Olympiacos beats Dubai 101-72 in EuroLeague as Vezenkov passes Spanoulis

A comfortable win at home

Olympiacos beat Dubai BC 101-72 on Thursday, 12 November, in round 11 of the EuroLeague at the Sunel Arena in Piraeus. The win lifted the Greek club to 8-3 and came after a home defeat to Crvena Zvezda. Dubai BC, from the United Arab Emirates, fell to 7-4 and suffered its fourth defeat of the competition. Olympiacos now has a 3-2 home record and a 5-1 away record, while Dubai BC sits at 3-2 at home and 4-2 away. Olympiacos led from the 5th minute onward, and Dubai never threatened the lead in a first quarter that ended 25-18.

Fournier and Vezenkov carry the attack

Evan Fournier led the scoring with 28 points, making 5 of 7 three-pointers in 26 minutes and 38 seconds on court, and he added assists in the win. Sasha Vezenkov scored 20 points, and the two players did most of the scoring for Olympiacos early on. At halftime Fournier had 14 points and 3 assists, while Vezenkov had 12, and the home side led 57-43. For the full game Olympiacos made 11 of 25 three-pointers and 29 of 42 two-pointers, and it recorded 20 assists and 6 turnovers. Dubai BC made 7 of 22 from beyond the arc and gave away 13 turnovers, and Olympiacos scored 11 points off five Dubai turnovers in the first quarter alone.

Olympiacos (of 25 attempts)11

Dubai BC (of 22 attempts)7

Olympiacos (of 25 attempts)

11 made

Dubai BC (of 22 attempts)

7 made

Data from the article text

How the game unfolded

Vezenkov opened the scoring with a midrange shot after nearly two minutes of play. Olympiacos then pushed the pace and took advantage of Dubai's mistakes, reaching 13-9 in the 5th minute. In the second quarter Corey Jones scored the basket that gave Olympiacos its first double-digit lead, 37-26, in the 14th minute. The margin reached 14 points at 55-41 in the 19th minute, and the teams went into the break with Olympiacos ahead 57-43. After the interval Fournier kept scoring from distance, and the lead stood at 75-51 in the 25th minute and 88-56 in the 30th. The game ended 101-72.

Vezenkov passes Spanoulis

Vezenkov's basket for 13-9 also made him the leading scorer in Olympiacos's EuroLeague history, passing Vassilis Spanoulis. Reports differ on the exact totals: one gives Vezenkov 3,555 points and another 3,553, with Spanoulis listed at 3,552. The same list has Giorgos Printezis at 3,380, Papanikolaou at 2,730 and Milutinov at 1,926. Coach Giorgos Bartzokas praised Vezenkov after the game, saying:

“He is currently in the best phase of his career and has many years ahead to celebrate wins and titles with Olympiacos.”

Bartzokas on the performance and absences

Bartzokas compared the display with the team's performance against Crvena Zvezda, and said that a few days earlier his side had scored 57 points.

“That is basketball. A few days ago we scored 57 points, and today we had already reached that many by halftime.”

Olympiacos was missing several players. Montero and Dorsey were already out, and Kostas Papanikolaou was left out with tendinitis. Danston, Karagiannidis, Papas and Bournelis were also unavailable. Bartzokas started Joseph in place of Miller-McIntyre in the opening five.

What comes next

Olympiacos travels to Cyprus for an away game against Maccabi Tel Aviv in round 12 on 17 November at 19:00. It then hosts Real Madrid on Friday, 20 November 2026.