The Top-8 is still in the spotlight of the Buesa Arena team. In Vitoria only Lenovo have won in the League and Barcelona, Olympiacos and Monaco in the Euroleague. The Turkish club arrived with the intention of resolving their classification as soon as possible, but their Spanish journey has turned out to be a frog. He lost in Madrid against Chus Mateo’s team and, although he threatened to hit the Basque boxer, he ended up on the canvas because those of Joan Peñarroya were much better after the break. The Cazoo put in a great game when needed, posting a 32-11 fourth quarter run with a stellar Marinkovic, who left with 35 points. It was the night of brateas they call it.
Fenerbahçe appeared in Vitoria without Booker, Wilbekin, Pierre and Mahmutoglou, but Motley started marking style. They had six points with 10-9 at minute 6. The Turks hadn’t secured qualification and, after losing to Real Madrid, they were looking to finish off the job. Baskonia already knew at the beginning of the game that Zalgiris was not going to fail and that they were giving a good account of Valencia Basket. He actually started the match outside of the Top-8. The clash was very even in the first quarter (15-15, min. 7). An unsportsmanlike play by Howard hurt the Cazoo and the first installment ended 25-27.
Marinkovic and Hommes took the helm in the second installment but the scare was given by Howard, who had to withdraw from the game heading to the locker room due to physical discomfort in his left leg. The clash continued on even lines although the Turks reached the maximum advantage in minute 14 with a 29-35 score. Edwards began to take all the scoring responsibilities and caused a lot of damage to the Vitoria ship. The good news was the return of the killer American to the track but only added three points as a result of free throws. In the end, 5/5 without a basket of 2 and no converted triple. Thompson, very demanding, went to rest with 17 minutes played. Exhausted and with a PIR of 12 but far from the sensations of Tuesday against Alba. Like Maik Kotsar.
In the third quarter, the first three possessions were disastrous for the locals. Loss, back field and loss. Fenerbahce began to flirt with the ten point difference (45-54) and possession thanks to a stellar Biberovic. Despite this, Peñarroya’s team has character and pride and fell just one point in the final stretch of the third installment. In this way, they faced the last ten minutes with the team within the game and wanting to give a good account of a European liner that doubles or triples their budget. Marinkovic put the icing on the horn (60-58). The partial of that quarter was 22-14 but the good dynamics was also maintained in the resumption. The second part of the Basques was to frame.
A triple by Giedraitis made it 67-63 (min. 32). An important piece of information: Baskonia then visited the free kick and both shots went in. At the time, the team was 20/20 from that point on. Fenerbahçe had many players loaded with fouls who had the problem of being able to march little by little. The Cazoo striker was Vanja Marinkovic, with a game of great inspiration (5/7 in triples) for 83-69 at minute 37. The partial was 23-11 and the Turks were no longer able to close the gap. The bad news of the night, the victory of Zalgiris in Kaunas and, the good news, that those from the Buesa Arena did their homework. And with a note because the final minutes were embarrassing for the Ottoman squad. full festival. Next week ASVEL Villeurbanne arrives and the regular season will end in Piraeus against Olympiacos Athens. Seventeen wins already to be able to dream of qualifying.
| 31 Rokas Giedraitis |
| 9 Vanja Marinkovic |
| twenty-one Maik Kotsar |
| 13 Darius Thompson |
| 3. 4 Daulton Hommes |
| 24 Matt Costello |
| 0 markus howard |
| 47 Arthur Kurucs |
| 23 Steven Enoch |
| eleven Dani Diez |
| 2 Sander Rieste |
| 1 Max Heidegger |
| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Rokas Giedraitis | 36 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | |
| 9 Vanja Marinkovic | 30 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5/5 | 6/9 | 6/9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | |
| twenty-one Maik Kotsar | 26 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6/6 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 6 | 2 | twenty | |
| 13 Darius Thompson | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4/4 | 3/6 | 1/4 | 6 | 4 | fifteen | |
| 3. 4 Daulton Hommes | 22 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6/6 | 0/1 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| 24 Matt Costello | twenty-one | 5 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | |
| 0 markus howard | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5/5 | 0/6 | 0/3 | 3 | 2 | -3 | |
| 47 Arthur Kurucs | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | |
| 23 Steven Enoch | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| eleven Dani Diez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 Sander Rieste | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 Max Heidegger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 Tarik Biberovic |
| eleven nigel hayes |
| 0 jonathan motley |
| 33 Nik Calathes |
| 27 tyler dorsey |
| 4 carsen edwards |
| 23 Marko Guduric |
| 22 Tonye Jekiri |
| 8 Nemanja Bjelica |
| 37 Kostas Antetokounmpo |
| 2 Shemus Hazer |
| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Tarik Biberovic | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0/2 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| eleven nigel hayes | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| 0 jonathan motley | 24 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4/7 | 7/10 | 0/0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| 33 Nik Calathes | twenty | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1/1 | 4/6 | 0/3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| 27 tyler dorsey | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0 | 2 | -6 | |
| 4 carsen edwards | 30 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5/5 | 4/11 | 1/2 | 5 | 3 | eleven | |
| 23 Marko Guduric | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 22 Tonye Jekiri | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 8 Nemanja Bjelica | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 23 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 37 Kostas Antetokounmpo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | |
| 2 Shemus Hazer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |