2018-19Regular SeasonRound 20
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul 80
KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 75
January 25, 2019 CET: 18:15
Local time: 20:15 VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

Darussafaka defends home court against Baskonia

Last-place Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul closed ranks on its home court to claim just its third win of the season, a nail-bitten 80-75 decision over visiting KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz on Friday. The hosts raised their record to 3-17 in a great show of pride, while Baskonia fell to 9-11 and now share the eighth and last playoff spot with AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan and Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv. Toney Douglas paced the winners with 21 points and Michael Eric followed with 18 on 9-for-11 two-point shooting. Baskonia got the same amount from Matt Janning while Johannes Voigtmann had a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds. Down by 21-19 after one quarter, Darussafaka got more aggressive on defense and slowly turned the game in its favor, taking a lead soon after halftime that Baskonia could only reclaim for one possession late in the third quarter.

Fastbreaks finished by Stanton Kidd and Douglas sent Darussafaka up 8-2, but Janning's triple soon flipped the lead during a 0-9 Baskonia run. Eric's fourth basket already tied it 15-15, but Darrun Hilliard appeared for 4 quick points as Baskonia led 21-29 after a quarter. A pair of triples by Zanis Peinars kept Darussafaka as close as 34-37 midway through the second quarter. Shavon Shields and Marcelinho Huertas all copied him for a 36-43 advantage that Darussafaka nonetheless trimmed to 45-47 at the half. Back-to-back baskets by Eric tied it up, 51-51, early in the third quarter. Peinars gave Darussafaka its first lead in 20 minutes and Douglas kept it that way with 2 shots from long range late in the third quarter for a 63-61 Darussafaka advantage. Another Douglas triple helped the hosts go ahead 67-61 early in the fourth. Eric took over with big blocks, a dunk and a put-back to boost the difference to 75-68. A round of free throws down the stretch got Baskonia within 78-75 with 21 seconds left, but Douglas made sure of his pair a few seconds later and Darussafaka broke its four-game losing streak to the delight of the home fans.

Pivotal performer

Toney Douglas did his damage in a lot of ways, hitting 4 threes among his 21 points, but leading Darussafaka also in rebounds (6), assists (5), and steals (5), the latter of which he grabbed all in the first half.

Did you notice?

Darussafaka made 12 of 13 free throws and Baskonia 25 of 27, including 10 of 10 in the first quarter. The visitors didn't shoot another free throw for 16 minutes, but then got 11 more in the fourth quarter and made them all until Matt Janning's first of a pair missed with 21 seconds left, lessening the late-game pressure on Darussafaka.

Game-changing sequence

Michael Eric, playing without tag-team partner Jeremy Evans, covered a lot of ground. At 69-66 with 6:30 to play, he came back in and took over for Darussafaka. Eric first dunked Kartal Ozmizrak's fifth assist; then he put back a miss; and then he got his second block in a span of 63 seconds that boosted the difference to 73-68. He scored the next basket a minute later, too, putting Darussafaka in the driver's seat the rest of the way.

Next round

Darussafaka stays home to host might Real Madrid in Round 21 in a rematch of their playoff series from 2017. Baskonia faces a crucial test against one of the teams it is tied with, Maccabi, for the last playoffs spot.

Michael Eric - Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul - EB18
Friday, January 25, 2019
Euroleague.net
Referees: JAVOR, DAMIR; GKONTAS, SPIROS; RACYS, SAULIUS
Attendance: 2585
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Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul21241817
KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz29181414
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Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul21456380
KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz29476175
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
3 OZMIZRAK, KARTAL 17:30 4 1/3 0/5 2/2   2 2 5   1     1 2 4
4 AKAY, MERT 1:26     0/1                   2   -3
5 BAYGUL, MUHAMMED 18:32 7 3/5 0/2 1/1       2 1 1   1 4 3 3
9 KOSUT, EMIRCAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 DEMIR, BERK 11:52 3 1/2 0/1 1/1 1 1 2       1   3 1 2
11 KIDD, STANTON 24:37 7 2/3 1/7     5 5 2   3 1   4 1 2
18 OZDEMIROGLU, DOGUS 6:54     0/1   1   1 1   1     1 1  
21 SAVAS, OGUZ 14:15 7 2/5   3/4 1 2 3 1   1 1   2 3 8
23 DOUGLAS, TONEY 33:45 21 2/4 4/8 5/5 2 4 6 5 5 2     3 4 30
31 PEINERS, ZANIS 24:11 8 1/1 2/2   2 1 3 2 2   1     2 18
33 DIEBLER, JON 21:32 5 1/1 1/2     1 1 1         2 1 5
50 ERIC, MICHAEL 25:26 18 9/11     1 4 5   2 2 2   4 1 20
Team           1 2 3     1         2
Totals 200:00 80 22/35 8/29 12/13 9 22 31 19 10 12 6 1 26 19 91
        62.9% 27.6% 92.3%
Head coach: ERNAK, SELCUK
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 PENAVA, AJDIN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 VILDOZA, LUCA 23:16 5 0/2 0/5 5/5 1 2 3 3 2 1     4 3 4
5 GONZALEZ, MIGUEL DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 VOIGTMANN, JOHANNES 31:05 14 3/5 1/3 5/6 3 8 11 2   4 1     3 22
9 HUERTAS, MARCELINHO 28:40 8 1/4 1/2 3/3 1 2 3 6 1 2   1 1 4 14
11 JANNING, MATT 33:24 18 4/6 2/6 4/5   3 3 3   1     2 5 19
12 DIOP, ILIMANE 8:43 4     4/4           2     4 3 1
17 POIRIER, VINCENT 27:23 6 2/5   2/2 3 2 5 1   2   2 3 3 5
21 JONES, JALEN 8:17 2 1/4     2 1 3     1         1
31 SHIELDS, SHAVON 23:52 9 2/5 1/4 2/2 2 1 3 1   2   2 4 4 3
32 HILLIARD, DARRUN 15:20 9 3/3 1/5   1 3 4 2 1 1   1 2   8
47 KURUCS, ARTURS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Team           1 2 3               3
Totals 200:00 75 16/34 6/25 25/27 14 24 38 18 4 16 1 6 20 25 80
        47.1% 24% 92.6%
Head coach: PERASOVIC, VELIMIR

Head Coaches

ERNAK, SELCUK
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul
"We are learning. The players are learning. Our staff is learning. We are taking lessons from the games that we lost. Sometimes it's unlucky, but most of the time, you have to fight also against bad luck. I think this is what we did today, with an unsportsmanlike foul and a lot of free throws. In the last part we had to be much smarter than before, and I'm glad that my players did that today. Congratulations to them. Toney Douglas is the natural leader of this team. This is the reason that we signed Toney, and even in these games that we lost, we didn't lose our confidence and trust in Toney. He will lead this team until the end of the season. We are happy to have him here."
PERASOVIC, VELIMIR
KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
"First of all, congratulations to Dacka. They played more tough, with more energy, and they deserve this victory. I think in the second half, our team played without energy and without toughness. We scored just 28 points, with many three-point shots missing, and we played without confidence. So, finally, we did many things but without toughness and three-point shots, we lost."

Players

DOUGLAS, TONEY
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul
"I feel good. We played both ends of the floor. We played all 40 minutes, which in this league, the EuroLeague, you have to do if you want to win the game. But I think it's all about defense. Each day is better and better. The more I learn my teammates, the more I'll be fine, so we're just taking it one day at a time."
PEINERS, ZANIS
Darussafaka Tekfen Istanbul
"We lost too many games late this year. I don't know how many, but it feels like 10 games we lost in the end. So this was a good win for us. We'll get some good emotions, finally. I think our zone press helped us to stop their quick offenses. They also lost time there, and didn't have the time for long offenses, so they had to play a little bit simpler, and we were ready for this."
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