Zalgiris Kaunas: 96 - Anadolu Efes: 70

In the 24th week of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, we visited Lithuania's Zalgiris Kaunas and suffered a 96-70 defeat. We also concluded the first half of the match, played at Zalgirio Arena, trailing 58-37.

Our team started the match with Larkin, Thompson, Clyburn, Willis, and Pleiss. Our first basket came at 2:30 from Clyburn. In the fifth minute, Clyburn scored another basket, making the score 15-4. When the score reached 23-4 in the sixth minute, coach Erdem Can called a timeout. After the timeout, Elijah and Oturu scored, bringing the score to 23-9 by the eighth minute. With a three-pointer from Larkin and two successful free throws from Jones, we finished the first 10 minutes trailing 34-14. We started the second quarter with points from Clyburn and Pleiss, and by the 14th minute, we were trailing 46-18. With two successful free throws from Beaubois and six points from Thompson, we reduced the gap to 20 points by the 15th minute: 26-46. We continued to score through Clyburn and Pleiss, bringing the score to 56-35 by the 19th minute. The last minute of the half ended with two successful free throws from Larkin, setting the half-time score at 58-37.

Our first score in the second half came from Thompson in the 23rd minute: 39-63. During this period, Oturu left the game due to an injury near the opponent's basket. With points from Willis and Beaubois, followed by consecutive scores from Thompson, we reached the score of 76-53 by the 28th minute. With three-pointers from Jones and Clyburn, we entered the final 10 minutes trailing 76-59. We started the final quarter with a three-pointer from Clyburn: 62-78. With an under-the-basket score from Clyburn in the 34th minute, the score reached 83-64. Despite later scores from Larkin and Pleiss, we couldn't close the gap and ended the match with a 96-70 defeat.

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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 26:11 8 0 / 3 %0,00 2 / 4 %50,00 2 / 2 %100,00 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 5
1 Rodrigue Beaubois 20:54 5 0 / 1 %0,00 1 / 5 %20,00 2 / 2 %100,00 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 4
6 Elijah Bryant 12:37 3 0 / 3 %0,00 1 / 1 %100,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 -3
10 Rıdvan Öncel 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
11 Erten Gazi 04:16 0 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 1 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
12 Will Clyburn 35:50 19 5 / 8 %62,50 3 / 5 %60,00 0 / 0 %0,00 1 2 3 4 0 0 1 2 3 23
13 Darius Thompson 24:00 17 2 / 6 %33,33 3 / 4 %75,00 4 / 6 %66,67 1 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 6 16
21 Tibor Pleiss 20:32 8 2 / 3 %66,67 0 / 2 %0,00 4 / 4 %100,00 3 3 6 0 0 2 0 3 3 9
24 Ercan Osmani 03:05 0 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 Daniel Oturu 09:00 2 1 / 3 %33,33 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 -1
35 Derek Willis 23:45 2 1 / 2 %50,00 0 / 1 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 2
88 Tyrique Jones 19:50 6 1 / 3 %33,33 0 / 0 %0,00 4 / 6 %66,67 3 1 4 2 1 1 0 2 3 9
  TOPLAM   70 12 / 32 %37,50 10 / 23 %43,48 16 / 20 %80,00 9 15 24 13 4 13 2 17 19 64
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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 Evans, Keenan 16:31 8 2 / 4 %50.00 1 / 2 %50.00 1 / 1 %100.00 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 4 2 6
4 Lekavicius, Lukas 01:56 0 0 / 1 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Hayes, Kevarrius 16:19 4 1 / 5 %20.00 0 / 0 %0.00 2 / 2 %100.00 6 3 9 1 0 0 0 2 2 10
9 Giedraitis, Dovydas 23:34 4 1 / 2 %50.00 0 / 2 %0.00 2 / 2 %100.00 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 4
10 Smits, Rolands 15:54 13 2 / 3 %66.67 3 / 6 %50.00 0 / 2 %0.00 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 13
15 Birutis, Laurynas 23:36 18 7 / 8 %87.50 0 / 0 %0.00 4 / 6 %66.67 1 7 8 1 0 1 1 1 4 27
26 Sumner, Edmond 13:45 3 1 / 5 %20.00 0 / 0 %0.00 1 / 1 %100.00 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 2
33 Dimsa, Tomas 24:14 11 1 / 2 %50.00 3 / 6 %50.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 1 1 7 2 2 0 0 0 15
35 Lavrinovicius, Danielius 02:12 0 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 1 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Manek, Brady 16:48 13 3 / 4 %75.00 2 / 3 %66.67 1 / 1 %100.00 1 3 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 17
51 Butkevicius, Arnas 24:38 9 2 / 4 %50.00 1 / 2 %50.00 2 / 2 %100.00 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 11
92 Ulanovas, Edgaras 20:33 13 6 / 7 %85.71 0 / 2 %0.00 1 / 1 %100.00 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 15
  TOPLAM   9626 / 45 %57.78 10 / 24 %41.67 14 / 18 %77.78 14 21 35 27 10 7 1 19 17 121
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