- Match statistics.Fenerbahce Istanbul - Barça
Barça finally broke their bad streak in Europe . The whole of Svetislav Pesic had to sweat ink before a very intense Fenerbahçe who planted his face practically until the end only to see how the Barcelonaists finally managed to win the victory (74-80). It was not the best scoring performance of Nikola Mirotic , but the Montenegrin Hispanic, with 11 rebounds, again, was basic to the triumph of his own. In this case, next to a Victor Claver who stood as the top visitor scorer, with 17 points, and a lethal Malcolm Delaney from beyond the three-point line thanks to his proverbial cold blood. However, the key figure for the Catalans would be a Brandon Davies who uncovered especially in the second half of the game to decisively mark the path of triumph.
The first part was an exchange of high voltage blows. Barça started very toned, looking for their best version after three consecutive defeats in Europe that have done a lot of damage. Nikola Mirotic, again the best on the track in the first 20 minutes of the game, had a lot to do with it, despite Victor Claver beating him in scoring. Fenerbahçe, meanwhile, had a hard time coming into play. And, above all, write down. It took three and a half minutes for Zeljko Obradovic to open his locker. And they had to do it from the free throw line. The Pesic came to place a blunt 0-11 and left the second period doubling their rivals (12-24).
The second quarter , however, as much as Barca tried to keep on stomping and was able to leave by 18 points ahead in the light (12-30), it was clearly for Fenerbahçe. Those of Obradovic were not only able to cut their disadvantage, but they were even about to get ahead on the scoreboard before an opponent who seemed to have given his thrust and, in turn, have been infected with their failures when looking for solutions to write down. The intensity of the Turkish team, at times, even unhinged the Barcelona players.
Kostas Sloukas was vital to that reaction of Fenerbahçe, as was a Nando de Colo who briefly woke up, after spending the first quarter virtually unpublished, and who would lose much of his luster again in the second part of the match. The best thing for those of Pesic, despite their hard partial defeat (27-18) is that they were both able to prevent the locals from getting ahead in the light, despite a dangerous unsportsmanlike committed by Hanga , as to take a shy advantage of three points at rest (39-42).
In the resumption, Barça was able to calm down. At least a little. A calm that was basic to reach the last period with a ventja for nothing decisive, but key from a psychological point of view. Much to do with it had the irruption of a Brandon Davies absolutely decisive in scoring tasks and a Claver that was not only able to achieve decisive baskets, but also to provide valuable intangibles when recovering the ball, already fighting for rebounds in Attack or girdling defensive tasks. Fenerbahçe initially lowered the piston a little , but knew how to keep things tight enough (56-61 at the end of the third quarter) to take the duel in the fourth and final period.
Barça got things uphill as soon as the last quarter began. Fenerbahçe managed to place himself for the first time ahead on the scoreboard (62-61) with a partial 6-0 culminating after a loss of Kuric's ball. However, thanks to a Delaney with ice in the veins and Mirotic that, despite its low score, was again engaged in defensive tasks, those of Pesic were able to cut the local reaction on time and successfully look for ways to stay ahead in the light. A foul in attack by Derrick Williams, which would cost the Turkish team the technique, allowed the Pesic team to build a seven-point lead (64-71) just under four minutes to the end of the game.
Delaney's ability to score decisive triples , in addition, would be able to raise those of Pesic to put 10 points (66-76) above a Fenerbahçe that would lose Jan Vesely, once again condemned by the personal, in the last moments of the game . Those of Obradovic, in spite of everything, looked for and found a way to continue tightening things before a Barça team that tried, without success, to put the game in the fridge. The intensity, for many minutes the great weapon of the Turkish team, would allow him to bring the outcome of the match to a very tight end in which the Barcelonaists would manage to win a victory that must be balsamic (74-80).
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