End of her invincibility Real Madrid in this year’s Euroleague, the terrible put Fenerbahce in town!
In one of the best matches of the season, his team Dimitris Itoudis took the ball over the Spaniards at the “Ulker Sports Arena”, with a last-minute hero Jan Madard who hit a two-point buzzer beater in overtime for the final 100-99!
The “merenches” were “hugging” with the pink sheet until the 33rd minute (64-78), however, with a sustained counterattack, Fener sent the match into overtime, celebrating their 6th victory in the competition in the final.
The first scorer for the winners was Goodrich with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, with Wilbekin and Mandar to follow with 19 and 17 points respectively. For Real, who remained on top but saw their record drop to 10-1, the Facundo Campacho he was… spacey with 33 points (11/11 2-pointers) and 7 assists!
Yam Madar WINS IT FOR @FBBasketball??????#MagicMoment pic.twitter.com/QMPd0cv7YH
— Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) November 30, 2023
The match
THE Real entered with fora thanks to Campacho and quickly took a 5-10 lead. With three points from Baskets and Gooduric, Fener took the lead (11-10), but somewhere there the Madrid bombardment began. Campacho and Yule they started to score from everywhere, with the difference rising to 10 (13-23). The Turks had no answer, the Argentine guard put up 16 points in the first period, which ended with a score of 16-29.
In the first half of the second quarter, the dominance of the Spaniards continued, with Poirier and Rodriguez to keep the visitors at +12 (23-35). Somewhere in there, Fener hit for the first time, reducing the gap from 12 to 2 with a partial score of 10-0, thanks to Goodrich and Madar. The “queen” responded with Musa and Campacho, escaping again with +9 (33-42), and the half ended with a score of 37-44.
In the third period, the match took the form of a derby. THE Goodrich cut it to 42-46 with a three-pointer, while Mandar and Motley they took over by reducing the difference to a point (47-48). the “hot” Campacho tried to answer for 47-52, while Yule made an important three-pointer for 51-58. Shanli made a foul shot to cut it to 54-58, but Deck answered in kind for 54-61. With Yule and Musa, Real escaped again to +10 (57-67), with Mandar to form the 59-67 of the third period.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Poirier and Musa they brought Real back to a double-digit lead (61-72). Every attempt of Fener to reduce, fell in vain, as the Real he was reacting, as a result he escaped with +14 (64-78). Somewhere there, the Turks managed to run a streak with Wilbekin as the protagonist, for 72-78, but Tavares and Rudy responded for 72-81. Fener continued its counterattack and reduced the difference to 4 (77-81) with a three-pointer by Calathes, now being in the game. The game was driven to… a razor’s edge, with Wilbekin sending it into overtime, making it 87-87 with a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left in the period.
In overtime, the two “fighters” exchanged consecutive blows throughout the five-minute period. With Poirier’s two-pointer, Real went to +4 (94-98) 25 minutes before the final, showing that they were embracing the victory. But shots by Motley and Goodwerich sent the difference to the minimum value (98-99) at 6 seconds. On Real’s comeback, the home side stole the ball with Madar scoring a layup with 2 minutes left for the upset and final 100-99!
The quarters: 16-29, 37-44, 59-67, 87-87, 100-99 (para.).
VE O ANIN SONRASI! ??????#YellowLegacy #EuroLeague https://t.co/FxNGQ9VOau pic.twitter.com/4vNUUTJemB
— Fenerbahce Beko (@FBBasketbol) November 30, 2023
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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