Fenerbahçe Beko Basketball Team defeated Lithuania’s Zalgiris Kaunas team 73-67 in the 22nd week of the THY Europa League.
Fenerbahce Beko increased the number of victories to 9 with this result, while the representative of Lithuania got its 15th defeat.
Fenerbahce Beko, who had a good start to the match, was 9-0 behind with the baskets of Ulanovas, Lukosiunas and Kalnietis against Zalgiris Kaunas, and brought the score to 9-7 with Melih Mahmutoğlu, Ahmet Düverioğlu and Guduric. The visiting team finished the first quarter 13-7 with the baskets they found in the last episode.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Zalgiris Kaunas, who scored three points with Tarık, increased the lead to 11 points (10-21) against the yellow-dark blue team, and forced his opponent to break the time-out. Despite the support of the audience, the home team, having difficulty in increasing the tempo and returning with low percentage shots from the attacks, went to the locker room with a 30-24 defeat.
Starting the third quarter with a 7-0 series, the Lithuanian team increased the lead to 17 points in the 24th minute with Kalnietis and Lukosiunas’ three-pointers: 26-43. The yellow-dark blue team, which recovered after this episode, reduced the gap to 4 points with the baskets of Guduric, Şehmus Hazer and Tarık (44-48).
The yellow-dark blue team, who started the last period more willingly and melted the gap, got the score advantage for the first time with 3 minutes and 14 seconds left in the match: 63-62. Fenerbahce Beko, who made fewer mistakes in the match where the score advantage changed hands with three-point shots in the last three minutes, was relieved by Booker’s free throws and won the arena 73-67.
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