Istanbul’s Anadolu Efes basketball players, who started the season with four failures, won their first victory in the fifth round, when Kazan UNIKS surpassed 71:68 in the Sinan Erdem sports arena.
The positive did not last long in the Euroleague champions ‘camp – in the sixth round in Greece, Ergin Ataman’s students missed 9 American Daryl Macon’s three-pointers and even dropped to 69:95 against Athens’ Panathinaikos.
Vasilije Micičius, the MVP of last season and the final, did not play in this duel, and earlier the match ended for coach E.Atamanas, who was kicked out of the locker room.
The champions meeting Kaunas “Žalgiris” do not hide that the start of the season is extremely difficult and disappointing.
“We are going through a difficult period that we are not used to. We want to improve our game and with the moral support of the fans we will strive to win at home against Kaunas “Žalgiris”. We’re at the very beginning of the season and we know every match is tough. This team will definitely survive this period and will be persistent again, ”said A.Atamanas, the strategist of Anadolu Efes, before the match.
Anadolu Efes also stalled at the start of last season, winning three times in the first six games and then moving to 10th place.
This time, the Turks are in dire need of a good Shane Larkin game. The American threw the country in Athens again (1/6 trit.), And in the last five matches in the Euroleague, only 15 percent hit from afar. its three-point (4/26).
“We will play important matches against Žalgiris. There are no easy matches in the Euroleague. We know that we have not yet achieved the results we would like. We would like to reverse the situation and start playing as much as we can. We definitely want to win this match, especially at home in front of our fans, ”said Rodrigue Beaubois, a Frenchman at Anadolu Efes.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Rodrigue Beaubois
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The first duel in Athens this season was for Istanbul team veteran Krunoslav Simon, who did not score in the Panathinaikos basket but made 9 assists in 15 minutes.
Rookie Elijah Bryant, who scored 14.5 points in the Anadolu Efes team in the first two matches, joined the team perfectly.
Before the match with “Žalgiris”, the question remains about V.Micičius and Bryantas Dunston, and James Anderson will definitely miss the meeting.
“The current result of Anadolu Efes shows nothing. The season is long and they are Euroleague champions with a lot of experience. Their composition has not changed much, the names of the newcomers are resounding, M. Kalnietis taught. – We must start with the defense. When you do a good job in defense, there are opportunities and a quick attack. ”
The start of the match – 20.30. Lithuanian time in Istanbul.
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