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Another successful night for the home sides was marred only by Le Mans narrow three points loss to the visiting Aris TT Bank in Group B.
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GROUP A

Tau Ceramica 98-71 Virtus VidiVicic Bologna

Tau hammered Virtus in a one-sided encounter to extend their home winning streak to 29 matches. Igor Rakocevic starred for the home side with 23 points as the team raced out to a 49-34 half time lead before extending it to 98-60 late in the third quarter. Virtus made a late run but it was for pride only as Tau always looked comfortable.

Union Olimpija 87-78 Olympiacos

Union Olimpija secured their first win of their Euroleague campaign downing Olympiacos in Ljubljana. Despite not being top scorer on the night Miha Zupan was instrumental in the win as he helped them to a 57-54 lead at the half time interval before the side resorted to solid defense to dominate the game in the second half.

GROUP B

Lietuvos Rytas 92-74 Maccabi Elite

Lietuvos Rytas dominated Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv to take the top spot in Group B with a 2-0 win-loss record. Rytas used their solid defense along with outstanding displays from Arturas Jomantas (19 points, six rebounds and six assists), Mindaugas Lukauskis (16 points) and Kenan Barjamovic (12 points) to control the game from start to finish.

Le Mans Sarthe Basket 66-69 Aris TT Bank

Aris TT Bank maintained their unbeaten record this season by out-muscling Le Mans in France. Aris dictated play from the off and had built a solid lead by half time. The home side made a comeback in the final quarter to ensure a tense finish but could not find enough points to secure the win.

GROUP C

Real Madrid 89-83 Lottomactica Roma

Real Madrid joined a three-way tie, with Panathinaikos and Partizan Igokea, at the top of Group C by snatching a thrilling win over Lottomatica in the Spanish capital. Madrid took an early 25-10 lead in the first quarter before Erazem Lorbek and Roko Ukic lead a Roma comeback to tie 81-81 with less than two minutes left on the clock. But Raul Lopez hit a triple before adding free throws to seal the win.

AXA FC Barcelona 82-67 Fenerbahce Ulker

Barcelona picked up their first win of the season convincingly downing Fenerbahce. Barcelona looked to be on course for a rout as they held a 17 point lead early in the second quarter but the visitors rallied through Willie Solomon, returning from injury, and Omer Onan to cut the deficit to just eight points at half time. However, with Jaka Lakovic and Pepe Sanchez on the court Barcelona always looking confident as they held on for the win.