besiktas 21-21 in the second quarter. Then the home team turned it on, outscoring the visitors 32-16 in the third quarter to blow the game open. Besiktas clawed back 27-25 in a fourth quarter that had long stopped mattering, and Hapoel closed it out 100-82.

Hapoel got double-figure scoring from across the roster. Vasilije Micic led the way off the bench with 16 points on 2-of-5 shooting from 3-point range and a perfect 4 of 4 from the line in about 25 minutes. Elijah Bryant matched him with 16 points, going 9 of 10 at the free-throw line. Zach LeDay added 15 points and 6 rebounds, while Antonio Blakeney and Amir Coffey each scored 15, with Coffey also pulling down 7 boards. Besiktas Istanbul's resistance came mostly from Ante Zizic, who came off the bench for 17 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists on 6-of-9 shooting inside. Eugene Omoruyi added 12 points, Wenyen Gabriel scored 10 with 5 rebounds, and Devon Dotson ran the offense with 6 assists.

FC Bayern Munich holds off Anadolu Efes Istanbul on the road

FC Bayern Munich built its cushion early and never fully let go of it. The German club led after every quarter, opening up a 54-46 halftime lead behind quarters of 26 and 28 points. Anadolu Efes Istanbul cut into it in the third quarter, trading 22-21 with the visitors, but Bayern answered with a 26-25 fourth quarter to close out a 101-93 road win.

Duane Washington paced Bayern off the bench with 21 points on 3-of-6 shooting from 3-point range and 5 of 6 on 2-point attempts in just over 20 minutes. Andreas Obst added 20 points and 6 assists, knocking down 4 of 7 from deep, while Rokas Jokubaitis and Miles Norris each added 9 points off the bench.

Dario Saric kept Efes within range, matching Washington with 21 points of his own, going a perfect 9 of 9 from the free-throw line to go with 6 rebounds in nearly 33 minutes. Cameron Payne scored 18 points but turned it over 5 times, Matthew Strazel dished out 7 assists, and Bruno Fernando controlled the glass with 12 rebounds and 2 blocks in the losing effort.