We Win in the Pink Ball Match: 78-74

We hosted Germany's Alba Berlin in the fourth-week Turkish Airlines Euroleague match and won the match 78-74. We were ahead 41-37 in the first half of the match played at Sinan Erdem Dome.

Our team entered the game with Erten, Micic, Clyburn, Polonara, and Pleiss starting five, and we were ahead 8-6 in the third minute with the points of Clyburn and Pleiss. Micic also contributed to the score in this section, and the sixth minute was passed with a score of 17-16. After five points from Clyburn in the remaining section, we finished the first 10 minutes of the game behind 22-23. With a three-pointer at 12:30 in the second quarter, M'Baye brought the score to 25-30. After Dunston and Beaubois's points, our team was trailing by one point in the 15th minute, and we took the lead again with M'Baye's layup: 34-33. After points from Micic and Clyburn in the remaining time, we finished the first half of the game 41-37 ahead.

Our first basket in the second half came from Pleiss, and we entered the 22nd minute with a 46-39 lead with M'Baye's three-pointer. After the score was 48-39 at 22:30 with Micic's layup, the score was 48-49 in the next two minutes and coach Ergin Ataman took a time-out. Scoring three-pointers with Elijah on the return from the time-out, our team also scored 57-60 in the 29th minute as Pleiss and Zizic scored in the paint. We were behind 58-60 in the third quarter after Polonara's only hit from the foul line. We started the final period with Beaubois and Polonara's under-the-rim shot and took the lead again in the 31st minute: 62-60. Our team, which continued to score points with Elijah and Beaubois, brought the score to 70-65 at 33:30 with three points from Micic. After the opposing team equalized the score, Micic hit the three-point field goal and made it 73-70 in the 35th minute. With Clyburn's three points, we were leading 76-72 in the last three minutes of the game. With Polonara, the score was 78-72 in the last 1:45 minutes, and although we could not find a score in the remaining part, we won the match 78-74.

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Anadolu Efes Player Statistics
# Player Min Pts 2P 3P FT OR DR R A St To B F FR EFFP
1 Rodrigue Beaubois 31:20 10 2 / 3 %66,67 2 / 6 %33,33 0 / 0 %0,00 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 11
6 Elijah Bryant 12:07 5 1 / 2 %50,00 1 / 2 %50,00 0 / 0 %0,00 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 3
11 Erten Gazi 08:40 0 0 / 1 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2
12 Will Clyburn 34:53 16 2 / 10 %20,00 3 / 9 %33,33 3 / 4 %75,00 3 8 11 4 0 0 1 0 5 21
18 Egehan Arna 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
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 14:29 8 4 / 7 %57,14 0 / 1 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
22 Vasilije Micić 35:10 20 3 / 7 %42,86 3 / 10 %30,00 5 / 5 %100,00 1 1 2 11 2 3 1 2 3 21
24 Amath M'Baye 19:03 8 1 / 3 %33,33 2 / 3 %66,67 0 / 0 %0,00 1 3 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 9
33 Achille Polonara 18:46 5 2 / 2 %100,00 0 / 1 %0,00 1 / 2 %50,00 1 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 3 14
41 Ante Žižić 10:56 2 1 / 3 %33,33 0 / 0 %0,00 0 / 0 %0,00 0 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
42 Bryant Dunston 14:36 4 1 / 2 %50,00 0 / 0 %0,00 2 / 2 %100,00 1 4 5 0 1 1 2 4 2 8
  TOPLAM   78 17 / 40 %42,50 11 / 32 %34,38 11 / 13 %84,62 13 33 46 17 4 9 7 11 18 97
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Opponent Team Player Statistics
# Player Min Pts 2P 3P FT OR DR R A St To B F FR EFFP
1 Procida, Gabriele 21:32 8 1 / 3 %33.33 2 / 5 %40.00 0 / 0 %0.00 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
2 Machowski, Nils 0 0 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Delow, Malte 09:45 5 1 / 1 %100.00 1 / 1 %100.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 3 0 7
7 Wetzell, Yanni 11:04 2 1 / 5 %20.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 1 %0.00 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
9 Mattisseck, Jonas 08:32 0 0 / 1 %0.00 0 / 1 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2
10 Schneider, Tim 10:23 5 1 / 3 %33.33 1 / 2 %50.00 0 / 1 %0.00 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
19 Olinde, Louis 29:37 4 2 / 6 %33.33 0 / 1 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 1 5 6 3 1 3 0 3 1 2
21 Koumadje, Christ 19:11 12 6 / 6 %100.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 5 5 0 0 0 6 0 1 24
43 Sikma, Luke 29:37 6 3 / 9 %33.33 0 / 4 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 2 5 7 7 1 4 0 1 2 6
44 Lammers, Ben 09:45 2 1 / 2 %50.00 0 / 2 %0.00 0 / 0 %0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
45 Blatt, Tamir 31:28 15 0 / 4 %0.00 5 / 8 %62.50 0 / 0 %0.00 0 3 3 4 1 2 0 2 1 12
50 Zoosman, Yovel 19:06 15 4 / 4 %100.00 2 / 3 %66.67 1 / 1 %100.00 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 17
  TOPLAM   7420 / 44 %45.45 11 / 27 %40.74 1 / 3 %33.33 5 28 33 22 5 10 7 18 11 75