Valencia made a right foot strike in 2024 on Wednesday night, winning after an impressive match with a score of 93-88 against Anadolu Efes in “La Fonteta” for the 18th matchday of the Euroleague!
The game was a derby throughout, with the Spaniards smiling in the final and taking their 10th win of the season, moving up to 9th in the table, level with Olympiakos, Monaco, Partizan and Fener on 10- 8!
The first scorer for the winners was Brandon Davis with 15 points and 7 rebounds, with Jones and English to add 15 and 14 points respectively. For Efes, who suffered their fifth consecutive defeat in the competition by falling at 7-11 and the 15th place was won by Larkin with 20 points and 5 assists.
Let’s remember that Valencia welcomes him Panathinaikos AKTOR on Friday (05/01, 21:30) for the second matchday of the “devil’s week” of the Euroleague.
The match:
Her start was impressive Anatolou Efes in the confrontation, which thanks to his “orgies”. Shane Larkin and the Turkish guard’s eight points in the first seven minutes, he was ahead with +6 for 13-6. In the last three minutes of the period, Valencia stepped up and found easy points near the basket, resulting in a tie in 18-18, which was the score of the first quarter.
The second quarter turned into a rodeo and a “one yours and one mine” situation. It is indicative that the lead changed hands a total of 12 times (!) with just one draw. Despite the fact that Anadolu Efes found four three-pointers in this quarter, with Bobois and Larkin as the protagonists, the Spaniards “answered” with points on the racket. Somehow, the Turks went to the dressing room in front of the score with 45-43.
The scene was similar in the third period, as both teams displayed their attacking talent on the floor of “La Fonteta”. With a 3-pointer by Plais, Efes escaped with 4 points (44-48) at 22′, with Valencia responding immediately, taking the lead 53-52 at 24′. Pleiss and Thompson once again gave the visitors the upper hand (55-59), when the Spaniards closed the quarter with a quick 7-2 run in the last two minutes by Otzelege and Inglis. at +5 for 71-66.
In fact, with a three-pointer by Rivers at the beginning of the fourth and last period, the “bats” went to +8 for the first time (74-66). The visitors quickly gathered the difference (78-77), but were unable to overtake in the score, after Jovic, Rivers and Arosteghi sent Valencia again at +7 for 86-79 at 37′ and a little later at +9 (91-82) at 39′. Bryant’s two 3-pointers in the final minute provided renewed interest in the match (91-88)with the home side however proving cool from the penalty line for the final 93-88.
The quarters: 18-18, 43-45, 71-66, 93-88.
See the match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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