Unlikely Vassilie Mitsic kept her upright Effects!
With a terrible crescendo of the Serbian guard in the fourth period, but also his composure from the shooting line at 0.9 ” before the end, the European champions won 84-83 the fighter Red Star.
So, Ataman’s team went up to 9-8, while on the other hand the “red and whites” of Belgrade retreated to 7-10. Fatal for the losers o Kalinic, who had 0/2 shots in the last seconds.
Efes’ top scorer was Plais with 23 points, with Mitsic having 21 points, of which 15 points. in the last period.
From Radonjic’s total, the fatal Kalinic had 20 points.
The match
Explosive start from Efes, which went to the double score (18-9), in the first five minutes. The Red Star reacted with White in front, but the Turks closed the first period at +10 (31-21). Through their defense, the “red and whites” made a series of 9-0 at the beginning of the second half (31-30), while then they even went to +5 (39-44), in 18 ‘. In the last minutes, Ataman’s team reacted with Place, but the guests maintained their lead (43-46) until the end of the first half.
Efes stayed close to the first minutes of the second half (50-52), with Lazic sending the Red Star to +9 (53-62), in 25 ‘. The Turks initially reacted with Dunston and Mitsic (61-65), with Ivanovic’s three-pointer sending the difference to +7 (61-68), in 29 ‘. In the remaining time, the hosts tightened defensively and with Bryant reduced to -3 (65-68), at the end of the third period.
With the basket and foul of Mitsic, Efes equalized (68-68) at the beginning of the fourth period, however with the big shots of Kalinic and Lazarevic, the “red and whites” went to +7 (74-81), in 37 ‘. With plentiful defenses and Mitsic, the Turks reduced to one point (80-81), at 40 ” before the end. This was followed by a big basket by Kalinic for +3 (80-83), at 15.7 ”. In the next attack, Mitsic reduced to one point (82-83), with Kalinic making 0/2 from the line at 10 ”, with the Efes guard making 2/2 at 0.9 ” and giving the victory with the final 84-83.
The ten minutes: 31-21, 43-46, 65-68, 84-83
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