With several runs in the second half, Fenerbahce defeated Alba 91-82 in Berlin for the 16th game of the Euroleague and reached 9-7 and seventh place in the standings, leaving the “albatross” at 3-13.
Sarunas Jasikevicius’ players reached +13 at the end of the third period, having earlier acquired some smaller ones, and managed to maintain double-digit differences in the fourth and the final dominance.
Leading the Turks were Wilbekin with 20, Papagiannis with 15, Motley with 14 and Dorsey with 12. Kalathis had 4 points.
For the Germans, Brown stood out with 15, Thomas with 13, Wetzel with 12 and Prosida with 11 points.
The match
Alba’s offensive versatility brought her to 8-2 and 10-4 and with a 4-0 run she reached 15-7. Vetzel took the attacks of the “albatross” and brought it 19-13, having as his opponent “awe” Madar in the German racket. Fenerbahce responded with 4-0 runs for 21-17 and 24-21, before Sestina’s 3-pointer made it 26-14 at the end of the first period.
A 6-0 Armani run at the start of the second period put her at +6 thanks to the offensive versatility of Gondaleth’s players. Thomas’ second three-pointer brought +9 for the Germans, but Papagianni’s two brought 6-0 and +2 for Fener and a 5-0 run by Sarounas Jasikevicius’ team brought it 41-46 and the consecutive regionals shots by the Turks brought them to 45-51 and +4 at the end of the half. Alba had 4/7 three-pointers and 5/7 shots and Fener 10/16 two-pointers and 10/11 shots.
A 7-0 Fener run at the start of the third period made it 47-58 for the Turks. The Germans with a 4-0 run reduced to -7, but with a 7-0 run by Fener with aggressive polyphony, it brought the score to 52-69 for the visitors and, despite the Germans’ attempt to reduce, the quarter ended at 59-72.
A 7-0 run by Alba at the start of the fourth period with several offensive options in and out of the racket made it 66-72 for the Germans. Wilbekin took the situation into his own hands and brought the double-digit differences for his team and 73-83 to the counterattack of the Germans. A 4-0 Alba reduced it to -9 and, after Fener’s +13, we reached the final 82-91.
The quarters: 26-24, 47-71, 59-72, 82-91
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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