A Victorious Night at Sinan Erdem: 98-74

In the 22nd week of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, we hosted Spain's FC Barcelona and emerged victorious with a score of 98-74. We also finished the first half of the match played at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall leading 42-39.

Our team started the game with Larkin, Thompson, Elijah, Willis, and Pleiss. Pleiss scored the first points of the match, and at 1:30, we had a 6-0 lead. After the score reached 6-5 in the fourth minute, Pleiss and Elijah's points took us into the fifth minute ahead 10-5. With points from Thompson and Beaubois, we led 14-11 in the seventh minute. Clyburn, playing for the first time after an injury, scored his first basket, and Oturu's basket set the score for the first 10 minutes: 18-13. We started the second quarter with a three-pointer by Daum: 21-13. Following Clyburn's basket, Oturu and Pleiss scored under the rim, bringing the score to 29-27 in the 14th minute. After tying the score at 31-31 with Elijah, points in the paint from Jones and Oturu put us ahead again at 17:30: 35-33. Larkin scored five points at 18:30, making the score 40-34, and we found another basket from Oturu in the final minute, finishing the first half ahead 42-39.

Pleiss scored our first basket in the second half, and when the opposing team hit a three-pointer, Willis responded in kind, taking us into the 22nd minute leading 47-42. After Thompson's five points, Elijah and Beaubois contributed to the score, and at the 25th minute, we led 59-52. Following Oturu's three-point play, Beaubois and Larkin hit from beyond the arc at 28:30, increasing the lead to double digits for the first time: 68-58. With more points from Larkin and Oturu, we entered the final 10 minutes leading 72-60. We began the final period with six points from Beaubois, extending the lead to 18 points at 31 minutes: 78-60. With scores from Pleiss and Larkin, our team entered the 35th minute leading 88-69, and with three-pointers from Willis and Beaubois at 36:30, we increased the lead to 25 points: 94-69. We maintained our advantage in the remaining time, and with points from Beaubois and Pleiss, we won the match 98-74.

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Anadolu Efes Player Statistics
# Player Min Pts 2P 3P FT OR DR R A St To B F FR EFFP
0 Shane Larkin 33:22 15 2 / 4 %50,00 3 / 6 %50,00 2 / 2 %100,00 0 2 2 8 0 2 1 0 4 23
1 Rodrigue Beaubois 18:06 21 4 / 4 %100,00 4 / 5 %80,00 1 / 1 %100,00 0 3 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 29
6 Elijah Bryant 31:40 6 3 / 3 %100,00 0 / 1 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 1 4 5 7 1 2 0 2 2 16
10 Rıdvan Öncel 00:34 0 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Erten Gazi 00:00 0 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Will Clyburn 09:58 5 2 / 3 %66,67 0 / 1 %0,00 1 / 2 %50,00 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 5
13 Darius Thompson 25:14 7 2 / 5 %40,00 1 / 3 %33,33 0 / 0 %0,00 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 4 1 0
21 Tibor Pleiss 19:29 17 8 / 15 %53,33 0 / 0 %0,00 1 / 1 %100,00 2 5 7 1 0 1 3 0 1 21
25 Daniel Oturu 21:48 16 7 / 11 %63,64 0 / 0 %0,00 2 / 2 %100,00 2 4 6 2 0 1 2 2 3 21
31 Mike Daum 08:05 3 0 / 0 %0,00 1 / 1 %100,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4
35 Derek Willis 26:38 6 0 / 2 %0,00 2 / 5 %40,00 0 / 0 %0,00 2 5 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 8
88 Tyrique Jones 05:06 2 1 / 1 %100,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
  TOPLAM   98 29 / 48 %60,42 11 / 22 %50,00 7 / 8 %87,50 7 29 36 27 4 9 7 16 15 130
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Opponent Team Player Statistics
# Player Min Pts 2P 3P FT OR DR R A St To B F FR EFFP
1 Da Silva, Oscar 13:07 2 1 / 2 %50.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
3 Pauli, Oriol 0 0 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Vesely, Jan 19:16 6 3 / 4 %75.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 7
8 Brizuela, Dario 26:36 9 3 / 8 %37.50 1 / 4 %25.00 0 / 0 %0.00 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 3 2 6
10 Kalinic, Nikola 28:33 14 2 / 6 %33.33 3 / 6 %50.00 1 / 2 %50.00 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 3 14
13 Satoransky, Tomas 29:23 3 1 / 2 %50.00 0 / 2 %0.00 1 / 1 %100.00 0 3 3 5 1 2 0 3 2 6
14 Hernangomez, Willy 20:29 18 8 / 13 %61.54 0 / 0 %0.00 2 / 5 %40.00 0 4 4 0 0 3 1 0 4 15
22 Parker, Jabari 27:08 8 1 / 5 %20.00 1 / 6 %16.67 3 / 5 %60.00 1 5 6 1 2 2 0 2 2 3
31 Jokubaitis, Rokas 24:21 14 5 / 6 %83.33 1 / 4 %25.00 1 / 1 %100.00 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 1 13
41 Sarr, Dame 0 0 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Jakucionis, Kasparas 0 0 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Parra, Joel 11:07 0 0 / 1 %0.00 0 / 1 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
  TOPLAM   7424 / 47 %51.06 6 / 23 %26.09 8 / 14 %57.14 7 19 26 19 6 8 1 15 16 66