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BASKETBALL
Friday, 02 December 2022 22:40
Fenerbahçe Beko Men’s Basketball Team hosted Real Madrid in the 11th week match of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 2022-23 season. Despite losing 85-71 in the competition hosted by Ülker Sports and Event Hall, our team maintained its leadership.
Our President Ali Y. Koç, our Board Members, our Technical Director Jorge Jesus and EuroLeague President Dejan Bodiroga also followed the match.
Our team warming up ‘Zero Tolerance’ Against Violence Against Women came out with the banner.
Fenerbahce Beko’s top 5 players consisted of:
İsmet Akpınar, Metecan Birsen, Devin Booker, Nick Calathes and Nigel Hayes-Davis.
The match, which started with the mutual hit of Gabriel Deck and Devin Booker, was dominated by Real Madrid 5-8 in the first 3 minutes. Fenerbahce, using the bottom of the basket with Devin Booker and Metecan Birsen, ended the series that the opponent caught with Williams-Goss with Nick Calathes (11-15). In the last 1 minute, the guest team received the expected contribution from Tavares and Sergio Llull and brought the score to 12-25. The basket that determined the quarter’s result was Motley’s high postal hit (16-25).
In the second quarter, which we started with Carsen Edwards’s hit, our team caught a rhythm with Melih Mahmutoğlu’s outside shooting performance from the sidelines and reduced the lead to 6 points (21-27). In the section that continued with the mutual hit of Motley and Causeur, Melih Mahmutoğlu played with a high percentage and the score came to 28-34. The Spanish representative, who was productive with Dzanan Musa and Mario Hezonja in the remaining minutes, entered the locker room leading 34-46.
Starting the third quarter with Tavares’ hit, Real Madrid scored 41-62 in the first 4 minutes, when Musa and Petr Cornelie used the three-point line quite effectively. Fenerbahce, which wore out the rival rim with Nigel Hayes-Davis and Devin Booker, brought the score to 49-64. Fenerbahçe Beko Men’s Basketball Team, which scored points from names such as Şehmus Hazer and Tarık Biberovic, who were included in the game in the last minutes of the quarter, went to the final period with 54-68.
In the decision quarter, which we started fast with Metecan Birsen and Carsen Edwards, the gap dropped to 11 points (58-69). Real Madrid, which was effective in this section with Musa and Hezonja, entered the TV break leading 62-76. The visiting team, which maintained its score advantage in the rest of the quarter, won the field 71-85.
Our score distribution: Motley 20, Booker 15, Melih 10, Şehmus 7, Edwards 6, Hayes-Davis 5, Metecan 4, Calathes 2, Tarık 2.
To access the statistics of the match click here.
