Anadolu Efes Men’s Basketball Team lost 76-67 to Russian representative Zenit in the 23rd week of THY Europa League.
At the beginning of the match, both teams had difficulty in offense and the 5th minute was a 6-6 draw. With Jordan’s basket, Zenit turned the score in their favor with a score of 10-6 in the 6th minute. Anadolu Efes, which had a 15-14 lead with Simon in the last minute of the quarter, was ahead 18-17 in the first quarter.
There was also a fight in the second period of the match. Zenit took the lead 27-26 in the 16th minute with Jordan’s basket, and went ahead 37-36 in the locker room.
Anadolu Efes, who had difficulty in the attack in the third period of the game and could only score 6 points, fell back 10 points at the end of the quarter: 52-42.
Anadolu Efes, who could not prevent his opponent from increasing the lead to 17 points (65-48) in the last period, left the field defeated 76-67.
Anadolu Efes, whose two matches were postponed due to the new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19) cases, was defeated for the 11th time in 20 matches in the organization.
Hall: Sibur Arena
Referees: Juan Carlos Garcia (Spain), Milivoje Jovcic (Serbia), Joseph Bissang (France)
Zenit: Karasev, Loyd 8, Karasev 6, Kulagin 9, Poythress 21, Mickey 15, Ponitka, Baron 13, Pushkov, Kuzminskas, Zakharov, Zubkov 4
Anadolu Efes: Micic 22, Beaubois 7, Simon 17, Singleton 4, Pleiss 2, Bryant, Moerman 11, Dunston 4, Erten Gazi, Buğrahan Tuncer
1st Period: 17-18
Circuit: 37-36
3. Period: 52-42