Created Date: January 15, 2026 22:31
Anadolu Efes hosted Baskonia in the 22nd week of the Euroleague and lost the match 89-75, suffering its 6th defeat in a row.
Anadolu Efes and Baskonia duke it out in the 22nd week match of the Euroleague.
Our representative lost the match 89-75 and suffered his 6th defeat in a row.
The guest team started the match with Simmons’ scoring game and was ahead 9-7 in the 5th minute. Anadolu Efes took the lead with Ercan and Weiler-Babb’s baskets and made the score 12-9 in the 6th minute. The dark blue-white team lost its superiority in the last 1.5 minutes of the quarter, which continued with mutual baskets, and closed the period behind 23-20.
The second quarter of the match was competitive. He came to the fore with Smits’ scoring game at Anadolu Efes. The dark blue-whites played well at the end of the period, where neither team could open the gap and the lead changed hands several times, and they entered the halftime ahead 42-40.
Anadolu Efes started the third period well and gained a 6-point lead (46-40) at the beginning of the 22nd minute. Baskonia prevented the gap from widening further and came back, taking the lead 51-50 in the 26th minute. In the ongoing part of the fight, the superiority changed hands several times. Anadolu Efes, who played well in the last part with the influence of Beaubois, who entered the game for the first time in this quarter after his injury, finished the third quarter with a 59-58 advantage.
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The Spanish team, which entered the last period with a 7-0 run, established a 65-59 advantage in the 33rd minute. Continuing its effective play, Baskonia became the team that achieved a double-point lead (62-72) for the first time in the match at the beginning of the 36th minute. Anadolu Efes reacted with Cordinier’s two consecutive shots from behind the 3-point line. Immediately afterwards, the dark blue-whites stopped their opponent in defense and could not prevent their opponent from taking a breather as they could not use the chance to close the gap even further with a simple ball loss. The guest team scored 4 points in a short time and maintained its advantage 76-68 in the 38th minute. Having difficulty defending, Anadolu Efes could not close the gap as it could not find rhythm in attack. The dark blue-whites lost 89-75 on the court.
For Anadolu Efes, which could only score 30 points from its starting 5, Loyd scored 12 points, Cordinier came off the bench with 11 points, and Smits scored 10 points.
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In Baskonia, where all players who played time scored, Kurucs contributed to the victory with 18 points, Forrest 17, Luwawu-Cabarrot 15 and Simmons 14 points.
With this result, Anadolu Efes suffered its 6th consecutive defeat in the Europa League. The Istanbul representative, who was far from the play-off target, was defeated for the 16th time in total.
Kosner Baskonia, which increased its number of wins to 8, won away from home for the first time this season in the Europa League.
– Fans’ reaction to İsmail Şenol
Anadolu Efes fans reacted to sports director İsmail Şenol.
The fans of the dark blue-whites, who could not get the desired results in the Europa League this season, invited Şenol to resign in the last stages of the competition.
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Salon: Turkcell Basketball Development Center
referees: Sreten Radovic (Croatia), Milivoje Jovcic (Serbia), Sergio Silva (Portugal)
Anadolu Efes: Loyd 12, Lee 2, Weiler-Babb 4, Ercan Osmani 6, Dessert 6, Dozier 4, Jones 8, Cordinier 11, Şehmus Hazer 3, Smits 10, Swider, Beaubois 9
Kosner Baskonia: Simmons 14, Forrest 17, Radzevicius 3, Kurucs 18, Diop 6, Diakite 3, Nowell 5, Omoruyi 4, Luwawu-Cabarrot 15, Spagnolo 2, Frisch 2
1st Period: 20-23
Circuit: 42-40
3rd Period: 59-58
