“Anadolu Efes, Baskonia, and Panathinaikos Secure Wins”>Fenerbahce” won away with a score of 83:78 (27:21, 19:16, 14:14, 23:27).
When there were 25 seconds left until the end of the regular time, Žagar made a long shot in the attack of the visitors, at that time strengthening the leadership of “Fenerbahce” team with 81:74.
In this game, Žagar spent 13 minutes and 57 seconds on the court, made two out of three two-point shots, both two long shots and one out of two free throws, gave three assists, committed one error and provoked one foul. Žagar was tied for the second-best efficiency on the team (12).
In 11 minutes and five seconds, Schmidt missed the only two-point shot and both long shots, grabbed two rebounds and caused one foul.
Bonzie Colson scored 16 points for the winners, Wade Baldwin added 15 points, Nigel Hayes-Davis had 11 points, five rebounds and five assists, and Cam Birch had ten points and eight steals.
Dan Oturu had 21 points and six rebounds for “Anadolu Efes”, Elijah Bryant had 15+6, and Rodrigues Beaubois scored 11 points.
“Fenerbahce” started the season with two victories, while “Anadolu Efes” has a 1-1 record.
Also on Thursday, “Virtus” of Bologna led by Lukas Banki, with Andrejs Gražulis in the reserve, lost to ASVEL of Villerban with the result 85:87 (27:38, 22:19, 21:16, 15:14).
In the “Virtus” team, Aizija Cordinier scored 23 points, won five rebounds and gave six assists, Muhamet Diouf scored 15 points and Alessandro Paiola scored 11+4+5.
For the winners, Neal Sacco had 19 points, 11 rebounds and two blocked shots, Theo Maledon scored 17 points and gave five assists, Nando de Colo scored 16+8 in these figures, and Shaquille Harrison scored 13 points and seven rebounds.
“Virtus” has lost both of the first two Euroleague games of the season.
In the ULEB Euroleague, 18 teams play a two-round tournament, the best six enter the elimination tournament, while the seventh to tenth place winners will compete in the “play-in” round. The winners will be determined in the final four tournament.
In the previous season, the basketball players of Athens “Panathinaikos” became the winners of Europe’s most prestigious club tournament for the seventh time, who defeated “Real Madrid” 95:80 in the final game in Berlin.