Spanish giants share first place in Euroleague standings

Two Spanish giants now share the Euroleague top spot after enjoying perfect double-round weeks. That allowed FC Barcelona to join Real Madrid in first place with 9-2 records, thanks to Round 11 victories over LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (60-80) and Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (79-67), respectively. Reigning champ Anadolu Efes Istanbul got a big win, 98-77, over AS Monaco, while CSKA Moscow bounced back into winning ways by downing Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz on the road, 74-80. UNICS Kazan and Zalgiris Kaunas completed perfect weeks on Friday, gaining home wins over ALBA Berlin and Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, respectively. Olympiacos Piraeus stayed perfect at home by thrashing Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 90-73. On Thursday, FC Bayern Munich also won at home, rallying from a 9-point deficit with 6 minutes remaining to edge Panathinaikos 81-78. At the same time, previous leader AX Armani Exchange Milan completed a winless week in Russia by going down 74-70 at in-form Zenit St Petersburg on Friday.

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