Red Star checked… Fenerbahce and Jasikevicius. The “red and white” of Belgrade won 85-76 from the “Ulker Sports Hall” in the 18th game of the Euroleague. Leading the Lithuanian coach to his first defeat in his presence on the bench of the Turkish team. Leading the Lithuanian coach to his first defeat in his presence on the bench of the Turkish team, after 7 consecutive victories (4 in the Euroleague) in all competitions.
The winners improved their record to 7-11, while the hosts fell to 10-8.
The leader for Yannis Sfairopoulos’ team was Joel Bolomboi with 24 points (8/9 two-pointers 8/10 shots, 8 earned fouls) and 6 rebounds, “hitting” 31 in the evaluation system, while Giedraitis was also very good with 19 points (2/5 2-pointers, 2/5 3-pointers, 9/10 shots) plus 7 rebounds. Hanga had a very good performance (12 points, 4 rebounds), while Teodosic had 6 points and 8 assists. Hayes-Davies tried to keep Fenerbahce up with 21 points plus 9 rebounds and 28 in the rating system. Dorsey had 8 points on 2/6 3-pointers and 2/2, while not attempting a 2-pointer and had one assist.
The two teams were tied point-for-point at the start of the first period, with the lead to change hands several timesbut in the final stretch the hosts were more stable and playing good defense ended the period with a 26-18 advantage.
The visitors fought back somewhat at the start of the second period, but Fenerbahce was in control and pulled away to +9 (33-24, 6:12) midway through the second period on a three-pointer by Dorsey. Asteras made up the difference, having “hot” Hanga and Boloboi.
THE Lantern forced after the start of the second half and found itself again at +9 (52-43) with Motley hitting a shot, while Hayes-Davis’ three-pointer sent it to +10 (55-45). Asteras closed the gap, with Boloboi being a constant and Gentraitis entering the equation, the Lithuanian tied the game at 57-57 just before the end of the 3rd period.
The switch was finally turned in the 4th period, with dos Santos giving the signal at the start, while Nedovic with a three-pointer at 6:15 made it 61-69. Calathes and Motley tried to keep Fener on their feet, but now Teodosic and Gendraitis were heating up, with the 2nd constantly finding points from shots as the home side couldn’t find a way to stop him. In this way he shaped the final 76-85.
The quarters: 26-18, 35-34, 57-57, 76-85
See the match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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