Basketball
Fenerbahce spat blood to bow Bursaspor
The many and important failures, but also the tough and fighting Bursaspor put Fenerbahce in a difficult situation, but Akpinar’s 10/10 three-pointer – Booker kept it going in the final.
With 15/21 threes (71.43%) and Ismet Akpinar – Devin Booker at 5/5, Fenerbahce had a hard time beating Bursaspor (99-96) for the Turkish championship.
Sasa Djordjevic had many and important absences to deal with (Nando de Colo, Marco Guduric, Danilo Bartel, Jan Veseli, Marial Sayok, Achilles Polonara) against the team who will start at a time when Fenerbahce hosts on Tuesday night (8/2). Real Madrid in a postponed EuroLeague game.
Derek Needham (14 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists), Onuralp Bitim (19 points, 6 rebounds), Andrew Andrews (19 points, 4/5 three points), and David Dujinski (15 points, 8 rebounds) were best friends.
THE TEN MINUTES: 27-20, 47-48, 73-70, 99-96
Fenerbahçe (Djordjevic): Birsen 10 (1), Akpinar 19 (5/5 three points, 4 assists), Mahmutoglu 18 (2), Stark 10 (2), Bimberovic, Henry 3 (4 assists), Pierre 4 (4 rebounds) , 8 assists), Floyd 3, Booker 19 (5/5 three points), Duverioglou 12 (6/10 two points)
Source: sport24
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