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Anadolu Efes, YOUR Euroleague in He lost 89-73 to Lithuanian representative Zalgiris on the road in his fourth week.
The best team, which started the game well, went ahead 13-5 in the 5th minute with blows from outside. Anadolu Efes, who defended well for about 2.5 minutes and gave his opponent only 1 chance point, was not effective on offense. Having difficulty stopping their rival in the final 2.5 minutes, the Blue and Whites closed the quarter behind 25-16 with a 9-point difference.
Anadolu Efes scored with Moerman behind the 3-point line in the second quarter, which started with mutual baskets, and reduced the difference to 1 point (32-31) in the 15th minute. The Blue and Whites, who made a good defense, caught the tie 35-35 in the 18th minute. The home team, which encountered a 6-0 run from Lauvergne and Grigonis in the last inning, entered the circuit 41-35.
Although Anadolu Efes kept the difference from reaching double digits by responding to the actual play of Zalgiris in the second half of the match, the difference was more than 5 points for a long time. Moving the difference to double digits (64-54) in the 29th minute of the match, the Lithuanian representative finished the period 66-55 ahead.
Unable to prevent Zalgiris from reaching a 22-point difference (87-65) in the 38th minute, which attacked with a high percentage in the fourth quarter, the Navy Blue lost 89-73 from the hall.
Anadolu Efes could only get a contribution of 25 points from the top 5 players. Dunston, who came off the bench in navy blue, was the game’s top scorer with 20 points, while Simon’s 16 points could not prevent defeat.
In the home team, all the basketball players scored, except Lukosiunas, who entered the game in the last stretch. Hayes reached double digits with 17, Grigonis and Lekavicius 12, Lauvergne and Milaknis with 10.
Anadolu Efes, who marked the last season, which could not be completed due to the new type of coronavirus epidemic (Kovid-19), with his good performance, could not start the 2020-2021 season well. The Navy, who protected their squad last season, suffered their third defeat in Week 4 of the THY Europa League. Lithuanian representative Zalgiris maintained his lead by making 4 of 4.
More than 5,000 spectators in the stands
More than 5,000 basketball fans watched the game.
Although there were no spectators in many countries due to the coronavirus epidemic and matches were postponed due to positive cases in the THY Europa League teams, 5 thousand 11 sports fans participated in the stands of the Zalgirio Arena with a capacity for 15 thousand.
The fans followed the game following the rules of hygiene, social distance and mask.
