Frutti Extra Bursaspor vs. Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana - ShowGame

2020-21Regular SeasonRound 7

November 11, 2020 CET: 18:00

Local time: 20:00 TOFAS SPOR SALONU

Olimpija beats Bursaspor again

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana took a decisive step forwards towards reaching the 7DAYS EuroCup Top 16 from Group D by downing Frutti Extra Bursaspor 80-97 on the road on Wednesday. Olimpija improved to 4-2, while Bursaspor dropped to 0-6. Jaka Blazic led the winners with 25 points, Rion Brown added 15, Kendrick Perry and Jarrod Jones each had 14 and Edo Muric 12 for Olimpija. Perry Jones led Bursaspor with 23 points, Xavier Munford added 13, Birkan Batuk had 10 while Omercan Ilyasoglou scored 11 points and dished 11 assists for the hosts, that trailed almost all the way.

.@KKCedOL, @kendrick3perry goes all the way to the kitchen! #7DAYSMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/SxyhM5ky6s
— 7DAYS EuroCup (@EuroCup) November 11, 2020

Perry Jones got Bursaspor going with a three-point play and fed Munford for a dunk. Blazic and Brown each buried a triple and Mikael Hopkins added a layup-plus-foul in a 0-9 run that gave Olimpija a 5-11 edge. Kenny Kadji rescued the hosts, but Blazic insisted from downtown and Muric followed a three-pointer with a layup that made it 10-19. Perry Jones banked in a close shot, but Muric and Brown made it a double-digit game, 12-23. Perry Jones kept pushing the hosts and Oguz Savas added 4 quick points, but Perry Jones dunked and got help from Brown and Blazic to keep Olimpija ahead, 21-33, after 10 minutes. Jarrod Jones joined the three-point shootout early in the second quarter and Alex Hodzic added a jumper that broke the game open, 21-38. Ilyasoglu had 5 points in a 7-0 Bursaspor run, but Jarrod Jones kept Olimpija in control, 28-43. Batuk struck from downtown and Metin Turen added a layup to give the hosts hope at 33-45. Perry Jones and Tevfik Akdamar each buried a triple and got help from Savas to bring their team even closer, 43-52, at halftime.

Perry Jones buried a three-pointer right after the break. Blazic added a driving basket and Brown scored down low, but Perry Jones brought the hosts within 50-59. Muric sank his second triple and Brown sank a jumper to restore a 50-64 Olimpija lead. Perry Jones got help from Kadji and Batuk to bring the hosts within 59-68. Ivan Marinkovic stepped up with a couple of layups and Brown sank his third three-pointer, but Munford brought Bursaspor within 66-79 after 30 minutes. Ilyasoglu took over with a driving layup early in the fourth quarter, which Batuk followed with a triple to make it 71-79. Jarrod Jones and Blazic combined for all the points in an 0-8 run that sealed the outcome, 71-87, with over 4 minutes left. Bursaspor kept trying, but could not recover.

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— Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (@KKCedOL) November 11, 2020

Pivotal performer

Jaka Blazic did it again. After scoring 33 points against Bursaspor on Monday, Blazic had another strong game against the Turkish powerhouse two days later. He finished the game with 25 points on 5-of-5 two-point shooting, 4-of-8 on three-pointers and 3-of-4 on free throws, plus 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 6 fouls drawn for a game-high PIR of 32.

Game-changing moment

Bursaspor led 5-2 early, but Olimpija answered with a rain of three-pointers. Blazic and Brown each hit one apiece in a 0-9 run that put the visitors ahead for good. Blazic sank another one and Muric also struck from beyond the arc to make it a double-digit game, 12-23. Olimpija never looked back after that.

Stellar stat

Offensive rebounds made the difference in this game. Olimpija pulled down 17 and only allowed Bursaspor to get 2. Those 15 extra possessions allowed Olimpija to take more shots and dominate the game with slightly lower shooting percentages (Bursaspor 63.3% 2FG, 40% 3FG; Olimpija 62.5% 2FG, 36.4% 3FG).

Did you know?

Omercan Ilyasoglu had 11 assists before halftime - and none in the second half. Even so, he set a new career-high in assists and posted his first double-double in his fourth game in the competition. Omar Cook has the competition's assists record, dishing 16 for Buducnost VOLI Podgorica against Ventspils on November 19, 2014.

Next game

Both teams return to 7DAYS EuroCup action next week. Bursaspor visits Nanterre 92 in a postponed Round 5 game on Monday, November 16, and goes to Greece to play against Promitheas Patras on Wednesday, November 18. Olimpija visits Herbalife Gran Canaria on Wednesday, November 18.

Jaka Blazic - Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (photo Olimpija - Tine Ruzic) - EC20

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

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Referees: LAMONICA, LUIGI; VYKLICKY, ROBERT; CICI, GENTIAN

Attendance: 0

By Quarter	1	2	3	4
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	21	22	23	14
Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana	33	19	27	18

End of Quarter	1	2	3	4
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	21	43	66	80
Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana	33	52	79	97

Frutti Extra Bursaspor

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
1	ILYASOGLU, OMERCAN	28:51	11	3/5	1/6	2/2		2	2	11	1	2	1		1	3	19
3	AKDAMAR, TEVFIK	7:29	5	1/1	1/2			1	1						2		3
5	MUNFORD, XAVIER	34:26	13	5/7	0/4	3/3		3	3	2	1	3		1	2	5	12
7	JONES, PERRY	33:27	23	5/8	4/5	1/1		3	3	1	1	4			2	2	20
8	BATUK, BIRKAN	25:27	10	0/1	3/4	1/1		1	1	2		1			3	2	9
21	SAVAS, OGUZ	13:54	7	1/1		5/6		4	4	1		2			2	5	12
35	KADJI, KENNY	20:21	9	3/5	1/4		2		2	5					3		8
77	TUREN, METIN	20:24	2	1/1				1	1		1	2			3		-1
99	HAMILTON, DANIEL	15:41		0/1				4	4			1			2	2	2
	Team							2	2			1					1
	Totals	200:00	80	19/30	10/25	12/13	2	21	23	22	4	16	1	1	20	19	85
				63.3%	40%	92.3%

Head coach: ACIK, TUTKU

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

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana

							Rebounds						Blocks		Fouls
#	Player	Min	Pts	2FG	3FG	FT	O	D	T	As	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	PIR
1	RADOVIC, ROK	0:42	2	1/1			1		1								3
3	PERRY, KENDRICK	29:21	14	4/7	2/4		1	1	2	9	1	2			3	3	19
5	HOPKINS, MIKAEL	28:35	5	2/9	0/1	1/1	3	5	8	1	1	1	1		2	2	7
7	DUSCAK, DAN	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	MURIC, EDO	23:53	12	3/3	2/6		2	3	5	3					2	1	15
10	UKIC, ROKO	10:39	2			2/2				1						2	5
11	BLAZIC, JAKA	31:49	25	5/5	4/8	3/4		5	5	2	2	2			1	6	32
15	BROWN, RION	30:19	15	3/4	3/5		2	3	5		3	2			3	2	17
20	HODZIC, ALEN	11:32	2	1/2	0/3		1		1						3		-4
21	JONES, JARROD	22:07	14	3/5	1/6	5/6	3	3	6		1	1		1	1	3	13
23	SCUKA, LUKA	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
29	MARINKOVIC, IVAN	11:03	6	3/4		0/1	1		1	1	1	3			4	1	1
	Team						3	2	5								5
	Totals	200:00	97	25/40	12/33	11/14	17	22	39	17	9	11	1	1	19	20	113
				62.5%	36.4%	78.6%

Head coach: GOLEMAC, JURICA

Head Coaches

ACIK, TUTKU

Frutti Extra Bursaspor

"There is no way to win the game if you give 17 offensive rebounds to your opponent. Even though we did a good defense in some parts of the game, we let them grab offensive rebounds, so they had 15-16 more offenses compared to us. We've been having a very tough period, especially because we have a lot of missing players and an extremely intensive schedule in front of us. I do not want to repeat myself, but according to me, the health of the players is more important than getting results on the court. Anyway, we should concentrate on the upcoming domestic league game against Bahcesehir, which is crucially important for us. Congratulations to Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana."

GOLEMAC, JURICA

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana

"Congratulations to the guys. It is not easy to win on the road two times. They had some guys coming back today. We played a little bit better defense in the second half and that is what brought us the win. We had confidence in rebounding. We were rebounding at both ends of the floor and when we started switching a little bit, we stopped their pick-and-roll game. But they are a very talented team and it is hard to stop their offensive shooters. The goal is to play every game good, to be better and better in every game. We don't have a goal and in these times, it is hard to predict anything. We just want to stay healthy and play better and better in every game."

Players

TUREN, METIN

Frutti Extra Bursaspor

"Like our coach said, we gave many offensive rebounds to our opponent today and as a power forward, I should take more responsibility for that. We should forget about today and prepare our mental toughness for the upcoming game against Bahcesehir in Turkish League because this game is very important for us."

PERRY, KENDRICK

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana

"We came to do our job. We knew that it's not gonna be easy to play two games in three nights. We were focused on both games and we managed to get a win both times."

BROWN, RION

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana

"It is tough to play the same team basically two days in a row, every other day, and also on the road. It is always tough, but I have to give them credit, they fought in both games until the end. But I like the way we are coming together as a team. We still have a lot of work to do, but we are playing well right now."

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