She put behind her the defeat by Zalgiris and returned to the victories Fenerbahce!
Sarunas Jasikevicius’ team won 88-75 Virtus Bologna in Istanbul for its 23rd matchday Euroleaguein a match that found rhythm offensively in the second period and was then dominant until the finale.
Great protagonist o Jonathan Motley with a double-double (23 points, 11 rebounds), but also o Wilbekin (15 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists), while for the losers, he stood out Lundberg with 17 points, as well as Abbas with 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals.
Thus, the Turks climbed into the top four with a record of 14-9 and are tied with Panathinaikos, who compete with Maccabi Tel Aviv, while Luka Banki’s team fell to 15-8, remaining in 3rd place.
The match:
Virtus Bologna scored the first points of the match with his three-pointer Abbas (0-3), with Papagianni to “answer” in the same way (3-3). Fenerbahce with the “hot” Motley took the lead (9-5), however, the Italians reacted and reached +4 (11-15). The home team equalized (15-15), but the visitors managed to keep the score in their favor and ended the first period at +4 with the basket and foul of Lundberg (21-25).
In the second quarter, Luka Banki’s total reached +9 (21-30), however, the Turkish team reduced to within one basket (28-30) and then took the lead with five consecutive points by Wilbekin (35-33) . Since then, Fenerbahce controlled the balance of the game (42-38), closing the half in front of the score with a three-pointer Wilbekin (52-47).
In the third period, Sarunas Jasikevicius’ players stepped in with their foot on the gas and shot the difference! Specifically, with Noah to give valuable solutions offensively, Wilbekin and Kalathy to be accurate, Fenerbahce went to +15 (64-49), while after the quarter, the defenses played a leading role, but the Turks kept a significant difference to get the pink card ( 71-56).
In the last period, Virtus went on a 0-7 run and fell (73-65), but Papagiannis and Motley kept the difference at double-digit levels (80-67). THE Fenerbahce managed the game in an excellent way in the final and with a score of 88-75 took the victory that raised it to the top four of the Euroleague standings.
The quarters: 21-25, 52-47, 71-56, 88-75
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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