Fenerbahçe Beko got its 16th victory by defeating the Spanish team Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 111-96 in the 27th week match of Tutkish Airlines EuroLeague.
Baskonia suffered its 13th defeat. The top scorer of the match was Nigel Hayes-Davis, who scored 19 points for Fenerbahçe.
Fenerbahçe Beko participated in the match played at Ülker Sports and Event Hall; Nick Calathes, Tyler Dorsey, Amine Noua, Nigel Hayes-Davis and Sertaç Şanlı started with their top 5. The starting 5 of the away team consisted of Cody Miller-McIntyre, Vanja Marinkovic, Daniel Diez, Matthew Costello and Chima Moneke.
Both teams started the match effectively on offense. While Fenerbahçe was effective with Hayes-Davis, Baskonia scored points from Marinkovic, and the yellow-dark blue team was ahead 10-9 in the first 3 minutes. Continuing to score offensively with Dorsey and Noua’s points, Fenerbahçe was ahead 21-16 in the last 3 minutes of the period. In the remaining part of the period, the Spanish team regained balance with the points scored by Kotsar and Moneke, who came from the bench. In the last second of the period, Baskonia finished the period ahead 32-34 with the point scored by Miller-McIntyre.
Starting the second period with Sestina’s scoring game, the yellow-dark blue team hit all 8 three-point shots they attempted in the first 13 minutes of the match. Wilbekin missed the first three-point shot of the match for the yellow-dark blue team with 6.50 left in the first half. With 5.22 left in the period, Fenerbahçe scored from under the basket with Papagiannis, increasing the difference to 7 and forcing a timeout to its opponent: 47-40. Coming back from the break with an 8-0 run, the Spanish team took the lead with 3.44 left in the first half: 47-48. Fenerbahçe played the remaining part of the period better than its opponent and finished the first half ahead 55-54.
Baskonia was the side that started the second half better. The Spanish team, which produced points using the pot, increased the difference to 6 with 7.35 left. 57-63. The yellow-dark blue team regained control with Tarık Biberovic’s consecutive three-pointers and took the lead again with 5.24 left: 66-65. In the last 5 minutes of the head-to-head period, both teams attacked with percentage points, and the last period was entered with a score of 78-78.
Fenerbahçe entered the last period well and made its opponent take a time-out with an 8-0 streak in 1 minute and 28 seconds: 86-78. The yellow-dark blue team widened the gap in the remaining period and won 111-96.
ASSISTANCE RECORD IN EUROLEAGUE IMPROVED
Fenerbahçe Beko improved its club assist record against Baskonia, which it hosted at home in the 27th week of the Euroleague. The yellow-dark blue team, which previously produced 29 assists in the Khimki match played in 2021, updated this record by making 32 assists in the Baskonia match.
THE RECORD FOR NUMBER OF POINTS IN THE CLUB HISTORY IN EUROLEAGUE WAS BREAKED
Fenerbahçe Beko played the match in which he scored the most points in the Euroleague against Baskonia. The yellow-dark blue team, which previously scored 109 points against Maccabi on January 4, 2024, broke the record by sending 111 points to the Baskonia pot.
LIVING ROOM: Ülker Sports and Events
REFEREES: Robert Lottermoser, Tomislav Hordov, Arturas Sukys
FENERBAHÇE BEKO: Calathes 11, Dorsey 4, Noua 7, Hayes-Davis 19, Sertaç Şanlı 8, Motley 11, Biberovic 17, Sestina 14, Guduric 13, Wilbekin 1, Papagiannis 6
BASKONIA: Miller-McIntyre 8, Marinkovic 18, Diez 15, Costello 9, Moneke 14, Howard 4, Kotsar 2, Sedekerskis 9, Theodore 11, Rogkavopoulos 6
PERIOD RESULTS:
1st Period: Fenerbahçe Beko 32-34 Baskonia
2nd Period: Fenerbahçe Beko 55-54 Baskonia
3rd Period: Fenerbahçe Beko 78-78 Baskonia