We Defeated Real Madrid 90-89 in the 24th Week Postponement Match in Euroleague...

We hosted Real Madrid in the 24th-week postponement match of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague and we won the match 90-89. We were ahead 42-39 in the first half of the match played at Sinan Erdem Dome.

While Micic, Elijah, Clyburn, Singleton, and Pleiss were the starting five of our team, the first basket of the match came from Elijah at 1:30. After Pleiss's six points, Micic's six points were tied 10-10 in the fifth minute. After Elijah's layup, the score was 15-18 in the seventh minute with a three-pointer from Pleiss. Dunston hit one and Larkin two from the foul line in the remainder, and we were down 18-24 in the first 10 minutes of the game. Our team started the second quarter with Larkin's three-pointer, and after Dunston's one-hit free throw, Clyburn also hit a three-pointer, and the score was 25-29 in the 13th minute. With Dunston and Micic's points, the score was 31-35 in the 16th minute. After a minute, when the gap became 8 points, coach Ergin Ataman took a time-out. We had a 9-0 streak with Pleiss, Singleton, and Elijah at the time-out and took the lead in the last 30 seconds of the half: 40-39. In the last position of the half, Clyburn got the basket and we finished the first half of the game ahead 42-39.

We started the second half with Clyburn's three-pointer and the score was 45-42 in the 21st minute. Three-pointers each from Elijah, Singleton, and Larkin brought the score to 54-52 in the 24th minute. When Singleton turned the opposing team's turnover into another three-pointer, we increased the lead to five points and the visiting team's timeout came: to 57-52. Three-pointers after the timeout, this time from Elijah and Clyburn, brought the score to 63-54 in the 26th minute. Clyburn, who made a steal and scored a slam dunk in the attack of the opposing team, increased the lead to 11 points in the 27th minute: 65-54. Larkin, who was stopped by a foul during the three-point field goal, scored all three free throws, and evaluated the technical foul on the opponent’s bench, and increased the lead to 13 points in the 28th minute: 69-56. Our team was leading 72-58 in the last minute of the quarter with Elijah's three-pointer, and we finished the third quarter ahead 77-60 after Larkin's three points and Dunston's two points. Our first point in the final period came from Dunston, who scored a stylish dunk, and we were leading 79-63 in the 32nd minute. After 4:30 minutes of silence, the score was 79-75 at 36:30, while we brought the score to 83-75 at 37:20 with the points of Elijah and Singleton. In the last 1:22 minutes of the match, our team went down 83-84 in the score, and coach Ataman took a time-out. We took the lead again with Larkin's three-pointer at the time-out: 86-84. In the remaining time, we scored two points each with Pleiss and Clyburn and we won the game 90-89.

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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 33:16 18 1 / 2 %50,00 3 / 8 %37,50 7 / 7 %100,00 0 1 1 8 2 2 0 2 3 22
2 Chris Singleton 32:27 11 1 / 2 %50,00 3 / 3 %100,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 4 4 2 1 2 0 3 1 13
6 Elijah Bryant 29:21 17 4 / 5 %80,00 3 / 5 %60,00 0 / 0 %0,00 3 3 6 3 0 1 0 3 4 23
11 Erten Gazi 01:12 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 36:40 15 2 / 8 %25,00 3 / 8 %37,50 2 / 2 %100,00 2 5 7 2 0 1 0 3 5 13
18 Egehan Arna 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
19 Buğrahan Tuncer 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
21 Tibor Pleiss 25:24 11 3 / 7 %42,86 1 / 2 %50,00 2 / 2 %100,00 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 3 2 8
22 Vasilije Micić 19:31 10 1 / 4 %25,00 1 / 2 %50,00 5 / 5 %100,00 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 4 10
24 Amath M'Baye 06:57 0 0 / 1 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2
41 Ante Žižić 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
42 Bryant Dunston 15:12 8 3 / 5 %60,00 0 / 0 %0,00 2 / 4 %50,00 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 3
  TOPLAM   90 15 / 34 %44,12 14 / 28 %50,00 18 / 20 %90,00 8 17 25 17 5 10 1 22 22 90
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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 Causeur, Fabien 11:50 3 0 / 1 %0.00 1 / 3 %33.33 0 / 0 %0.00 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
5 Fernandez, Rudy 16:05 3 0 / 0 %0.00 1 / 5 %20.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
6 Abalde, Alberto 08:18 0 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 2
8 Hanga, Adam 16:03 2 0 / 2 %0.00 0 / 1 %0.00 2 / 2 %100.00 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 2
11 Hezonja, Mario 10:21 8 1 / 1 %100.00 2 / 3 %66.67 0 / 0 %0.00 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 13
13 Rodriguez, Sergio 23:53 14 2 / 3 %66.67 2 / 5 %40.00 4 / 4 %100.00 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 5 17
14 Deck, Gabriel 31:37 15 4 / 7 %57.14 0 / 1 %0.00 7 / 7 %100.00 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 4 5 14
17 Poirier, Vincent 15:24 5 2 / 3 %66.67 0 / 0 %0.00 1 / 1 %100.00 4 3 7 1 0 1 2 4 2 11
21 Cornelie, Petr 06:17 2 1 / 1 %100.00 0 / 2 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
22 Tavares, Walter 23:36 13 5 / 6 %83.33 0 / 0 %0.00 3 / 3 %100.00 3 1 4 0 2 1 1 1 4 21
28 Yabusele, Guerschon 15:48 8 1 / 1 %100.00 2 / 5 %40.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 2
31 Musa, Dzanan 20:48 16 3 / 4 %75.00 3 / 6 %50.00 1 / 1 %100.00 0 2 2 5 1 2 0 2 3 19
  TOPLAM   8919 / 29 %65.52 11 / 31 %35.48 18 / 18 %100.00 9 22 31 22 5 11 3 23 22 107