In this match, Artūrs Žagar stepped onto the Euroleague floor for the first time since October 16. Šarūns Jasikevičs entrusted the Latvian playmaker with five minutes and 52 seconds, in which Žagar missed the only long shot, violated the rules once, and also collected one assist and one foul.
Fenerbahce’s top scorer this time was Taylen Horton-Tucker, who scored 22 points, hitting seven of nine two-point shots and all eight free throws. This time, the hand of the former NBA player failed in the execution of a long shot (0/4).
On the other hand, the top scorer of ″Panathinaikos″ with 25 points was team leader Kendrick Nan. True, this time he had problems supplying his partners with the ball, as the defender made five mistakes for four assists.
At the end of the game, there was no shortage of controversial refereeing decisions. 16 seconds before the end of regular time, Wade Baldwin, while trailing by -1, deliberately violated the rules against Nana. The referees, after reviewing the replay, decided to award an unsportsmanlike remark to the ″Fenerbahce″ basketball player. Nan took both free kicks at the other end of the field and then, when Fenerbahce deliberately took another penalty, hit another one penalty over.
At the other end of the court, Jerian Grant played hard against Horton-Tucker in the battle for the rebound. For consistency, the judges also gave the unsporting mark in this episode. Horton-Tucker hit both free throws and achieved -3, but ″Fenerbahce″ couldn’t create anything more than Traik Biberovic’s troubled long shot attempt in the decisive attack.
ULEB Euroleague 16th round
| The date | The game | The result | The most effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.12 | Dubai – Maccabi | 95:97 | Wright 26 – Hord 21 |
| Fenerbahce – Panathinaikos | 77:81 | Hortons-Takers 22 – Nans 25 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv – Red Star | 84:78 | Bryant 28 – Butler 27 | |
| Olympiacos – Valencia | 92:99 | Vezenkov 24 – Rovers 21 | |
| Olimpia Milan – Real Madrid | 89:82 | Gudurichs 22 – Kampaco 25 | |
| Paris – Barcelona | 69:85 | Hifi 16 – Panters 21 | |
| 17.12 | Zalgiris – Anadolu Efes | ||
| ASVEL – Bavaria | |||
| Partizan – Virtus | |||
| Baskonia – Monaco |
Overall rating
| V | Team | U-Z | Defeated | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 12-4 | 75.0% | +104 |
| 2. | Valencia | 11-5 | 68.7% | +71 |
| 3. | Barcelona | 11-5 | 68.7% | +49 |
| 4. | Panathinaikos | 10-6 | 62.5% | +40 |
| 5. | Monaco | 9-6 | 60.0% | +96 |
| 6. | Zalgiris | 9-6 | 60.0% | +74 |
| 7. | Fenerbahce | 9-6 | 60.0% | +16 |
| 8. | Red Star | 9-7 | 56.2% | +52 |
| 9. | Real Madrid | 9-7 | 56.2% | +24 |
| 10. | Olimpia Milan | 9-7 | 56.2% | +14 |
| 11. | Olympiakos | 8-7 | 53.3% | +40 |
| 12. | The power of Bologna | 7-8 | 46.7% | -27 |
| 13. | Dubai | 7-9 | 43.7% | -26 |
| 14. | Partisan | 6-9 | 40.0% | -65 |
| 15. | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6-10 | 37.5% | -42 |
| 16. | Baskonia | 5-10 | 33.3% | -55 |
| 17. | Anadolu Efes | 5-10 | 33.3% | -87 |
| 18. | Bayern Munich | 5-10 | 33.3% | -89 |
| 19. | Paris | 5-11 | 31.2% | -44 |
| 20. | ASVEL Villeurbanne | 3-12 | 20% | -145 |
