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Istanbul’s Anadolu Efes, who suffered two defeats in a row in the quarter-finals, managed to bounce back: the Turkish club entered the Euroleague four-point final after a dramatic battle.
| Man of the match | |
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EFF 38 |
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Chris Singleton |
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Points |
26 |
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Precision |
8-10 |
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Bounces |
8 |
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Effective transfers |
0 |
Erginas Ataman’s students in the decisive quarter-final match at home 88:83 (18:21, 18:20, 24:16, 28:26) knocked down the Real Madrid basketball players and won the series 3-2.
Anadolu Efes will face CSKA Moscow in the semi-finals.
5 minutes before the end of the game, Real went ahead 8: 3 and after Nicolás Lavprovittola’s triple, the Spanish had a minimal advantage (72:71).
With 2 minutes remaining, Shane Larkin scored a triple and put Anadolu Efes ahead (78:75), but Alberto Abalde responded with the same and tied.
The break of the match turned into an impressive episode for Krunoslav in the last minute of the match. 38.6 seconds left and with the same result 80:80, Simon smeigthree points from eight meters and overtook the Turks (83:80).
Simon’s three crucial points:
In the next attack, Pablo Laso entrusted the ball to Sergio Llull, whose triple did not hit with 16 seconds remaining, Chris Singleton launched the penalties and the locals triumphed.
After the winning match, the head of the Turkish club. Coach Ataman was delighted to reach the final four and was full of praise for Singleton, who played an impressive match.
Amazing emotions. “I think for the last 2 seasons we deserve to be among the final four and fight for the title that we could not win in the last final,” Ataman said. – We lost twice in Madrid, we are ashamed because we went ahead 2-0 and dominated, but we lost both games in the last 2 minutes.
Today we played the worst game of the series, but we had an incredible player Singleton, who played a career game in the ranks of “Anadolu Efes” and led us to victory. “
For Singleton, who had an incredible performance in the decider, it was the best game of his career in the Euroleague overall. The American scored 26 points (5/7 dvit., 3/3 trit., 7/8 penalty) in 37.5 minutes, bounced 8 and seized 1 ball, caused 8 fouls and scored 38 utility points.
The forward improved his performance by 4 points and repeated the performance record (26) he had previously set in 2016, when he played for Panathinaikos in Athens.
Real did not save Laprovittola from defeat, who scored 17 points (2/3 doubles, 4/7 trit., 1/1 penalties) in 21 minutes, bounced 3 and took 1 ball, made 4 assists and scored 20 points useful. .
The match was better started by the Madrid guests, who led by Jaycee Carrollo and Carlos Aloceno achieved a 3-point lead at the end of the first half, and Walter Tavares, who returned to the field, scored the last points (21: 18).
At the beginning of the second half, the teams shot 3-pointers, but Vasilije Micičius spoke the decisive word in the long-distance shot and again weighed the result in favor of Anadolu Efes (29:27). Realizing the initiative was getting out of hand, Real’s basketball players ran 9: 3 and took a break after Tavares’ two-point lead with 41:36.
After the break, the hosts put on an impressive supreme effortto 21: 4 and later Singleton dwalking cattle 12 points advantage, however IReal heard the alarm bells, Real answered 12: 3 bei po Tavareso baudthrow before decisive 10 mineDyed 3rddeficit67:70).
Anadolu Efes: Chris Singleton 26 (5/7 two, 3/3 trit., 7/8 penalty, 8 rebounds, 38 uses), Vasilije Micičius 18 (4/8 trit., 5 res.), Krunoslav Simon 17 ( 3/6 trit.), Shane Larkin 10 (2/6 trit., 5 reps, 4 res.).
Royal: Nicolas Laprovittola 17 (4/7 trit., 4 res.), Trey Thompkins 12 (3/6 trit.), Jaycee Carroll and Sergio Llull (2/9 trit.) 10 each, Walter Tavares 8 (7 rebels , 3 innings, 2 blocks), Carlos Alocen and Rudy Fernandez (2/5 trit.) After 7.
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