 The 2007-08 regular season created special memories across the continent every week with both tantalizing basketball and the tip-off of the 50 Years of European Club Basketball Competitions celebrations. Euroleague debutant Chorale Roanne won its opener and would produce the competition’s best scorer, Marc Salyers. Partizan burst out of the gate by winning its first two games behind the stellar play of the season’s brightest surprise, Nikola Pekovic. The last two champs and last season’s finalists, Panathinaikos and CSKA Moscow, proved their dominance with the best records of the regular season. Lietuvos Rytas showed it belongs with the best by winning the other group. Over the course of the regular season, a number of records and milestones were broken or set – including all-time rebounding king Mirsad Turkcan grabbing the 1,000th rebound of his Euroleague career.
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 1 |
CSKA Moscow won the Opening Game. Sarunas Jasikevicius and Vassilis Spanoulis returned to the Euroleague in a victory for defending champion Panathinaikos. Union Olimpija's Miha Zupan became the Euroleague's first deaf player. Barcelona's Denis Marconato set the Euroleague record with his 145th game played. Brion Rush's game-winning three gave Chorale Roanne a victory in its Euroleague debut. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 2 |
Two teams - Aris and Partizan - grabbed road victories. Tau extended its Euroleague record to 29 consecutive home wins - dating back to January 2005. CSKA's own home streak increased to 19. Unicaja set club marks for most EL points and biggest winning margin in 102-64 win over Cibona. Union Olimpija upset mighty Olympiacos 87-78. Lietuvos Rytas beat Maccabi - moving to 3-0 all time against Tel Aviv. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 3 |
Only four teams remained undefeated after three weeks - Lietuvos Rytas, Aris, Real Madrid and Panathinaikos. Two of those games had outstanding performances with Aris's Jeremiah Massey collecting a career-high 28 points and 11 rebounds and Partizan's Nikola Pekovic going for 28 points and 10 rebounds against Panathinaikos. But the biggest surprise was Union Olimpija beating mighty CSKA Moscow. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 4 |
Lietuvos Rytas knocked off Aris while Real and Panathinaikos remained perfect at 4-0. Tomas Van den Spiegel had 27 points and 14 rebounds as Prokom claimed its first win. Roanne's Marc Salyers scored 40 points in a loss against Fenerbahce Ulker. In Zalgiris's win, Marcus Brown hit for 28 points to return to the top of Euroleague Basketball's all-time scoring list - 2,063 points. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 5 |
Defending champion Panathinaikos remained the only undefeated team with an 83-123 win at Chorale Roanne, matching the most points ever scored in a Euroleague game and establishing a record for scoring by a road team. Barcelona handed Real Madrid its first loss while previously undefeated Lietuvos Rytas fell at home to Efes Pilsen. Olympiacos's 109-65 win over Prokom was its biggest since 2000. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 6 |
CSKA Moscow beat Tau Ceramica 76-85 to snap Tau's Euroleague-record 30-game home winning streak that dated back to January 2005. Carlos Cabezas's layup with 2.5 seconds left gave Unicaja a 71-69 win over Lietuvos Rytas. Defending champion Panathinaikos beat Fenerbahce Ulker to remain the only undefeated team and Brose Baskets collected its first victory overall. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 7 |
Panathinaikos reached the halfway point of the regular season with a perfect record. CKSA Moscow extended its home winning streak to 21 games. Tau lost at Zalgiris, the first time it has dropped two straight other than a Final Four since December 2005. Union Olimpija held Prokom to just 49 points. Roanne's Marc Antoine Pellin came within 1 assist of a Euroleague record with 13 in a win. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 8 |
Lottomatica Roma handed defending champion Panathinaikos its first loss of the season. Reigning MVP Theo Papaloukas returned from injury to help CSKA Moscow collect its 22nd straight home win. All-time leading scorer Marcus Brown matched his Euroleague career-high with 31 points as Zalgiris beat Virtus Bologna. Maccabi won its fourth straight game. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 9 |
The final Euroleague week of 2007 saw eight teams collect road victories, including group leaders Panathinaikos and CSKA Moscow. A week after handing Panathinaikos its first loss, Lottomatica Roma knocked off Real Madrid. Olympiacos's 113 points against Olimpija was the club's most ever in Europe. Tiago Splitter had career-highs of 25 points, 12 rebounds and 6 steals as Tau beat Bologna. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 10 |
CSKA Moscow, Barcelona, Unicaja, Lietuvos Rytas and Panathinaikos advanced to the Top 16. Mirsad Turkcan collected 13 rebounds in Fenerbahce Ulker’s victory over Roma to become the first player to grab 1,000 rebounds in Euroleague history. Real Madrid made 17 triples - one shy of the all-time mark - against Brose Baskets. Maccabi's Terence Morris grabbed 19 rebounds. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 11 |
Six more teams - Olympiacos, Montepaschi, Zalgiris, Maccabi, Real Madrid and Tau - booked their spots in the Top 16. Olympiacos snapped a seven-game losing streak against CSKA Moscow. Prokom won at home for the first time all season and Tomas Van den Spiegel’s 3 blocks for Prokom moved him into the top 10 all-time shot blockers in Euroleague history. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 12 |
Two more teams advanced to the Top 16 as Efes Pilsen beat Lietuvos Rytas to reach the next round and Aris moved on thanks to a loss by Cibona. Milan Gurovic scored a Euroleague career-high 28 and Tomas Van den Spiegel had 15 points and 12 rebounds as Prokom stunned Olympiacos 63-59 - a season-low in points for the Reds. Marcus Brown surpassed 2,200 career points. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 13 |
Fenerbahce Ulker and Lottomatica Roma earned Top 16 berths, while CSKA Moscow took Group A honors and Panathinaikos clinched Group C behind Sarunas Jasikevicius's 23 points, which moved him into the top 10 on the all-time scoring charts with 1,510 points. Le Mans notched its first win. Paritzan allowed just 37 points to Bamberg – 2 points off the all-time mark. MORE | MVP |
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REGULAR SEASON GAME 14 |
Eight teams won road games in the final week of the Regular Season including Lietuvos Rytas, which beat Cibona to secure first place in Group B. The top second-placed team was Real Madrid, while Partizan secured its spot in the Top 16 with a victory at Fenerbahce Ulker thanks to 20 points and 10 rebounds from Nikola Pekovic. Le Mans won at AJ Milano for its second straight win. MORE | MVP |
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