Evans pushes Zalgiris to road win! | Round 1, Highlights | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Zalgiris Kaunas grabbed a huge 79-82 victory away at Virtus Segafredo Bologna in its 2023-24 EuroLeague season opener. The hosts surrendered a 15-point lead twice in the game against an inspired Zalgiris, whose defense put Virtus in trouble in the last quarter, where the guests dominated 24-14. ABOUT EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL Euroleague Basketball (EB) is a global leader in the sports and entertainment business, devoted to running the top European competitions of professional basketball clubs under a unique and innovative organizational model. Owned and administered by some of the most successful and historic clubs in the world, EB manages the continent’s two premier men’s basketball competitions, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the BKT EuroCup, as well as the sport’s premier under-18 showcase, the EB Adidas Next Generation Tournament. The EB competitions bring the elite of European basketball to all five continents and to the entire sports community through the OTT platform EuroLeague TV. EB also organizes a series of community and educational activities, led by the One Team program, in alignment with the United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. On the academic side, the EB Sports Business MBA trains future professionals in sports management. About One Team One Team, Euroleague Basketball’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, supported by Turkish Airlines as the One Team Founding Patron and with the collaboration of Special Olympics as Proud Partner, uses basketball to achieve real social impact in our communities. With an innovative model of interconnectedness across an entire continent, Euroleague Basketball and its clubs have developed a complete CSR program that brings together activities from each team in an integrated, impactful way, working under the theme of “community integration“ that actively addresses targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10 on Reduced Inequalities. Each participating club develops a specific One Team project tailored to its own community needs to benefit groups in danger of exclusion due to problems such as substance abuse, gender equality, physical or intellectual disability. Since its founding in 2012, the One Team program has reached already directly and indirectly more than 25,000 participants, involved 76 EuroLeague and EuroCup clubs and 342 Ambassadors through its various projects. About ANGT The Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament is the premier club competition in Europe for U18 players. The ANGT sees up to 32 top-tier junior clubs or academies – many of them from clubs competing in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague or BKT EuroCup – begin the season in one of the four qualifying round tournaments, held at different basketball hotbeds across the continent. The qualifying tournament winners are joined by four more teams chosen by Euroleague Basketball to make up the lineup at the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Finals, which is held annually in conjunction with the EuroLeague Final Four. The list of players to have competed in the ANGT includes dozens of future stars who h