Anadolu Efes does not lift his head. The current Euroleague champion fell at the Mediolanum Forum against Armani Milan (75-71) and still does not know the victory in this edition of the maximum continental competition (0 of 4). Neither the 17 points Vasilije Micic, MVP of everything last season, nor the 13 of Shane Larkin could avoid a new setback that condemns the Turks to be penultimate in the standings and one of the only three teams with full losses together with Bayern Munich and Zalgiris Kaunas.
The Istanbul team was outmatched after a more or less controlled first quarter (16-21). However, from that moment on, those from Messina tied up their rival and endorsed a 47-28 partial between second and third periods, which left the scoreboard with a 63-49 before the final. Delaney (16), Hall (12) and Shields (11), keys. Those of Ataman tried to remedy all their ills in ten minutes … and they were close to achieving it: in the absence of 7 minutes, they got to only three points (63-60). An attempted boarding that came to nothing due to the appearance of Mitoglu (5 goals in a row). Efes were already in a similar situation last season: He started sad (1-3) and ended with a smile when he won the Final Four in Cologne.