Istanbul Fenerbahce, who started the quarter-final series in the Principality of Monaco with a victory in overtime, but fell dramatically in the second battle, has a chance to win a ticket to the final four of the Euroleague this week.
The Turkish team led by Šarūnas Jasikevičius will face Monaco basketball players at home on Wednesday (8:45 p.m.) and Friday (8:45 p.m.).
“We are returning home,” Š. Jasikevičius said before the third match of the series. – In the playoffs, it is always very important to consistently raise the level of the game and show better and better basketball in every match. We understand that a very difficult, tough, physical and serious match awaits us. As always, every detail will count. We cannot lose an iota of concentration. Hopefully we can start the game a little bit better and overall just keep playing our game.”
“Fenerbahçe” defender Tyler Dorsey, who became Sharo’s unexpected trump card in this quarter-final series, also shared his thoughts before the upcoming match.
The 28-year-old, 193 cm tall American with Greek citizenship scored 8.9 points in the EuroLeague regular season, but in the first two games in the Principality of Monaco, this basketball player averaged even 19 points in 29 minutes on the floor.
“It’s nice to come home,” T. Dorsey said on the eve of the match against Monaco. – Perhaps one of the most important matches of this series awaits. We have done our job away and won one match and now we have to defend the home fortress. We are only looking at the nearest battle. A very important match awaits us on Wednesday, the importance of which everyone understands. We will have to enter the field with the right energy. In my opinion, we started the match in Monaco too slowly, so we have to pay attention to that.”
