By Fatih Erel
ISTANBUL - The ninth round of the 2018-19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague basketball regular season will be completed on Friday.
In a Thursday match, last year’s EuroLeague finalist Fenerbahce defeated Israel's Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv 74-70 in an away match in Tel Aviv.
With two Turkish sides clashing in Istanbul, Anadolu Efes beat Darussafaka Tekfen 93-88.
EuroLeague competitions bring Europe's top basketball clubs together.
Sixteen teams are competing this season -- four Spanish, three Turkish, two Russian, and two Greek teams, and one team each from Germany, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, and Montenegro.
Turkey is represented in the tournament with Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahce, and Darussafaka.
Round 9 matches are as follows:
Thursday:
Darussafaka Tekfen (Turkey) 88-93 Anadolu Efes (Turkey)
Olympiakos (Greece) 88-83 Real Madrid (Spain)
Maccabi FOX (Israel) 70-74 Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Herbalife Gran Canaria (Spain) 74-89 Bayern Munich (Germany)
Friday:
Zalgiris (Lithuania) - Khimki (Russia)
Baskonia (Spain) - Panathinaikos (Greece)
Buducnost VOLI (Montenegro) - CSKA Moskova (Russia)
Barcelona Lassa (Spain) - AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan (Italy)