by Can Bedel / [email protected]
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Fenerbahçe Beko and Red Star faced each other in the 3rd week of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
Red Star, which held the score superiority throughout the match, won against our representative with a score of 57-76.
With this result, our representative Fenerbahçe Beko suffered its first defeat, while Red Star started the season with three out of three.
Tarık Biberovic, who was disqualified from the match after the tension between Fenerbahçe Beko and Elijah Bryant in the Anadolu Efes match, did not play in this match due to his 1-match suspension.
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While Nigel Hayes-Davis played with 20 points – 5 rebounds for Fenerbahçe Beko, Devon Hall had 10 points – 2 rebounds, Dyshawn Pierre had 5 points – 1 rebound, Bonzie Colson had 4 points – 3 rebounds, Sertaç Şanlı and Khem Birch had 2 points.
For Red Star, Joel Bolomboy played with 18 points – 9 rebounds – 1 assist, Mike Daum with 14 points – 5 rebounds, Nemanja Nedovic with 17 points – 1 rebound, Luka Mitrovic with 7 points – 2 rebounds, Codi Miller-McIntyre with 4 points – 5 assists.
Story of the Match:
It was the Alex Reed team that started the match well. Red Star started the match with a 7-0 run under the leadership of Joel Bolomboy. While Fenerbahçe Beko scored the first points of the match from Nigel Hayes-Davis, the Alex Reed team continued to be effective with Joel Bolomboy and made the score 2-12. In the section where Fenerbahçe Beko had difficulty scoring in attack, Red Star made the score 7-19 with Mike Daum. In the sequence where Fenerbahçe was blocked in attack, Red Star increased the difference to 16 points: 10-26. The point that determined the outcome of the first quarter came from Nigel Hayes-Davis: 12-26.
Starting the second quarter with consecutive points from Nemanja Nedovic, Red Star increased the difference to 19 points: 12-31. After this episode, Fenerbahçe Beko closed the gap with points from Devon Hall and Nigel Hayes-Davis and brought the score to 22-31. Our yellow-dark blue representative went on a 12-0 run and reduced the difference to 7: 24-31. In a close match, Fenerbahçe Beko reduced the difference to 5 with Nigel Hayes-Davis’ points and brought the score to 31-36. After this episode, Red Star scored with Nikola Kalinic at the end of the first half and entered the locker room ahead 31-38.
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While Joel Bolomboy scored the first points of the second half, Khem Birch scored for Fenerbahçe Beko: 33-40. The Alex Reed team increased the difference to double digits with Mike Daum’s basket-foul: 34-45. While Fenerbahçe Beko reduced the difference to 9 with Devon Hall, the TV break was entered with a score of 36-45. While both teams were having difficulty scoring offensively in the third quarter, Fenerbahçe Beko’s Nigel Hayes-Davis took the stage in this section. Nigel Hayes-Davis scored 5 points in a row and reduced the difference to 4: 41-45. After this episode, our representative Fenerbahçe Beko could only score 1 point, but 30 seconds before the end of the quarter, Red Star made the score 42-54 with a 9-1 series. Neither team could score in the rest of the quarter, and Red Star was ahead 42-54 in the last 10 minutes.
Starting the last quarter with Milos Teodosic’s points, Red Star increased the difference to 14: 42-56. Fenerbahçe Beko made the score 46-56 with Arturs Zagars and Devo Hall. While Fenerbahçe Beko was having difficulty scoring in the attack, Red Star widened the gap and brought the score to 47-64. In the remaining part, Red Star maintained its scoring advantage and won the field with a score of 57-76.
Quarter scores:
1st quarter: 12-26
2nd quarter: 31-38
3rd quarter: 42-54
4th quarter: 57-76
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Well, well, well! We’ve just witnessed Fenerbahçe Beko’s first defeat of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, and let me tell you, it was about as enjoyable as a dentist appointment. Red Star came in like a bull in a china shop and walked away with a confident 76-57 victory. I mean, talk about a slapdown!
Now, when you look at the match stats, you might think Fenerbahçe Beko were playing hopscotch instead of basketball. After starting the game slower than a snail on sedatives, they found themselves down 12-26 by the end of the first quarter. If I didn’t know better, I’d say Red Star came to Fener like a bad blind date – overwhelming and just not giving them a chance to shine.
Speaking of shining, Nigel Hayes-Davis attempted to be the light in this tunneling disaster, scoring 20 points like he was heating his dinner in the microwave—entertaining, but you could still feel the disappointment in the air. Meanwhile, Red Star’s Joel Bolomboy was smashing it on the court with 18 points and 9 rebounds, clearly establishing who the top dog was that evening. Honestly, if the performance was rated, Fener would get a solid one star—one for effort and zero for execution!
The highlights of the match were more about the fight for sanity rather than a battle for basketball supremacy. Tarık Biberovic, who was suspended from this game, probably had more fun watching from the sidelines than Fener did trying to recoup from those basketball blunders. His absence seemed to linger like a bad smell—nobody wanted it, yet somehow it was still there.
Now let’s talk about that second quarter! Somehow, Fenerbahçe had a brief moment of clarity, closing the gap to just five points with a 12-0 run. You know what they say about moments of brilliance… they’re usually followed by moments of, “Wait, did we just mess that up?” And mess it up they did, allowing Red Star to re-open the can of whoop-ass.
As the match rolled into the last quarter, it felt like Fenerbahçe was playing the part of the tortoise in a race against a sleeping hare—basically, they were moving so slowly, I thought someone had tied their shoelaces together! Watching them struggle to score was like watching a toddler try to put on socks – lots of effort and no results!
In conclusion, Fenerbahçe Beko needs to hit the practice courts harder than ever, unless they fancy being the target of all undesirable basketball puns for the rest of the season. Red Star on the other hand? Well, they’ve just established themselves as the team to beat; three wins out of three and a clear message: you let your guard down, you’re getting dunked on!
Here’s hoping for a comeback in the next match; otherwise, they’re bound to open a coaching vacancy with how things are going! Let’s keep our fingers crossed they stop tripping over their own feet, shall we? Because right now, Fener’s game looks like it could use a bit of TLC—Tough Love Coaching!
