Efes is here: They beat Real, made a step eight and a “gift” to Olympiakos!

March 14, 2023

Megan

Beat Real and Efes returned to winning!

In the City thriller, the back-to-back European champions, coming off a two-game losing streak in the EuroLeague, prevailed 90-89 of the “queen” and shouted loudly that she is here for eight, improving her record to 14-14. While the 8th Maccabi has 15-13.

In addition, he made a “gift” to Olympicwho was even closer to winning the first place of the regular season, since the “red and white” have a record 20-8while the “queen” was found at 19-9while it is tied with Mateo’s team.

Real flirted with a dramatic upset victory after coming back from a 16-16 deficit (76-63) at the 8:48 mark to take a one-point lead at the 1:22 mark on a 3-pointer by Giabusele. However, Larkin, Pleiss and Clyburn tipped the scales in favor of the home side and despite a fresh Real comeback with Sergi and Moussa, Efes took the win.

Show from the… old for Larkin who had 18 points and 8 assists, plus 2 steals and as many turnovers. X-Factor Bryant with 17 points and 6 rebounds, while Clyburn had 15 points and 7 rebounds, with Micic having 10 points, while Singleton was very good again with 11. Real had Musa as the top scorer with 16 points and 5 assists, Deck had 15 and Sergi 14, with Tavares scoring 13.

The match

Bryant opened the scoring at 8:33 for Efes (2-0) and the two teams went hand-in-hand for a long stretch, while the first major lead came at 3:37 with Moussa’s three-pointer to make it 12: 18, making it 8. The home team tried to close the gap, but Poirier made it 16-22 at 1:52 and Deck made it 18-24 at 0:53, making it 7 points.

Clyburn, Dunston and Pleiss kept Efes up, but Kozer and Tavares sent Real up +7 at 7:27, with Dunston bringing the European champions within striking distance at 6:18 (27-29). Sergi’s basket at 3:17 gave Real an 8-point lead (31-39). Singleton got into the equation (36-39), with Bryant’s basket again giving Ephesus the lead (40-39) at 30, while Clyburn made it 42-39 with 2 minutes to go before halftime.

Real took a lead (45-47) at 8:28, which it kept changing until 57-52 at 5:21, which was due to Singleton’s two three-pointers, followed by a layup by Bryant (60-52) and a still from Clyburn (63-54). The American caused the first double-digit difference (65-54) with a surprise basket at 3:09 after his own steal.