Efes put an end to Barcelona’s streak with an impressive victory!

Dominate against Barcelona for the 22nd matchday of the Euroleague and celebrated an imposing home victory with 98-74 the Effects!

After a lackluster first half at Istanbul’s Sinan Erdem Dome, the home team hit the gas in the third period, scoring 30 points on excellent field goal percentage to eventually cruise to a comfortable victory!

Thus, Efes celebrated its second consecutive victory in the Euroleague, improving its record to 9-13 and approaching the top ten of the standings, while on the other hand, Barcelona were defeated for the first time after four matches, remaining in second place but falling to 15-7.

Top for the winners are Bobois (21p with 4/5 three-pointers), Side (17pts, 7 rebs), Otorou (16p, 6 rib) and Larkin (15 points, 8 assists), while for the “Blaugrana” they stood out Willie Ernagometh (18p), Yokohamaites (14pts. 5 assists) and Kalinic (14p).

The match

Clyburn returned from the injury that plagued him, returning to the Efes squad after 1.5 months of absence, while for Barcelona, ​​the injured Laprovitola was left out. The match began with Efes hitting the racket and Place scoring her first six points for an early 6-0 lead. Kalinic responded with a three-pointer, but Plais continued to dominate, reaching 8 personal points early on, making it 8-5. The home team held on to a slim lead until the end of the first period, which ended with Clyburn and Oturu scoring to make it 18-13.

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Daum hit Efes’ first 3-pointer of the night to put them up +8 (21-13), while Oturu’s basket and foul made it 24-15, before Barcelona responded and found a rhythm on their attack, building a 12-3 run and reaching a tie (27-27). Willy Ernagometh hit his 9th point to give the Blaugrana their first lead of the game (29-31), before Larkin scored the first points to make it 37-34, with Efes going into the locker room with a four-point lead. (42-38).

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The quarters: 18-13, 42-38, 72-60, 98-74

The match statistics