2019-20Regular SeasonRound 7
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 90
FC Bayern Munich 82
November 08, 2019 CET: 18:45
Local time: 20:45 ULKER SPORTS AND EVENT HALL

Fenerbahce downs Bayern at home

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul bounced back from recent losses by downing FC Bayern Munich 90-82 at home on Friday. Fenerbahce improved to 2-5 in the standings while Bayern dropped to 3-4. Derrick Williams led the winners with 19 points. Melih Mahmutoglu added 14, Kostas Sloukas had 13, Nando De Colo 12 and Nikola Kalinic 10 for Fenerbahce. Greg Monroe led Bayern with 19 points. Vladimir Lucic added 14, Petteri Koponen and Maodo Lo each had 11 while Paul Zipser got 10 for the guests. Koponen and Monroe led a 0-9 run which allowed Bayern to get an early 7-11 lead. Williams and De Colo stepped up to put Fenerbahce ahead, 18-15, after 10 minutes. Zipser took over in the second quarter, getting help from Lucic and Lo to keep Bayern within 40-39 at halftime. Three-pointers by Koponen, Alex King, Lo and Zipser allowed Bayern to take the lead, 61-62, after 30 minutes. Jan Vesely, Williams and especially Mahmutoglou stepped up in crunch time, as Fenerbahce got a 85-73 margin and never looked back.

Vesely got Fenerbahce going with a layup and a floater for 4-0 lead. De Colo bettered Lucic's layup with a three-point play but Koponen hit a jumper and Monroe scored twice in the paint to give Bayern its first lead, 7-8. Koponen capped a 0-9 run with a bomb from downtown but Fenerbahce found a go-to guy in Williams, who quickly tied it at 11-11. Lo hit a jumper but a jump hook by Ahmet Duverioglu and a triple by De Colo made Bayern call timeout at 16-14. Joffrey Lauvergne scored down low for a 18-15 Fenerbahce lead after 10 minutes. Lucic struck from beyond the arc early in the second quarter. Leon Radosevic added a put-back layup which Zipser followed with a three-point play for a 20-23 Bayern edge. Sloukas buried an off-balance jumper and Mahmutoglou buried back-to-back three-pointers to make the hosts regain the lead. Zipser and Lauvergne traded baskets and a triple by Lo tied it again, 30-30. Luigi Datome answered from downtown and Sloukas added a jumper but Lucic and Monroe answered for a 35-35 tie. Williams followed a jumper with a three-point but Lucic and Danilo Barthel kept Bayern within 40-39 at halftime. Monroe and Lucic each scored around the basket for a 40-43 Bayern lead soon after the break. De Colo and Lo exchanged layups and a dunk by Williams gave the hosts hope at 44-45. Koponen silenced the crowd with a triple but Kalinic answered from downtown and Williams put Fenerbahce ahead, 49-48. Lo and King also joined the three-point shootout to make the hosts stop the game at 53-54. Diego Flaccadori scored in penetration, then King and Zipser each buried a triple but Williams and Sloukas kept Fenerbahce within 61-62 after 30 minutes. Vesely dunked early in the fourth quarter and a three-pointer by Sloukas made Bayern call timeout at 66-62. Kalinic capped a 9-0 Fenerbahce run with a power layup and Datome added a jumper for a 70-64 lead with 7 minutes left. Vesely hit a jumper, getting help from Mahmutoglou and Williams to keep the hosts way ahead, 76-68. A three-pointer by Mahmutoglu broke the game open, 79-68, with over 4 minutes left. Ali Muhammed and Mahmutoglu insisted from downtown to make sure Fenerbahce cruised to a well-deserved win.

Pivotal performer

Derrick Williams had an outstanding performance against his former team, allowing Fenerbahce to win the game. He finished the game with 19 points on 3-of-3 two-point shots, 2-of-6 from downtown and 7-of-8 free throws, adding 3 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and 5 fouls drawn for a PIR of 23.

Game-changing moment

Bayern led 59-62 late in the third quarter but Fenerbahce gave its best when it mattered. Kostas Sloukas swished a jumper and followed Jan Vesely's dunk with a three-pointer. Nikola Kalinic added a power layup and Gigi Datome and Kalinic added one jumper apiece in a 13-2 run that gave Fenerbahce the lead for good, 72-64. All its veteran players contributed to the run - a true team effort.

Stellar stat

Fenerbahce shot the ball really well, hitting 20-of-30 shots inside the arc (66.7%) and 12-of-24 from downtown (50%). The hosts had a season-high 24 assists and limited turnovers to just 9.

Did you notice?

Fenerbahce remains undefeated at home against Bayern, and now has a 4-0 home record against the German powerhouse. Bayern has never been an easy opponent for Fenerbahce - its previous road losses were 87-81 in 2014, 74-67 in 2015 and 88-84 in 2018.

Next game:

Both teams return to action on Friday, November 15. Fenerbahce visits CSKA Moscow at 18:00 CET, in a rematch of the 2016 Championship Games. Later on that day, at 21:00, Bayern Munich takes on Valencia Basket at La Fonteta.

Derrick Williams - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul - EB19
Friday, November 8, 2019
Euroleague.net
Referees: RADOVIC, SRETEN; FOUFIS, IOANNIS; PERUGA, CARLOS
Attendance: 8871
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul18222129
FC Bayern Munich15242320
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul18406190
FC Bayern Munich15396282
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
10 MAHMUTOGLU, MELIH 21:46 14 1/1 4/5         1         3   11
12 KALINIC, NIKOLA 30:00 10 1/1 2/2 2/2   2 2 5   2     2 2 15
13 BIBEROVIC, TARIK DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16 SLOUKAS, KOSTAS 25:10 13 4/7 1/3 2/2   1 1 3 1 3     3 2 9
19 DE COLO, NANDO 21:15 12 3/3 1/3 3/3 1 1 2 4     1     7 24
21 WILLIAMS, DERRICK 24:44 19 3/3 2/6 7/8 1 2 3 2 1 1     1 5 23
24 VESELY, JAN 25:03 8 4/7     1 3 4 3 2 1 1   3 1 12
32 CANDAN, BERKAY DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 MUHAMMED, ALI 17:23 3   1/4     2 2 1         2 3 4
44 DUVERIOGLU, AHMET 14:57 2 1/2       2 2 2         4   1
70 DATOME, LUIGI 10:49 5 1/2 1/1     2 2 2 2 1 1   4   6
77 LAUVERGNE, JOFFREY 8:53 4 2/4       1 1 1   1         3
Team             1 1               1
Totals 200:00 90 20/30 12/24 14/15 3 17 20 24 6 9 3 0 22 20 109
        66.7% 50% 93.3%
Head coach: OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
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
FC Bayern Munich
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
7 KING, ALEX 10:28 6   2/3     2 2 1 1       1   8
8 KOPONEN, PETTERI 22:32 11 1/3 3/6   1   1 3   1     3 4 10
10 MONROE, GREG 29:02 19 9/14   1/2 4 3 7 3 1       2 4 26
11 LUCIC, VLADIMIR 24:35 14 4/5 1/1 3/3 1 6 7 2   3     3 5 21
12 LO, MAODO 28:35 11 2/3 2/5 1/2   2 2 6   4     3 1 8
16 ZIPSER, PAUL 23:38 10 2/5 1/2 3/3 2 2 4   1 1   1 1 5 13
20 NELSON, DEMARCUS 12:14   0/1 0/1         2   1   1 1   -3
21 FLACCADORI, DIEGO 13:24 5 2/3   1/1       1   1   1 1 1 3
22 BARTHEL, DANILO 23:47 3 1/3 0/2 1/2 1 3 4 2 1       2 1 4
43 RADOSEVIC, LEON 10:57 3 1/2   1/2 1   1     1     3 1 -1
44 GRANT, SASHA 0:48                              
Team           2   2     1         1
Totals 200:00 82 22/39 9/20 11/15 12 18 30 20 4 13 0 3 20 22 90
        56.4% 45% 73.3%
Head coach: RADONJIC, DEJAN

Head Coaches

OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

"I want to thank our people, our fans for incredible support. Tonight we played against a team that knows how to play offensively. They were patient and many times, they waited until the last second to create a good shot and score. It was a very difficult and very tough game. Today, we really had good spacing. We moved the ball really well and because of that, our shooting percentages are very good. The main problem in the first half were their offensive rebounds under our rim, it was 9-8. They only took 3 (offensive rebounds) in the second half and that gave us the opportunity to try to run and score some easy baskets. It is obvious that we changed the game in the last quarter and played very good offensively. Even when we made some mistakes defensively, the situation was totally different. I insist, they are a very good team, they know how to play and because of that, it was a really, really close game. Congratulations to my players for a good game. With the schedule that we have, they need to understand that every second of each practice must be used to continue to understand what we need to change in our game."

"We worked a lot to have a better offense, to have good spacing and move the ball in the right way. It was not like that all game long, but I believe it was much, much better than in previous games. They only took 3 offensive rebounds in the second half. We protected the rim and this is the result. We need to continue to work hard. We need to continue to understand the quality we have as a team and how important it is to keep concentration in every second of the practice, not only in the game."

RADONJIC, DEJAN
FC Bayern Munich
"Congratulations to Fenerbahce for the win. For 30 minutes, it was a good game for Bayern, but they got the advantage in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter and scored 29 points in the last quarter, and they won. The last quarter, in our situation right now, we had less energy but it was much better in the last week in the EuroLeague, for sure. What we need is, immediately, to think about the next game. We have a game against ALBA (in the German League) in less than 48 hours but again, a EuroLeague team. Williams did a great job for Bayern last year, and my opinion is that he plays always with great motivation. He played a really good game today, but generally, he is always ready to play with a high motivation."

Players

MAHMUTOGLU, MELIH
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
"We shared the ball well on offense and especially, we were aggressive. Of course, we are not in a good situation but today, we played very well. There was an amazing atmosphere. We are very happy and have to continue like this. We have to focus and work hard."
WILLIAMS, DERRICK
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
"That's what I bring (energy). I told everybody when I got here - I bring effort and energy every single night. And I bring passion, trying to get these fans involved. I already know they are crazy! I am trying to get the crowd excited and we needed an extra push. It feels good - at the end of the day, it feels good to get a win in the EuroLeague, and that is the most important thing. We just have to try to build a winning streak out of this one. We know they have a good team and have a lot of good players over there. It is a quality win. We are just looking forward to the next game and continue that winning streak."