Critical Victory in Monaco: 89-82

In the eighth week of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, we visited the AS Monaco team and emerged victorious with a score of 89-82. We also finished the first half of the match, played at Salle Gaston Medecin, leading 48-44.

Our team started the match with Larkin, Beaubois, Thompson, Willis, and Zizic. With Thompson's early points, we were ahead 6-2 in the second minute. Following scores by Beaubois and Zizic, and a hit from Larkin, we brought the score to 14-10 in the fifth minute. Our team went through a quiet phase in the following minute, entering the sixth minute trailing 15-14. We regained the lead at 21-20 in the seventh minute with scores from Willis and Beaubois. After points from Pleiss and Jones, who joined the game in the pivot rotation, we finished the first 10 minutes ahead at 28-25. The first points of the second quarter came from Larkin behind the three-point line, and we led 31-29 in the 13th minute. With five points from Beaubois and four from Larkin, our team maintained its lead, and a basket by Clyburn brought the score to 42-34 in the 16th minute, leading to a timeout by the home team. After the timeout, we finished the first half leading 48-44 with points from Pleiss and Willis.

We started the second half with a three-pointer from Willis, making the score 51-46 in the 21st minute. Following a layup from Larkin, and scores by Thompson and Beaubois, we extended our lead to nine points at 61-52 in the 24th minute. In the final part of the quarter, with two scores each from Beaubois and Zizic, we entered the last 10 minutes of the match leading 69-66. At the start of the final period, we found a three-pointer from Thompson: 72-67. With three-point baskets from Larkin and Beaubois, we made the score 78-72 in the 35th minute. Five points from Larkin put us ahead 83-76 with 2:40 left in the match. When the score reached 83-80 with 1:45 minutes remaining, coach Erdem Can called a timeout. After the timeout, Clyburn increased the lead back to five points at 85-80 with 1:25 left. In the remaining time, we scored four more points with Larkin and Thompson, and we won the match 89-82.

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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 35:39 25 6 / 8 %75,00 4 / 9 %44,44 1 / 2 %50,00 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 4 25
1 Rodrigue Beaubois 30:51 21 6 / 7 %85,71 3 / 5 %60,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 2 2 5 0 2 0 3 2 22
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 21:58 4 2 / 4 %50,00 0 / 4 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 2 4 6 5 0 1 0 1 2 9
13 Darius Thompson 32:32 16 2 / 5 %40,00 3 / 6 %50,00 3 / 3 %100,00 0 3 3 5 3 2 0 4 4 19
21 Tibor Pleiss 06:04 7 2 / 3 %66,67 1 / 1 %100,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
21 Justus Hollatz 03:28 0 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Ercan Osmani 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
33 Erkan Yılmaz 10:01 0 0 / 2 %0,00 0 / 1 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 3 0 1
35 Derek Willis 29:07 8 0 / 0 %0,00 2 / 4 %50,00 2 / 2 %100,00 1 4 5 2 1 0 0 2 3 15
41 Ante Žižić 22:47 6 3 / 4 %75,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 7
88 Tyrique Jones 07:33 2 1 / 1 %100,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 3
  TOPLAM   89 22 / 34 %64,71 13 / 30 %43,33 6 / 7 %85,71 5 22 27 24 7 7 3 22 16 107
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Opponent Team Player Statistics
# Player Min Pts 2P 3P FT OR DR R A St To B F FR EFFP
2 Okobo, Elie 19:28 5 1 / 6 %16.67 1 / 4 %25.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 3
3 Loyd, Jordan 31:00 19 1 / 4 %25.00 3 / 6 %50.00 8 / 8 %100.00 0 4 4 1 1 2 0 4 6 19
4 Blossomgame, Jaron 16:30 0 0 / 1 %0.00 0 / 2 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -6
10 Brown, John 33:03 13 3 / 5 %60.00 0 / 1 %0.00 7 / 8 %87.50 5 3 8 1 2 2 0 1 6 23
11 Diallo, Alpha 24:25 10 2 / 5 %40.00 1 / 2 %50.00 3 / 4 %75.00 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5
12 Cornelie, Petr 04:23 2 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 2 / 2 %100.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
14 Jaiteh, Mam 0 0 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Walker, Kemba 05:34 2 1 / 1 %100.00 0 / 1 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
20 Motiejunas, Donatas 18:59 13 4 / 7 %57.14 1 / 1 %100.00 2 / 2 %100.00 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 2 11
24 Ouattara, Yakuba 07:29 3 0 / 0 %0.00 1 / 1 %100.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
45 Hall, Donta 07:33 3 1 / 2 %50.00 0 / 0 %0.00 1 / 2 %50.00 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 10
55 James, Mike 31:36 12 6 / 10 %60.00 0 / 3 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 5 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 10
  TOPLAM   8219 / 41 %46.34 7 / 21 %33.33 23 / 26 %88.46 10 21 31 11 4 9 0 16 22 83