[ad_1]
Anadolu Efes, leader of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague last year, could not start the new season after the pandemic as he wanted, and even fell short of expectations. Last week, the navy-whites, who beat Olympiacos and took their second win in their fifth match, hosted Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv in the seventh period of play.
Starting the game with straight three-point baskets, Anadolu Efes led 11-0 in the first time-out. Finding his first problem in minute 3, Maccabi Playtika closed the gap with successive baskets after the series 9-0 and reduced the difference to odd points in minute 8 (18-17). The Israeli representative managed to take the lead for the first time in the match with Jones’ basket and finished the first quarter with a 24-22 lead.
In the second half, which started with the local basket, the team that entered the first time-out was the navy blue with a score of 33-28. Despite Maccabi Playtika’s defense under the basket, Anadolu Efes scored with accurate shots and could not find a solution to his opponent’s outside shots. Anadolu Efes, who converted free throws into points against the Israeli team, which went ahead 47-46 in the closing seconds, could not avoid Bryant’s three-point basket, and Maccabi Playtika went 50-49 to the dressing room.
Anadolu Efes, who did not allow the gap to widen, immediately responded to the Israeli representative, who started the third quarter with a 6-0 series of baskets, and could not sustain this performance. Although the navy blue ones could not take advantage of the clear opportunities, Maccabi Playtika finished the section where he found comfortable numbers 72-67.
In the last quarter, Anadolu Efes took the lead 80-78 in the 35th minute with a field triple by Moerman, and was defeated by consecutive triples by his opponent (84-82). Anadolu Efes, who went ahead with Pleiss’s basket in the last minute of the fight at 87-87 even, did not allow his opponent to score in the last attack and won the match 91-89.
The leading scorer of the game was Beaubois with 23 points, while the visiting team with the most points was Bryant with 22 points.
LIVING ROOM: Sinan erdem
REFEREES: Miguel Ángel Pérez, Matej Boltauzer, Gytis Vilius
ANADOLU EFES: Beaubois 23, Singleton 3, Doğuş Balbay, Erten Gazi 2, Moerman 17, Buğrahan Tuncer, Pleiss 20, Micic 9, Anderson 4, Simon 13
MACCABI PLAYTIKA TEL AVIV: Bryant 22, Wilbekin 15, Jones 9, Caoiaro 9, Hunter 5, Cohe, Dorsey 14, Blayzer 3, Bender 2, Sahar, Zizic 10
PERIOD 1: 22-24
FIRST HALF: 49-50
PERIOD 3: 67-72
[ad_2]
