Shane Larkin, who braved the opponent’s defense, led Istanbul “Anadolu Efes” (15-17) to an important victory in the Euroleague. Turkish grand in Vitoria 97:76 (32:22, 17:23, 28:8, 20:23) defeated “Baskonia” (16-16) and became the leaders of the fight for the 10th place.
Tomislav Mijatović’s students are now in tenth place and are one win ahead of the following teams “Žalgiris”, “Emporio Armani”, “Partizan” and “Valencia”. You can find the standings by clicking here.
The Basques are not yet calm about their place in the playoffs, and they may be out of the game if they lose both of their remaining matches. Baskonia have two away matches against Real and Virtus. The Istanbul team will play a derby against “Fenerbahçe” in the guest arena and will host “Crvena Zvezda” at home.
| Player of the match | |
| EFF 29 | |
| Shane Larkin | |
| Points | 28 |
| Accuracy | 8-13 |
| Rebound balls | 2 |
| Effective passes | 2 |
In 28 minutes, Larkin scored 28 points (3/4 doubles, 5/9 triples, 7/7 penalties), 2 rebounds and 2 steals, 2 assists, 2 turnovers, 1 foul and 29 utility points. .
For the losers, Tadas Sedekerskis collected 4 points (1/3 doubles, 0/1 triples, 2/2 penalties), 4 grabs, a block and 9 utility points in 24 minutes.
Anadolu Efes built up a winning lead in the third quarter. After the first half of the meeting, the visitors led 49:45, but won 28:8 in the impressively played third quarter and closed the question of the winner after 30 minutes of fighting – 77:53.
Chima Moneke scored 9 points (4/8 doubles, 1/2 penalties), rebounded 7 balls and collected 11 utility points in 14 minutes for the Vitoria team.
Baskonia: Markus Howard 15 (2/8 tr., 7/8 free), Codi Miller-McIntyre 13 (5/8 double), Nikos Rogkavopoulos 12 (2/5 tr.), Chima Moneke 9 (4/8 doubles, 7 rpg), Mike Kotsar (4/6 doubles) and Matthew Costello (6 rpg) each had 8.
Anadolu Efes: Shane Larkin 28 (5/9 trg., 7/7 rpg., 29 rpg.), Will Clyburn 20 (3/7 double., 3/7 trg., 5/6 rpg.) , Ercan Osmani 15 (4/7 doubles, 2/3 triples, 5 rebounds), Tyrique Jones 8 (4/4 doubles), Darius Thompson 7.
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