Showing its clear superiority from the second period onwards, Efes Anadolu won by “walk” 86-70 Alba in Berlin for the seventh matchday of the Euroleague and reached the 4-3 her record, firmly leaving the Germans in last place with 1-5.
Mijatovic’s players with consecutive three-pointers from the second period onwards they created a streak and gained double-digit differences, maintaining them steadily until the end of the match.
Top of the winners were Oturu, Nuora with 16 and Bobois with 14 points. For the “albatrosses”, Hermanson stood out with 24 and Williams with 16 points.
The match:
Efes “knocked” into the basket and took a 6-0 lead at the start of the match. Alba found the solutions and with a 4-0 run reduced to 4-6, but Thompson starred in a 5-0 run by Efes to the 6-13 of Mijatovic’s team, which maintained +5 to +7 in that period with the many solutions of the visitors inside the opponent’s basket. Oturu made it 13-21 and Ozdemiroglu’s three-pointer helped make it 19-25 in the first period.
Efes held +6 to +8 at the start of the second period with plenty of attacking options during this time for the two-time European champions. Consecutive three-pointers by Efes brought an 8-0 run and +14 for the visitors, but an 8-0 run by the Germans brought the score to 31-37. Oturu and Bryant went on a 7-0 run for +13. Oturu gave it slogan for an 8-0 run and 33-51 before 35-51 at the conclusion of the half.
Ephesus maintained +18 at the start of the third period. Alba’s 4-0 run cut it to 42-56, but Efes’ 5-0 run made it +19 with many rebounds and improving rates from the district. Alba was trying to reduce and got as far as -13, but Ozdemiroglu with a goal-foul ended the quarter at 52-68.
Efes’ 5-0 run at the start of the fourth period made it +21 and the German’s streak was reduced to -15. Schmitz brought the 63-80 and Beaubois’ three-pointer +20 in a match, which he had acquired standard procedure. Williams went down 66-83 and, after some differences, the match ended at 70-86 with Prosinda’s three-pointer.
The quarters: 19-25, 35-51, 52-68, 70-86
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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