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The representatives of Catalonia secured the first place in Istanbul, where on Friday night they defeated the Istanbul team “Fenerbahche” (20/13), who played without the injured Edgar Ulanov – 82:73 (26:25, 21:17, 15:16, 20:15).
Fenerbahče received the first painful blow in the first half: one of the team leaders, Janas Vesely, suffered a painful ankle injury and had to leave the field. Even without him, the hosts fought Barcelona in three quarters, after playing 30 minutes. S. Jasikevičius’s army had a 4-point lead of 62:58.
However, in the fourth quarter, the guests finally included Fenerbahche in the slimy basketball and they gained a 10-point lead rather quickly (71:61), which was enough to keep their cool up front until the final siren.
In the fourth quarter, Fenerbahche also left another leader behind: Nando De Colo, who had one leg on the bench, had to sit down and had a lot of trouble defending his opponents during the long part of the match.
Fenerbahche is currently in fourth position in the tournament table, but his final place is not guaranteed, it will only become clear after the last round. We remind you that the teams that occupy 1-4 places in the tournament table ensure the advantage of the field in the quarterfinal stage.
It should be noted that before the game both Š. Both Jasikevičius and Leo Westermann were awarded by the Fenerbahche Club in honor of the two former basketball players on their team. Shar received a cartoon in memory. The Lithuanian played for the Istanbul national team in 2011. At that time, L. Westermann arrived in Istanbul in the summer of 2019 and moved to Sharah in Barcelona in the middle of this season.
Before the opening council, Fenerbahce paid tribute to @westermann_leo and coach Saras Jasikevicius, for his time with the Turkish national team🤝. pic.twitter.com/IDE8N6KCsb
– Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) April 2, 2021
“In the second half of the match, our defense was completely different, which led us to victory. We let the rivals score only 31 points in the third and fourth quarters, which was the reason for the victory. Congratulations to my team for to win the regular season, it’s very difficult to do it in parallel and in a capable ACB tournament, ”said Š. Jasikevičius.
Kyle Kuričius, who scored 16 points (4/5 trit.), He was the most productive in the ranks of “Barcelona”. Brandon Davies added 13 points, Nikola Mirotich 12 points, Westermann and Cory Higgins added 9 points each.
Marko Guduričius scored 19 points at Fenerbach, 17 – Kyle Quinn, 12 – N. De Colo.
In the fight under the table, Barcelona won 28-18.
The Barça team will play its last home game against Bayern Munich next week. They will have nothing to do with the Catalans, and Bayern will fight for a higher position in the tournament table.
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