We were guests of Lithuania's Zalgiris Kaunas in the 12th week of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague and won the match 86-60. The first half of the match played at Zalgirio Arena ended with a 33-33 tie.
While Micic, Beaubois, Elijah, Polonara, and Pleiss were starting five of our team, the first basket of the match came from Pleiss. In the first section, we scored six points with Beaubois and nine points with Micic, and at 4:30 we let the home team take the time-out: 17-8. With the hit from Pleiss on the return from the timeout, we increased the lead to double digits: 19-8. After the score came to 19-13 in the next 2:30 minutes, we closed the first 10 minutes of the game ahead 25-19 after three-pointers from Clyburn and M'Baye in the remaining section. We started the second period with Beaubois's basket and made the score 27-22 in the 12th minute. During the remainder of the quarter, Zizic scored six points and the first half of the game was tied 33-33.
Our first basket in the second half came from Clyburn and we were behind 35-37 in the 22nd minute. We hit one each behind the three-point line with Pleiss, Beaubois, and Micic, and at 24:30 we took the lead again and let the home team take the time-out: 44-39. After the timeout, we scored with Clyburn and M'Baye and increased the lead to 13 points in the 28th minute: 54-41. Our team, which did not slow down, continued their three-pointers with Micic, M'Baye, and Beaubois in the remaining section and after the third quarter score of 30-15, we entered the last 10 minutes of the game 63-48 ahead. We started the final period with Dunston's one-hit free throw: 64-48. After Dunston's stylish dunk, Beaubois's three-pointer hit the 35th minute of the game, leading by 17 points: 69-52. We maintained our lead until the end of the match and after Micic, Clyburn, and Elijah's points, we won the match 86-60.
# | Player | Min | Pts | 2P | 3P | FT | OR | DR | R | A | St | To | B | F | FR | EFFP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rodrigue Beaubois | 33:10 | 20 | 2 / 3 %66,67 | 5 / 8 %62,50 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
6 | Elijah Bryant | 19:44 | 2 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Ömercan İlyasoğlu | 01:27 | 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 | 27:07 | 17 | 2 / 4 %50,00 | 4 / 6 %66,67 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
13 | Isiah Taylor | 08:10 | 0 | 0 / 3 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
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 | 17:26 | 7 | 2 / 3 %66,67 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
22 | Vasilije Micić | 34:08 | 19 | 3 / 6 %50,00 | 4 / 8 %50,00 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
24 | Amath M'Baye | 21:46 | 9 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 3 / 4 %75,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
33 | Achille Polonara | 14:38 | 0 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
41 | Ante Žižić | 07:53 | 6 | 3 / 3 %100,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
42 | Bryant Dunston | 14:31 | 6 | 2 / 2 %100,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 2 / 3 %66,67 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
TOPLAM | 86 | 15 / 28 %53,57 | 17 / 29 %58,62 | 5 / 7 %71,43 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 112 |
# | Player | Min | Pts | 2P | 3P | FT | OR | DR | R | A | St | To | B | F | FR | EFFP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Evans, Keenan | 26:43 | 4 | 2 / 5 %40.00 | 0 / 4 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
3 | Giedraitis, Dovydas | 11:56 | 4 | 2 / 3 %66.67 | 0 / 1 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Hayes, Kevarrius | 17:51 | 4 | 2 / 4 %50.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Kalnietis, Mantas | 10:41 | 0 | 0 / 3 %0.00 | 0 / 1 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
10 | Smits, Rolands | 22:27 | 8 | 4 / 6 %66.67 | 0 / 3 %0.00 | 0 / 1 %0.00 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
14 | Krivas, Motiejus | 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 | Birutis, Laurynas | 05:52 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Brazdeikis, Ignas | 21:24 | 9 | 4 / 9 %44.44 | 0 / 3 %0.00 | 1 / 2 %50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
34 | Cavanaugh, Tyler | 25:34 | 15 | 4 / 6 %66.67 | 1 / 4 %25.00 | 4 / 5 %80.00 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
45 | Lelevicius, Liutauras | 01:27 | 0 | 0 / 1 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
51 | Butkevicius, Arnas | 26:11 | 7 | 0 / 3 %0.00 | 2 / 3 %66.67 | 1 / 2 %50.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
92 | Ulanovas, Edgaras | 29:54 | 9 | 3 / 6 %50.00 | 1 / 1 %100.00 | 0 / 0 %0.00 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
TOPLAM | 60 | 21 / 46 %45.65 | 4 / 20 %20.00 | 6 / 10 %60.00 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 55 |