Fenerbahce refuses to lose! In a match that was decided in the final, Jasikevicius’ team got past Bologna by beating Virtus 86-82 and took their sixth consecutive victory, remaining alone first in the Euroleague standings.
Hayes-Davis was decisive with a three-pointer and two shots in the final, making it 82-81 in favor of Virtus… 86-82 for the Turks who went up to 9-2. At the same time, the Italians fell to 2-9.
Great game by Guduric with 21 points, Hayes-Davies had 19 and Colson 18. Sengelia (23pts) and Zizic (18pts) were not enough for the home team, losing another game leading the scoring in the longest period of.
The match
Excellent first quarter, with the two teams going point by point and sending a message that we will see a derby in the rest of the match. 14-10 was Virtus’ biggest lead, with Fenerbahce responding with a quick 10-1 run to get to +5. It closed the period with the difference at its minimum value (22-23).
The defenses tightened more in the second quarter, the score remained low, with Sengelia outscoring Virtus with seven points and giving them the lead, with the Turks unable to find solutions offensively, having many missed shots. The half ended with the Italians at +1 (38-37) and the derby held well.
The two teams began to find a rhythm in attack, with Zizic entering the equation and providing a worthy supporter for Sengelia. Virtus held onto the lead despite the visitors having plenty of scoring with six different scorers in the period (Shanley, Hayes-Davies, Coulson, Zagars, Birch and Goodrich). Despite this, the home team’s shooting percentage in the quarter exceeded 53% and 5/8 shots were enough to enter the final stretch with a lead (61-56).
Sengelia, Zizic and Clyburn increased the difference to +10 for Virtus in the last quarter (73-63), Sanli with a goal-foul dropped it to seven, but Clyburn with two points increased it again. Hayes-Davis, Gudurich took it upon themselves, Biberovic had 3/3 shots on a Cordinier foul and with a 14-4 run, Fener tied it (77-77) two minutes before the final.
Cordinier’s three-pointer gave Virtus a breather, with Guduric having four sticky points for the upset (80-81) at 30”. Morgan’s 2/2 shooting restored the home team’s lead, with Hayes-Davis hitting a big 3-pointer to make it 84-82. Paiola missed an unmarked three-pointer from the corner and Hayes-Davis with two shots gave Fener the pink card (82-86).
The quarters: 22-23, 16-14, 23-19, 21-30.
Here is the boxscore of the match…
Source: Sport Fm
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