On Tuesday, European champions Anadolu Efes will be in the hall and will meet Maccabi Tel Aviv for a hot game in the Euroleague. Tonight (Monday) Ataman’s team suffered a painful and dramatic loss in the local classic against Fenerbahce 93:90 after overtime.
Anadolu trailed by 17 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but managed to make an amazing comeback with 8:25 left in the fourth quarter and forced overtime with 79:79. But Marko Godorić made sure that the victory remained with Fenerbahce, who played in this game without Scotty Wilbkin.
The good news for Anadolu is that Shane Larkin finally returned to the floor and provided 8 points and 6 assists for zero in 31 minutes. Will Cliveren was hot with no less than 39 points and 13 rebounds for the losers, but Fenerbahçe enjoyed 23 points from Deshon Pierre and Jonathan Motley, who returned to the floor after an injury of several games. Bryant Dunston added 19 to zero, but Vasili Micic was stuck on just 8.