The excitement continues in THY EuroLeague. In the 6th week match of the tournament, our representative Fenerbahçe Beko faced Olympiacos at home.
The yellow-dark blue team managed to defeat their opponent with a score of 79-77.
HERE IS THE SUMMARY OF THE MATCH
Fenerbahçe Beko started the match with Calathes, Guduric, Pierre, Hayes-Davis and Papagiannis. Olympiacos top 5 consisted of Walkup, Cannan, Fall, Papanikolaou and Peters.
Fenerbahçe started the match well, hitting 3 three-pointers from Pierre in less than 2.5 minutes, increasing the difference to double digits and forcing their opponent to take a time-out: 11-1. Continuing their effective play, the yellow-dark blue team increased the difference to 16 with the basket scored by Papagiannis with 1.29 left in the first period: 29-13. The first period ended with Fenerbahçe leading 29-14.
The first 3 minutes of the second period, which started with mutual baskets, were passed with a score of 36-20. Olympiacos brought the score to 38-26 with 3.39 left in the second period with the baskets scored by Brazdeikis. The first half of the match ended with the yellow-dark blue team leading 46-33.
Olympiacos was the side that started the third period well. The Greek team, which was effective in attack in the first 3 minutes, reduced the difference to 7 points: 48-41. Olympiacos brought the score to 53-50 with a basket by Fall with 2.50 left. The Greek team reduced the difference to 1 by bringing the score to 57-56 with a 3-point shot from Canaan, and the third period ended with this result: 58-57.
The first 3.5 minutes of the fourth period, which started with mutual points between the two teams, was passed with a score of 65-62. With 3.35 left, Olmypiacos equalized with the basket scored by Milutinov: 71-71. Fenerbahçe increased the difference to 6 with 1.11 remaining with Papagiannis’ two consecutive baskets: 79-74. Fenerbahçe did not give the advantage to its opponent in the remaining time and won the match with a score of 79-77.
DYSHAWN PIERRE COULD NOT CONTINUE
In the match where Fenerbahçe hosted Olympiacos, the American player of the yellow-dark blue team, Dyshawn Pierre, could not continue the match. Pierre, who scored 14 points in the first 8 minutes of the match, came to the sideline with 1.40 left in the first period. It was learned that the experienced player, who did not enter the game again after this minute, had a problem in his calf.
FRED, DON’T LEAVE THE BASKETTE TEAM ALONEDI
Fenerbahçe’s Brazilian football player Fred followed the Fenerbahçe Beko-Olympiacos match played in the 6th week of the Euroleague from the hall. Fenerbahçe’s sports director Mario Branco also watched the match together with Fred.