Rimantas Kaukenas Real Madrid

A drama filled Week 4 for the 2009-10 season produced highs and lows and thrillers and upsets as more than half of the scheduled 12 games were won by visiting sides. When all was said on done, all signs pointed to more excitement the rest of the way as only one regular season group has a single leader, while two feature three-way ties at the top. In Group A, the unbeaten ranks are still at two teams, both of whom suffered to stay perfect. Coming back from big early deficits for a second straight week away from home, Montepaschi Siena defeated Fenerbahce Ulker 83-87 as all-Euroleague guard Terrell McIntyre drilled 23 points, including 5 three-pointers. That let his team stay even with Regal FC Barcelona, which topped visiting Asvel Basket 76-62 in what was a close game for more than three quarters. Pete Mickeal paced the winners with 16 points. One of those teams will see their streak end when they meet head to head in Week 5. Group A also had a first-time winner as Cibona downed Zalgiris 64-52 at home in Zagreb. In Group B, the still-undefeated leader is Unicaja, a 74-86 road winner at Entente Orleans as Taquan Dean took over with 30 points, including 7 three-pointers, tying the fourth-most ever made in a Euroleague game. Lietuvos Rytas pounded Partizan Belgrade 78-56 to remain one win behind the group leader as Martynas Gecevicus scored 19 to lead five L. Rytas scorers in double figures. Olympiacos is also hot on Unicaja’s tail after is stars shined as the Reds pained Efes Pilsen 105-90. Ioannis Bourousis returned from injury to net 23 points in 12 minutes and Linas Kleiza recorded 20 points and 11 rebounds for the victors. There is a three-way tie atop group C after Maccabi Electra outlasted Lottomatica Roma 90-92 in overtime. Alan Anderson turned from zero to hero in a matter of moments, missing the game-tying basket, but then assisting on Andrew Wisniewski’s three to force overtime and hitting some big points in the extra session among his 27 for the game. Tied with Maccabi and Lottomatica for first place is Caja Laboral, which stopped Maroussi 83-103 in Athens for its third consecutive victory. Also in the group, CSKA downed visiting Union Olimpija 79-69 to break a two-game losing streak. In that game, Trajan Langdon's team-high 19 points gave him 10th-place on the Euroleague's all-time scoring list with 1,820 points. In Group D, the tri-leaders stayed that way as Real Madrid bulldozed host EWE Baskets 61-104 in Oldenburg as six players scored in double-figures while Panathinaikos downed host Asseco Prokom 65-75 on Wednesday to bounce back from its only loss of the season. And on Thursday, Khimki Moscow Region picked up a 68-72 road win over Armani Jeans Milano after coming back in the final quarter from game-long deficits. Keith Langford led the winners with 17 points on countless fearless drives to the basket...MORE