Valencia avoided suicide against Fener and made it 2/2!

She came close to… suicide but was saved by Valencia!

The Spanish team won after a thriller with a score of 77-74 Fenerbahcemaking it 2/2 in the Euroleague and obliging his team Dimitris Itoudis in her first defeat.

For a long time it seemed that the home team was in complete control and even reached +15 (36-21). In the fourth quarter, however, they made tragic mistakes and put Fener in the match again, giving them the right to take the lead (67-68). Brandon Davis and Chris Jones they put in big shots, with Scotty Wilbekin to miss a crucial tying shot at 75-74.

Among the winners, a great match was played by Brandon Davis with 18 points, while Chris Jones scored 11 points with 7 assists. Big help from Damien English with 10 points and 5 rebounds. From Fener’s side, Tyler Dorsey had 17 points but got a stupid technical penalty for blocking a rebound, giving Valencia the right to make a crucial shot for 75-73. “Fate” had 14 points Wilbekinwhile Hayes scored 11 and Papagiannis scored 8.

The match

In the first minutes the match was balanced, with Papagianni and Dorsey to achieve all the points on the part of Fener and the Toure, Jovic to be dominated by Valencia (11-9). Somewhere there, the Spaniards erupted in defense for their seminar as well Brandon Davitch, Damien English to wake up on offense, going on an 11-0 run for a 22-9 first quarter.

Without struggling, the Spaniards continued to maintain their lead in the second quarter. Every attempt by Fener to reduce, with Goodrich and Wilbekin (29-18), found a… wall, as Jovitch, Davies and Inglis was on an excellent night (36-21). Fener’s much-anticipated response came late in the half when they ran out a 12-3 scoreline with their leading Dorsey and Madarto close the half at… acceptable -6 (39-33).

With Madar and Dorsey to stay “hot”, her reaction Lantern continued in the second half and led it to the tie at 45-45, having run from the first half a partial score of 24-9. Balentia showed that it has a “pulse” and took successive breaths with Jones and Davis, escaping again with +9 (54-45). The difference went up to +10 (57-47), but Fener managed to drop it to 58-53 in the third quarter after 2 three-pointers by Hayes and Wilbekin.

The hosts escaped again with +10 thanks to consecutive points by Otzeleghe (63-53), but the team of Dimitris Itoudis gave up and returned to the match again with Hayes, Wilbekin and Papagianni, taking the lead for the first time (67- 68). Inglis answered with a foul goal (70-68), but Dorsey made a long shot for 70-71. The match had now become a derby, with Davis putting Valencia ahead again from mid-range (72-71) and Jones making a big basket for 74-71. Wilbekin cut to 74-73, but after a tragic error by the home team, they missed a crucial tying shot. THE Otzelege he put his own and Valencia took the win.

The quarters: 22-9, 39-33, 58-53, 77-74

Detailed match statistics here