The Czech pivot was the best scorer of the home team, in addition he added five assists. It was the second best performance of the season for Veselý, he scored more points only in October against Barcelona, when he had 24 points in a 74:76 loss.
“Honestly, I felt pretty tired these days. But today we were all in the match from the beginning and fighting from the first to the last moment,” Veselý told Euroleague TV.
“We had good and bad moments, but today we managed to stop and stay in the match. We have to take that from today’s match and go with it to other matches,” added 31-year-old Veselý.
Fenerbahce won after four defeats and scored only the fourth victory in the 13 rounds of the European League so far. In the incomplete table, the Turkish team ranks fifteenth.
| European Basketball League – Round 13: |
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| CSKA Moscow – Panathinaikos Athens 97:77 |
| Fenerbahce Istanbul – Monaco 96:86 (for home Happy 20 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists) |
| Žalgiris Kaunas – Baskonia Vitoria 72:68 |
| Bayern Mnichov – Villeurbanne 73:65, |
| 20:45 Real Madrid – Maccabi Tel Aviv. |
| 1. | FC Barcelona | 12 | 10 | 2 | 985:863 | 83,3 |
| 2. | Real Madrid | 12 | 10 | 2 | 964:855 | 83,3 |
| 3. | Olympiakos Pireus | 12 | 8 | 4 | 962:883 | 66,7 |
| 4. | Milan | 12 | 8 | 4 | 905:875 | 66,7 |
| 5. | Zenit St. Petersburg | 12 | 8 | 4 | 882:857 | 66,7 |
| 6. | CSKA Moscow | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1048:1042 | 61,5 |
| 7. | Unics Kazan | 12 | 7 | 5 | 915:883 | 58,3 |
| 8. | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 12 | 7 | 5 | 949:922 | 58,3 |
| 9. | Villeurbanne | 13 | 7 | 6 | 981:999 | 53,8 |
| 10. | Anadolu Efes Istanbul | 12 | 6 | 6 | 987:938 | 50,0 |
| 11. | Bayern Mnichov | 13 | 6 | 7 | 967:977 | 46,2 |
| 12. | Monaco | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1053:1073 | 38,5 |
| 13. | Red Star Belgrade | 12 | 4 | 8 | 841:875 | 33,3 |
| 14. | Alba Berlin | 12 | 4 | 8 | 891:956 | 33,3 |
| 15. | Fenerbahce Istanbul | 13 | 4 | 9 | 958:968 | 30,8 |
| 16. | Baskonia Vitoria | 13 | 4 | 9 | 907:1034 | 30,8 |
| 17. | Panathinaikos Athens | 13 | 3 | 10 | 950:1034 | 23,1 |
| 18. | Žalgiris Kaunas | 13 | 3 | 10 | 927:1038 | 23,1 |
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