Hosting the Spanish side Unicaja Malaga at the second week match of Euroleague Top 16, Anadolu Efes, down by 17 points in the 17th minute at 42-25, made an outstanding comeback to win the game 74-70. Anadolu Efes was trailing 49-34 at the halftime of the match, played at Abdi İpekçi Arena.
Starting the match with Heurtel, Janning, Cedi, Saric and Lasme, Anadolu Efes got its first field goal by Janning with a three-pointer. Down 11-3 in the fourth minute, the team managed to bring the score difference to one point in the seventh minute as Draper and Perperoglou was helped by Lasme and Janning in scoring: 12-13. Getting three points with Perperoglou with an and-one following the opponent’s points, Anadolu Efes finished the first 10 minutes trailing 23-15. Starting the second quarter with Perperoglou’s layup, the team was trailing 17-23 in the 11th minute. Making it 23-30 in the 14th minute with Bjelica and Furkan’s three-point field goals, Anadolu Efes got its 25th point off of Krstic. While Cedi scored four points to make it 29-42 in the 17th minute, Anadolu Efes got five more points with Saric and Janning, trailing 49-34 at the halftime.
Starting the second half with Janning’s points, Anadolu Efes made it 39-51 in the 23rd minute. Playing excellent defense in these moments, Anadolu Efes brought the difference down to five points in the 26th minute with Saric, Draper and Perperoglou’s three-pointers, followed by Unicaja Malaga’s timeout: 48-53. Getting another three-point field goal with Perperoglou after the timeout, Efes made it a two-point game with three-minutes left to play in the quarter: 51-53. In the remaining three minutes, Anadolu Efes tied the game with Draper and Janning’s three-point field goals, starting the last 10 minutes at 57-57 after a third-quarter score of 23-8. Krstic’s spectacular slam dunk in the 31st minute put the team up after a long time: 59-57. With Cedi’s points in the paint, the team increased the lead to six points at 33.30, ahead 63-57. Furkan’s two accurate free-throws and Cedi’s layup forced the opponent’s coach to call a timeout in the 35th minute: 67-59. As the opponent made a 7-0 scoring run in the two minutes following the timeout to make it 67-66, Ivkovic called a timeout. Getting points with Cedi and Draper after the timeout, Anadolu Efes left the court victorious 74-70 and got its second win in the Top 16.
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| # | Player | Min | Pts | 2P | 3P | FT | OR | DR | R | A | St | To | B | F | FR | EFFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Doğuş Balbay | 05:21 | 0 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Cedi Osman | 16:54 | 12 | 5 / 7 %71,43 | 0 / 3 %0,00 | 2 / 2 %100,00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Stratos Perperoglou | 27:23 | 13 | 3 / 6 %50,00 | 2 / 4 %50,00 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Dario Šarić | 29:02 | 5 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 1 / 3 %33,33 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Dontaye Draper | 27:05 | 13 | 2 / 3 %66,67 | 3 / 6 %50,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Nenad Krstić | 13:21 | 4 | 2 / 2 %100,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Stephane Lasme | 26:09 | 2 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Furkan Korkmaz | 11:23 | 5 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 1 / 4 %25,00 | 2 / 2 %100,00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Matt Janning | 28:37 | 17 | 1 / 3 %33,33 | 5 / 8 %62,50 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 31 | Thomas Heurtel | 07:34 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 2 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | Deniz Kılıçlı | 00:00 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 51 | Milko Bjelica | 07:11 | 3 | 0 / 2 %0,00 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| TOPLAM | 74 | 15 / 27 %55,56 | 13 / 32 %40,63 | 5 / 5 %100,00 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
