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Pre-game Report: Fenerbahçe Beko – Anadolu Efes

25 February 2021 Thursday 13:18

In the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 26, Fenerbahçe Beko is looking for a home victory over Anadolu Efes, tomorrow at 20.45. This match will be broadcasted on beIN Sports Haber.

Referees: 

Angel Miguel Perez (Spain)
Olegs Latisevs (Latvia)
Anne Panther (Germany)

Pre-game notes – Fenerbahçe Beko 

Twelve different players have started games for Fenerbahçe Beko so far this season. Edgaras Ulanovas is the only player to start every game. Marko Guduric has started all 10 games since joining the team.  Jan Vesely has scored at least 10 points and posted a PIR in double-digits in 10 consecutive games. Nando De Colo has scored in double figures in seven straight and 11 of his last 12 appearances. De Colo has made at least 1 three-pointer is seven straight games. Jarell Eddie has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight games. Lorenzo Brown has made at least 1 three-pointer in seven of his last eight games. Marko Guduric has made at least 1 three-pointer in nine straight games. Nando De Colo ranks seventh this season in average PIR with 17.60 per game and Jan Vesely is eighth with 17.55 per game. Nando De Colo ranks second in the league in free-throw accuracy at 96.0%. Lorenzo Brown ranks third in steals this season with 1.44 per game and De Colo is fifth with 1.40 per game. Ahmet Duverioglu is tied for second in the EuroLeague in two-point accuracy this season at 75.0%. Jan Vesely is tied with CSKA Moscow center Nikola Milutinov in sixth all-time with 464 offensive rebounds. Vesely needs 7 two-point shots made to reach 1,000 for his career. Vesely is fourth all-time with 993 two-pointers made. Vesely ranks ninth all-time with 164 blocks. Vesely ranks eighth all-time with 1,197 rebounds. Vesely is in 16th place all-time with 2,589 points.  Nando De Colo is the all-time leader in free-throw accuracy at 94.2%. De Colo is ranked fourth all-time in scoring with 3,357 points. De Colo ranks fourth all-time with 841 free throws made. De Colo moved into fifth all-time with 3,772 index rating points. De Colo is ranked 17th all-time with 320 career three-pointers.  Ali Muhammed is 16 points shy of 1,500 for his career. Edgaras Ulanovas needs 4 more steals to reach 100 for his career. Ahmet Duverioglu ranks seventh all-time in two-point accuracy at 67.5%. Marko Guduric needs 1 more steal to reach 100 for his career.

Roster and pre-game notes – Anadolu Efes:

Guards: Vasilije Micic, Shane Larkin, Doğuş Balbay, Rodrigue Beaubois, Buğrahan Tuncer, Gazi Erten, Krunoslav Simon, Dzanan Musa
Forwards: James Anderson, Tolga Geçim, Adrien Moerman, Chris Singleton, Yiğitcan Saybir
Centers: Bryant Dunston, Tibor Pleiss, Sertaç Şanlı
Coach: Ergin Ataman

Coach Ergin Ataman has used 13 different players in his starting lineups so far this season. No player has started every game. Chris Singleton has never sat out of a EuroLeague game. He has made 185 appearances in five seasons in the competition, which is the third-longest streak in the EuroLeague all-time. Tibor Pleiss returned to action in Round 25 after missing the last seven games with an injury. Bryant Dunston has posted a PIR in double figures in six of his last seven games. Vasilije Micic has made at least 1 three-pointer in 12 of his last 13 games. Shane Larkin has at least 1 steal in 15 of his last 16 games. Larkin has made at least 1 three-point shot in nine of his last 10 games. Rodrigue Beaubois has made at least one three-point shot in seven of his last eight appearances. Vasilije Micic ranks seventh in scoring this season with 15.2 points per game; Shane Larkin is eighth with 15.1 per game. Micic is tied for seventh this season with 5.0 assists per game. Larkin ranks second in steals this season with 1.8 per game. Larkin ranks fifth this season with 2.3 three-point shots made per game. Bryant Dunston ranks sixth this season with 1.0 blocks per game. Shane Larkin set the EuroLeague all-time single-game scoring record with 49 points in a Round 11 win over FC Bayern Munich last season. In that game, he also tied the competition record with 10 three-pointers made. Larkin also knocked down a record-tying 10 triples again against Olympiacos Piraeus in Round 28 last season, when he scored 40 points, becoming the first player this century to score 40 or more points twice in his career. Bryant Dunston is the all-time leader in blocked shots with 261. Dunston ranks eighth in EuroLeague history with 444 career offensive rebounds. Dunston needs 30 points to reach 2,000 for his career. Krunoslav Simon needs 30 points to reach 2,000 for his career. Simon is 9 three-pointers away from 300 for his career. Vasilije Micic needs 8 assists to reach 700 for his career. Larkin needs 22 assists to reach 500 for his career. Sertac Sanli ranks fourth all-time in two-point accuracy at 68.0%. Tibor Pleiss ranks seventh all-time with 179 blocked shots. Ioannis Bourousis is sixth with 194. Chris Singleton needs 2 more blocks to crack the EuroLeague career top 20. He enters this round tied with Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv GM Nikola Vujcic for 22nd place with 122 blocks.  Dogus Balbay needs 3 assists to reach 200 for his career. Adrien Moerman needs 2 more offensive rebounds to reach 200 for his career. Moerman is 52 points shy of reaching 1,500 for his career.

Team Stats - Offense (Fenerbahçe Beko – Anadolu Efes):
 
Points: 79.0 – 79.8
2 PTs: %56.9 - %55.0
3 PTs: %40.4 - %36.5
FTs: %83.8 - %76.6
Rebounds: 30.4 – 31.6
Assists: 19.6 – 17.5
Steals: 6.6 – 7.3
Blocks: 2.0 – 2.8
 
Team Stats - Defense (Fenerbahçe Beko – Anadolu Efes):
 
Points: 78.5 – 76.3
2 PTs: %52.5 - %53.3
3 PTs: %37.0 - %38.7
FTs: %78.0 - %75.4
Rebounds: 32.8 – 33.6
Assists: 19.8 – 18.1
Steals: 7.2 – 6.4
Blocks: 2.2 – 2.7
 
Stats Leaders (Fenerbahçe Beko – Anadolu Efes):

 
Points: De Colo 14.4, Vesely 13.0, Brown 10.2 / Micic 15.2, Larkin 15.1, Simon 10.9
Rebounds: Vesely 5.3 / Moerman 5.0, Dunston 4.5
Assists: De Colo 4.1, Brown 3.9, Vesely 2.5 / Micic 5.0, Larkin 4.4, Simon 3.2
Steals: Brown 1.4, De Colo 1.4 / Larkin 1.8, Micic 1.0, Dunston 1.0
Efficiency: De Colo 17.6, Vesely 17.5, Pierre 11.9 / Larkin 17.5, Micic 14.5, Dunston 13.3 

Past meetings:

2020-21 Anadolu Efes 71-80 Fenerbahçe Beko
2019-20 Fenerbahçe Beko 73-81 Anadolu Efes
2018-19 Fenerbahçe Beko 73-92 Anadolu Efes
2018-19 Fenerbahçe Beko 84-66 Anadolu Efes
2018-19 Anadolu Efes 89-83 Fenerbahçe Beko
2017-18 Anadolu Efes 84 – 89 Fenerbahçe Doğuş
2017-18 Fenerbahçe Doğuş 81 – 70 Anadolu Efes
2016-17 Anadolu Efes 80 – 77 Fenerbahçe
2016-17 Fenerbahçe 88 – 80 Anadolu Efes
2015-16 Fenerbahçe 90 – 86 Anadolu Efes
2015-16 Anadolu Efes 73 – 77 Fenerbahçe
2014-15 Fenerbahçe Ülker 83 – 72 Anadolu Efes
2014-15 Anadolu Efes 71 – 77 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2013-14 Fenerbahçe Ülker 84 – 65 Anadolu Efes
2013-14 Anadolu Efes 63 – 71 Fenerbahçe Ülker