Hosting Spain’s Real Madrid team in the 2nd-playoff match of Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Anadolu Efes won the game 91-68. Anadolu Efes was 44-32 ahead at the half-time of the match that was played in Sinan Erdem Sports Hall.
With this result, our team set the score of the series to 2-0. The third match of the series will be played on 27 April Tuesday in Madrid. If our team wins this match as well, we will qualify for the Final Four.
Starting the match with Larkin, Micic, Simon, Moerman, and Sertaç, Anadolu Efes’s first points were scored by Larkin’s free throws. Moerman’s layup set the score table to 3-2 at the 2nd minute. Micic’s layup followed by Sertaç and Moerman’s baskets at the 5th minute set the score table to 10-7. Micic’s three-pointer followed by Simon and Larkin’s points and our team was 22-13 ahead at the end of the first quarter. Starting the second quarter with Dunton’s fancy dunk, our team raised the score difference to double digits: 24-13. Larkin and Beaubois’s points at 13:30 set the score table to 31-19 and the rival team called a time-out. Returning from the time-out Larkin scored a three-pointer, Simon and Anderson scored from the free-throw line and our team was 38-28 ahead at the 18th minute. In the remaining duration Simon, Beaubois and Moerman scored 2 points each end our team was 44-32 ahead at the end of the first half.
Starting the second half with Larkin and Beaubois’s points, our team raised the score difference to 17 points at the 23rd minute: 50-33. Sertaç scored 2 and Micic scored 2 three-pointers, and Anadolu Efes raised the score difference to 20 points at the 26th minute: 58-38. Another three-pointer was scored by Sertaç, then Micic and Larkin’s points set the score of the third quarter: 65-45. Starting the final quarter with Micic’s points and our team was 67-47 ahead at the 31st minute. Keeping up with the tempo, our team continued to score with Larkin and Micic at the 32nd minute and set the score table to 71-47. Dunston’s underneath points set the score table to 76-53 at the 34th minute, then Micic scored 6 and Beaubois scored 5 points at the last 2 minutes of the match and our team was 87-60 ahead. In the remaining duration, Pleiss and Singleton scored and our team won the match with a score of 91-68.
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| # | Player | Min | Pts | 2P | 3P | FT | OR | DR | R | A | St | To | B | F | FR | EFFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Shane Larkin | 33:03 | 21 | 3 / 7 %42,86 | 3 / 5 %60,00 | 6 / 8 %75,00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 1 | Rodrigue Beaubois | 18:32 | 11 | 4 / 7 %57,14 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Chris Singleton | 15:51 | 4 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Doğuş Balbay | 02:44 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sertaç Şanlı | 19:52 | 7 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 2 / 2 %100,00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | Adrien Moerman | 24:09 | 9 | 3 / 4 %75,00 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 19 | Buğrahan Tuncer | 02:02 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Tibor Pleiss | 04:51 | 1 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Vasilije Micić | 28:25 | 23 | 4 / 5 %80,00 | 5 / 5 %100,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| 23 | James Anderson | 08:56 | 2 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 2 / 2 %100,00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 42 | Bryant Dunston | 15:17 | 6 | 3 / 6 %50,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 44 | Krunoslav Simon | 26:18 | 7 | 3 / 3 %100,00 | 0 / 2 %0,00 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| TOPLAM | 91 | 21 / 35 %60,00 | 12 / 20 %60,00 | 13 / 18 %72,22 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 94 |
68| # | Player | Min | Pts | 2P | 3P | FT | OR | DR | R | A | St | To | B | F | FR | EFFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Causeur, Fabien | 08:02 | 2 | 1 / 1 %100.00 | 0 / 1 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Fernandez, Rudy | 23:25 | 11 | 1 / 2 %50.00 | 2 / 6 %33.33 | 3 / 3 %100.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Abalde, Alberto | 09:31 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Tyus, Alex | 18:24 | 5 | 2 / 5 %40.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 1 / 2 %50.00 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Laprovittola, Nicolas | 26:24 | 5 | 0 / 2 %0.00 | 0 / 4 %0.00 | 5 / 7 %71.43 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | Reyes, Felipe | 08:17 | 6 | 2 / 5 %40.00 | 0 / 1 %0.00 | 2 / 2 %100.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Vukcevic, Tristan | 12:19 | 7 | 3 / 3 %100.00 | 0 / 2 %0.00 | 1 / 1 %100.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Garuba, Usman | 31:11 | 9 | 4 / 4 %100.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 1 / 2 %50.00 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 20 | Carroll, Jaycee | 12:02 | 0 | 0 / 3 %0.00 | 0 / 2 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -5 |
| 23 | Llull, Sergio | 13:31 | 4 | 2 / 5 %40.00 | 0 / 3 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | Thompkins, Trey | 21:54 | 17 | 4 / 5 %80.00 | 2 / 5 %40.00 | 3 / 3 %100.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 44 | Taylor, Jeffery | 15:00 | 2 | 1 / 2 %50.00 | 0 / 1 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| TOPLAM | 68 | 20 / 37 %54.05 | 4 / 25 %16.00 | 16 / 20 %80.00 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 73 |
