The Barcelona away match showed once again that Fenerbahçe BEKO is now only ‘last champion’ not only for its competitors, but also for its game quality and characteristics. ‘eerie’ has become a power.
Catching the momentum to win the match, controlling the game, bringing different names to the fore, defensive toughness and continuity, and most importantly, ‘not dependent on any player’ With its structure, the Yellow-Navy blue team is the number 1 league in Europe. ‘hegemony’ It is taking firm steps forward on its path.
Fenerbahçe BEKO is the Euroleague’s team with the highest level of ability to take positions according to injuries or developments and ebbs and flows in the game… We saw this once again yesterday in Barcelona’s away game. Although the goal of taking advantage of Talen Horton-Tucker’s penetrations as a game strategy was interrupted by the American shooter’s early foul trouble, Canary did not even feel this problem until the last episode, when it entered the crisis with the intervention of the Baldwin & Tarık duo… The familiar pressure and alternating defense strategy, which forced its opponent to make mistakes and pushed difficult shots, bore fruit at the end of the first period, as everyone who took time took their job seriously… Frankly, Clyburn’s (1/12) and Shengelia’s (1/6) shooting accuracy enabled Fenerbahçe to take control of the game more easily than expected. The 15-point difference in the first quarter of 29-14 led to the opponent’s ‘abandon’ While causing this to happen, the Yellow-Navy Blues did not allow Barcelona to react in the second and third periods… If Punter’s ‘individual’ If it wasn’t for the points he produced with his effort, the match was heading towards a historic defeat for Barcelona. Although the difference sometimes reached 20 points, it was always at 17-18 points until 8 minutes left.
Starting from the 32nd minute, Barcelona managed to take Fenerbahçe out of its comfort zone with full-court pressure. The truth is, in such big matches, against quality opponents, we are at the same level and at the same level from the beginning to the end. ‘overwhelming’ It is not easy to maintain superiority… After all, Barcelona is a team that is only 1 win behind F.Bahçe at the start of the match, is trying to get a good place in the Play-Offs, is on the rise with its qualified staff, especially with Xavi Pascual after the change of coach, and is chasing the Final Four and even the championship it has been longing for since 2010… Therefore, especially when it creates pressure in front of its audience, if you loosen the screws a little with the complacency of the difference and make a few simple mistakes, the color of the match will change. It is equally possible for it to change at the moment and for the reins to slip out of your hands… Fenerbahçe BEKO actually gave a test regarding this at the end of yesterday’s match… It was as if they played a second match in the last 8 minutes… Barcelona, again under the leadership of Punter, included Parra, Vesely, Satoransky and Brizuela, brought together the 5 that they could not find for 32 minutes and put the match into crisis for Fenerbahçe. During the 6th minute, we observed that the Yellow-Navy Blue team was unable to stop the comeback, perhaps due to overconfidence or distraction. As the pressure triggered panic, Canary missed shots that would normally turn into hits one after another… The difference gradually diminished; until it went down to 3 points… But in the last 2 minutes, after Horton-Tucker was out of the game with 5 fouls, Wade Baldwin, who took the steering wheel, took responsibility together with Tarık and even Birch and took the shots from the line and, more importantly, collected the rebounds of the missed shots. ‘in the little details’ Barcelona’s hopes for a miracle comeback were dashed.
Of course, one would like the match to go as it started, for Fenerbahçe BEKO to keep the difference in the 20s and win like that… But there is no such world… This is the Euroleague and from the team at the bottom to the one at the top. ‘easy opponent’ There is no team that fits the definition. If you want an example, you can look at yesterday’s Anadolu Efes-Valencia match…
Fenerbahçe BEKO started the double match week by winning in a very difficult away match… 15 wins in the last 17 matches, and clinching the leadership 2 wins ahead of their opponents in the match where most of the followers lost, is very, very valuable… Next is the away game in Paris… Of course, it will not be easy either… But one thing is clear, if this level of self-confidence, this level of game quality and stability continues – and let’s repeat, the biggest share in this is the leader Sarunas on the sidelines. In Jasikevicius – the team with the highest probability of achieving their goals is Fenerbahçe…
ANATOLIA EPHESUS WAS BORN FROM THE ASHES
Efes showed its 9-game longing for victory by beating Valencia, one of the strongest candidates for the Play-Offs, with 16 wins and the basketball it displayed, and by a different score.
In many previous matches, Efes had been ahead by double digits many times in the game, especially in the first halves, but could not maintain this lead and lost. Yesterday’s match against Valencia was a challenge for them in this respect… Again, with a similar scenario, the situation in Valencia, probably created by Efes ‘motivation ‘from lack’ They also benefited from the results and achieved a first period performance of 33-14, far beyond expectations. For Efes, maybe this season will be better in terms of defense and attack. ‘two in one’ It was the most effective quarterly performance in which it was at the top level. Having overcome the shock, Valencia equalized with Reuvers’ three-pointers in the second period, which immediately came to mind. ‘Is it the same scenario again?’ Of course, the question came… But this time Efes always managed to stand firm… Kai Jones’ move against Poirier’s weaknesses in defending quick-footed rival big men, not confining Ercan to the side this time, and ending his love for Swider were the most important positives of Laso. Like Larkin, Cordinier and Beaubois ‘could change destiny’ In the absence of short players, this time Loyd and Saben Lee, two names who love the ball, put that love aside and found the right choices in the flowing game instead of individual solutions, with the guidance of Şehmus, Dozier and Weiler-Babb, opening the door to victory for Efes. It is unknown whether this victory will be enough to get out of the crisis… However, no matter how you look at it, ending the 9-game losing streak with a different victory against a rival like Valencia was an important move to renew the lost self-confidence. The possibility of repeating last year’s miraculous comeback and Play-Inn, Play-Off and return from the door of F4 seems slim… But still, to enter that path, to try, at least ‘we tried but it didn’t work’ Even being able to say that would be a gain for Efes… If the injured return, at least ‘the team that determines destiny’ Even being is valuable…
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