2020-21Regular SeasonRound 12
Anadolu Efes Istanbul 59
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 77
December 04, 2020 CET: 17:30
Local time: 19:30 SINAN ERDEM SPORTS HALL.

Peters, defense lift Baskonia past host Efes

In a battle between classic Turkish Airlines EuroLeague powerhouses, TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz confirmed its outstanding momentum with a second consecutive road victory by downing Anadolu Efes Istanbul 59-77 at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall on Friday. Both teams now have a 6-5 records in the middle of the standings. Former Efes forward Alec Peters led the winners with 18 points. Baskonia also got 12 points each from Youssoupha Fall and Achille Polonara, and 11 from Pierria Henry. In a truly rare occurrence, no Efes player reached double digits in points as the hosts were held to their third-lowest home scoring total in the last decade. Shane Larkin led Efes with 8 points. Baskonia, ahead 37-42 at halftime, boosted its margin to 50-63 after three quarters and then again to 50-72 soon after that to cruise to a well-deserved win.

Larkin, Krunoslav Simon and Sertac Sanli got Efes going with a three-pointer apiece. Tadas Sedekerskis and Fall stepped up for Baskonia but Simon banked in a floater for an early 11-5 Efes lead. Rokas Giedraitis struck from downtown and Fall added a alley-oop layup to keep Baskonia within 13-10. Chris Singleton and Peters joined the three-point shootout and Fall hit a jumper for a 16-15 score before James Anderson helped Efes restore a 20-17 lead after 10 minutes. Dogus Balbay bettered Peters' jumper with a triple and Adrien Moerman added a layup for a 25-19 Efes edge early in the second quarter. Zoran Dragic and Polonara fueled a 0-5 Baskonia to stay close, run but Moerman struck from beyond the arc and Rodrigue Beaubois added a floater to give Efes fresh air at 30-26. Polonara kept pacing Baskonia with a three-pointer and Tonye Jekiri scored twice down low in a 0-8 run that put Baskonia in front for the first time, 30-34. Peters found space for a backdoor layup and Pierria Henry added a floater but Singleton and Larkin kept Efes within 35-38. Peters and Vasilije Micic exchanged baskets before a tip-in by Jekiri fixed the halftime score at 37-42. Sanli scored in close soon after the break but Polonara downed a couple of triples and Henry added another in a 0-9 run that suddenly put Baskonia up by double digits, 39-51. Beaubois hit a fallaway jumper and Micic scored in the paint but Henry and Giedraitis kept Baskonia way ahead, 43-55. Efes center Bryant Dunston, appearing for the first time since October due to injury, followed a three-point play with a layup but he didn't find much help as Fall and Peters boosted Baskonia's lead to 50-63 after 30 minutes. Peters sank his third three-pointer early in the fourth quarter and Fall scored down low to break the game open, 50-68, with over 7 minutes left. Henry took over with a backdoor layup and a dunk that capped a 0-12 run that sealed the outcome, 50-72, as Efes never recovered.

Pivotal performer

Peters stayed unstoppable and led his team to a big road win against his former team. He finished the game with 18 points on 4-for-7 two-point and 3-for-7 three-point shooting, hitting his only free throw attempt, as well. Peters added 7 rebounds, 3 assists and a block for a PIR of 20. Baskonia is now 5-0 when Peters scores at least 15 points.

Game-changing moment

Sanli scored in the paint to bring Efes within 39-42 right after the break. Baskonia did not panic, as Polonara buried a three-pointer and followed Henry's triple with another bomb from downtown. The guests took their first double-digit lead, 39-51, and dominated the game until the final buzzer.

Stellar stat

Rebounds and three-point shots made the difference in this game. Baskonia outrebounded Efes by 30-44. The guests buried 8 of 19 three-pointers (42.1%) and limited Efes to just 8 of 29 (27.6%). Baskonia pulled down 15 offensive rebounds, its second-best mark this season after 17 against Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade on October 9.

Did you know?

Larkin was limited to just 8 points, breaking his 16-game double-digit scoring streak. He now has scored 1,499 points in 98 career EuroLeague games. Only three active players have a better scoring average with over 100 games played – Nando De Colo, Alexey Shved and Mike James – than Larkin's 15.3 points per game.

Next game

Efes plays twice next week. It hosts LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in a postponed game from Round 5 on Tuesday, December 8, and visits Valencia Basket on Thursday, December 10 in Round 13. Baskonia welcomes Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv to Buesa Arena also on Thursday.

Alec Peters - TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz - EB20
Friday, December 4, 2020
Euroleague.net
Referees: LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT; JOVCIC, MILIVOJE; PETEK, SASO
Attendance: 0
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
0 LARKIN, SHANE 28:21 8 0/5 2/6 2/2 3 1 4 5 3 5   1   3 8
1 BEAUBOIS, RODRIGUE 18:46 4 2/2 0/3     1 1 2         1   3
2 SINGLETON, CHRIS 24:38 5   1/4 2/2 2 4 6 2   3 1   2 3 9
4 BALBAY, DOGUS 9:13 5 1/1 1/1   1   1 1         2 1 6
11 GAZI, ERTEN 5:42 2 1/1 0/1     1 1           2    
15 SANLI, SERTAC 15:43 7 2/4 1/1   1 2 3     1     3   4
18 MOERMAN, ADRIEN 17:58 7 2/4 1/4   2 3 5 1 1 3   1 2 1 4
19 TUNCER, BUGRAHAN 5:42 3 0/2 1/2     1 1 1             2
22 MICIC, VASILIJE 17:57 4 2/4 0/1   1   1 3 2 2     3 1 3
23 ANDERSON, JAMES 24:29 4 1/1 0/2 2/2 1 2 3       2   1 1 7
42 DUNSTON, BRYANT 15:59 5 2/5   1/1   2 2         1 1 3 5
44 SIMON, KRUNOSLAV 15:32 5 1/4 1/4         1         1   -1
Team             2 2     1         1
Totals 200:00 59 14/33 8/29 7/7 11 19 30 16 6 15 3 3 18 13 51
        42.4% 27.6% 100%
Head coach: ATAMAN, ERGIN
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
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
2 RAIESTE, SANDER 1:34               1             1
5 JEKIRI, TONYE 16:50 8 4/8     3 5 8 2 1 2   1 2   10
7 HENRY, PIERRIA 32:09 11 3/6 1/3 2/2   1 1 5 4 5     2 4 13
8 SEDEKERSKIS, TADAS 21:33 4 1/3 0/1 2/2 2 5 7 2 2 3   1 2 1 7
12 DIOP, ILIMANE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 FALL, YOUSSOUPHA 17:13 12 4/7   4/6 2 2 4   1 1 1   1 4 15
25 PETERS, ALEC 31:21 18 4/7 3/7 1/1 1 6 7 3   2 1   1 1 20
30 DRAGIC, ZORAN 17:22 4 2/7 0/1   1   1 1 1     1 1 2 1
31 GIEDRAITIS, ROKAS 28:33 7 2/3 1/4     4 4 6     1       14
33 POLONARA, ACHILLE 28:31 12 1/2 3/3 1/2 5 1 6 1         3 5 19
47 KURUCS, ARTURS 4:54 1 0/2   1/2 1   1           1 1 -1
Team             5 5     2         3
Totals 200:00 77 21/45 8/19 11/15 15 29 44 21 9 15 3 3 13 18 102
        46.7% 42.1% 73.3%
Head coach: IVANOVIC, DUSKO

Head Coaches

ATAMAN, ERGIN
Anadolu Efes Istanbul
"Congratulations to Baskonia. They really played a great game tonight. On our side, I can only tell that in the past three years that I am with this team, this is the first time I saw my team to play horrible basketball and also to give up in one game. With this team, we played the EuroLeague Final, we dominated the EuroLeague last year, and also this year, in the last five games, we played perfect and we won many games. So OK, I accept the excuse that one game, also, we can [play badly]. Nobody is a machine and we gave up incredible offensive rebounds in the first half, and then our morale went away 100 percent. Our players coming off long injuries, I saw in practice that they are not ready yet. We gave up in this game, but I accept it, after many, many games played in the last three years, it is the first time that this happens. OK, we will see for the next game."
IVANOVIC, DUSKO
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
"I think we played really well on defense tonight. In every moment, every player knew what to do. They knew how to play defense against each opposing player and did it against a team that has maybe the best offensive talent in Europe. This was very important. And also, on offense, we played with a lot of patience, looking for our advantages. I think that the keys to the game tonight were three and my players knew them. They had to play with self-confidence and believe in the team, and they have to believe in our game, and to fight. And they did all three things to perfection."

Players

PETERS, ALEC
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
"We did a really good job at being consistent the entire game. When we play with patience, and when we play our game and stick to it, and stay focused the whole time, we are going to be very tough to beat. We just have to put it all together every game. I felt good, obviously. You are familiar with the gym, so I was familiar with being here. I really wanted to have a good one today and I really wanted the win, so I am glad that we were able to accomplish that. It was a big-time team job. Our team did a great job today."
POLONARA, ACHILLE
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
"We played great defense today. They scored less than 60 points, so we did a great job, especially on the road. It is never easy to come here and win a game. I think we had a lot of energy and a lot of intensity, played good defense, got rebounds, and tried to run to find easy buckets in the fastbreak. This is why we played well."
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