Xabi López-Arostegui had the victory in his hands but his shot from the center of the court was not good
Wilbekin, with 20 points, was the game’s top scorer
The Valencia Basketballafter signing a remarkable first part in his visit to the Fenerbahce on the fourth day of the Euroleagueran out of ideas in the second, though he managed to stay hooked on the game and actually had a final shot of Xabi Lopez-Arostegui from the center of the track to have taken the shock.
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Fenerbahce
Calathes (8), Wilbekin (20), Hayes-Davis (17), Pierre (2), Motley (16) -five starters- Birsen (-), Hazer (-), Edwards (2), Jekiri (2), Guduric (10), Booker (2).
Valencia Basketball
Jones (16), Prepelic (4), Puerto (7), Claver (7), Dubljevic (13) -five starters- Harper (5), Pradilla (3), López-Arostegui (5), Van Rossom (10) , Radebaugh (2) and Alexander (5).
partial
Fenerbahce (20+14+26+19) and Valencia Basket (25+18+15+19).
Referee
Lottermoser (ALE), Racyc (LTU) and Nedovic (ESL).
Incidents
Match corresponding to the fourth day of the regular phase of the Euroleague played at Ulker Sports in front of some 8,000 spectators
Buoyed by confidence from his win Tuesday on the track at Efesthe Valencia started intense and concentrated. With serious defense he benefited from some unforced errors from the Fenerbahce in the shot to, with good circulation, open a small gap from the hand of Victor Claver, Joseph Port Y Boján Dubljevic (14-23, m. 8).
Locals found in scottie wilbekin a good relief for the annotation of Jonathan Motley but it wasn’t enough to change the script. In fact, a couple of shares of Jared Harper they raised the visiting income to thirteen points.
The march to the bench first of Harper (who did not play again) and after Jonah Radebaugh due to ankle sprains, he misled the Valenciawhich received an 8-0 against. Alex Mumbru remade his rotation to withstand the blow and with the return of Chris Jones and of Dubljevic and the team immediately recovered their pulse and reached the break with a comfortable lead (34-43, m.20).
Two Turkish triples as soon as they started marked the beginning of the third quarter and the visitor’s advantage disappeared in just three minutes. A new triple Wilbekin sealed the comeback (50-47, m.24) and tested the resources of the Valencia. The balls inside Dubljevic did not compensate for the rain of baskets from the 6’75 line but Sam Van Rossom He knew how to get his team going and underpinned it with seven straight points (60-58, m.30).
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Both teams started the last quarter with doubts but the locals woke up earlier and the triples of Nigel Hayes they gave the initiative to the Turkish team. Still his bad percentages and a couple of shares of Xabi Lopez-Arostegui they made the Valencia I will arrive alive at the end although with very few ideas.
The Fenerbahce was put in the hands of Wilbekin and it did not fail. The outside knew how to find Guduric and although five consecutive points of his seemed to sentence, the Valencia He knew how to force a tight ending and have a complicated ending that would have given him victory.