HIGHLIGHTS: EuroLeague round up (week 8, Thursday)

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The first leg of week eight fixtures in the EuroLeague brought great success to the road teams with just one home victory in the four-game Thursday.

Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv handed Khimki its first home loss of the season as the Israeli side recorded a 77-69 win.

Pierre Jackson led the way with 19 points for Maccabi as both sides have 5-3 records.

James Gist blocked a jumper by Errick McCollum to secure an 82-81 win for Panathinaikos on the road to Anadolu Efes.

Nick Calathes was one rebound shy of a triple-double as he tallied a career-high 29 points, added 10 assists and nine rebounds.

Baskonia got its first road win of the season as they comfortably saw off Zalgiris 97-77.

Rodrigue Beaubois and Toko Shengelia led the winners with 19 points each.

Real Madrid grabbed the sole home win of the night as they eased past fellow Liga Endesa side Unicaja Malaga 89-57 in the Spanish capital.

Jaycee Carroll paced the winners with 17 points.