Fener escaped from St. Petersburg with a super Veseli!

With Jan Veseli making orgies (32 points, 22 of them in the first half), Fenerbahce reached a great double at the headquarters of Zenit St. Petersburg (80-86).

So, Djordjevic’s team celebrated its 2nd consecutive victory in the Euroleague and went up to 5-9.

On the other, the Russians suffered their 3rd consecutive defeat and fell to 8-6. Top for Pascual are Lloyd (19 points) and Kuzminskas (17 points).

The match

Both teams kept pace in the score in the first minutes (8-10 in 4 ‘), but Zenit ran a partial score of 7-1 and escaped somewhat (15-11 in 6’). Veseli kept Fenerbahce upright, with the Czech center scoring all 15 of his team’s first points. The ten minutes ended with Mickey scoring a three-pointer and bringing the hosts to +2 (18-16).

At the start of the 2nd period, Pascual’s team pressed the accelerator and left (28-20 in 13 ‘). With Lloyd and Kuzminskas performing, the Russians maintained a small lead, but the visitors ran a series of 7-0 and came close to shooting distance to the final of the half (41-40).

With Henry and Booker to enter the equation aggressively, Fener reversed the situation and went ahead (47-51 in 25 ‘). Nevertheless, the hosts reacted with a good defense, came back and regained the lead (57-55 in 28 ‘). The 3rd quarter ended with Zenit having a short head (62-61).

The Turks ran 8-0 starring Booker and gained a lead of 5 points (64-69 in 33 ‘). Nevertheless, Kuzminskas responded and brought the team of St. Petersburg to the lead (72-71 in 35 ‘).

The guests regained the lead and built a victory difference (74-79 in 37 ‘), but Baron reduced with three points (77-79). Veseli’s class spoke in the last two minutes, with the Czech leading Fener safely to victory (80-86).

The quarters: 18-16, 41-40, 62-61, 80-86.

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