Fenerbahçe Beko is the guest of Zalgiris Kaunas

Our Fenerbahçe Beko Men’s Basketball Team is the guest of Zalgiris Kaunas in the 10th week match of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 2024-25 season. The match, which will be played at Zalgirio Arena on Friday, November 15 (tomorrow) at 21.00 CET, will be broadcast live by S Sport. The match will be refereed by the referee trio Juan Carlos Garcia (Spain), Josip Radojkovic (Croatia), Noam Gordon (Israel).

Latest situation in Fenerbahçe Beko:

Fenerbahçe Beko played its ninth game in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Tuesday, November 12. Fenerbahçe Beko, which hosted Bayern Munich at Ülker Sports and Event Hall, won the match 87-76 and got its seventh victory. In our team, Nigel Hayes-Davis scored 25 points, Devon Hall scored 12 points, Bonzie Colson and Tarık Biberovic scored 11 points each.

Our team was the guest of Manisa Basket on Sunday, November 10, in the last match of the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League. Fenerbahçe Beko won the match 82-90 and got its fifth victory in its sixth match. Nigel Hayes-Davis scored 15 points, Arturs Zagars and Melih Mahmutoğlu scored 12 points each for our team.

Fenerbahçe Beko’s Scottie Wilbekin, Wade Baldwin IV and Devon Hall will not be able to play in this match due to their injuries.

About Zalgiris Kaunas:

Zalgiris, one of the first teams that come to mind in European basketball, started its basketball activities in 1944. Zalgiris, which achieved its first Soviet League championship in just three years, repeated this success four more times in the following period.

Zalgiris, which had its golden period with names such as Arvydas Sabonis, Sergejus Jovaisa, Rimas Kurtinaitis and Valdemaras Chomicius and had the chance to win the European championship twice, lost to Barcelona in the Saporta Cup final in 1984 and to Cibona Zagreb with Drazen Petrovic in the EuroLeague final in 1986. lost.

Zalgiris Kaunas, which became the strongest voice of this country in basketball after Lithuania declared its independence, won nine Lithuanian League championships in a row. During this period, the 35-point performance of Saulius Stombergas in the final against Adecco Milan stood out for the Kaunas representative, who won the Saporta Cup in 1998.

Just one year after the Saporta Cup success, Zalgiris achieved a success that surprised the whole of Europe in 1999, this time reaching the EuroLeague championship. Led by Jonas Kazlauskas and with names such as Tyus Edney, Saulius Stombergas, Anthony Bowie, Eurelijus Zukauskas and Jiri Zidek, Zalgiris achieved the most important victory in the club’s history.

Zalgiris, which had a good season in the EuroLeague in 2004 but lost the critical match against Maccabi in the Top 16, continued to appear in the EuroLeague in the following years.

The new golden era at Zalgiris Kaunas started with the appointment of coach Sarunas Jasikevicius. Zalgiris, which reached the Playoffs in 2017-18 and made the Final Four by passing Olympiacos in this round, managed to beat CSKA Moscow in the third place match, despite losing to Fenerbahçe in the semi-finals, with names such as Brandon Davies, Paulius Jankunas and Kevin Pangos.

Zalgiris Kaunas, which managed to enter the Playoffs by winning its last six matches in 2018-2019, could not avoid being eliminated 3-1 by Fenerbahçe Beko in this round. The Kaunas representative won the championship in its own league this season, achieving this success for the ninth time in a row.

In the 2019-20 season, which was interrupted due to the pandemic, Zalgiris was declared the champion of the Lithuanian League and was in the Playoff race with 12 wins and 16 losses in the EuroLeague.

The northern representative achieved 17 wins in the 2020-21 season, but failed to make the Playoffs. Kaunas reached a happy ending in the Lithuanian League and Lithuanian Cup.

In the 2021-22 season, Kaunas remained in last place in the EuroLeague with 8 wins and 20 defeats, and lost the Lithuanian League final against Rytas.

Our opponent finished the first round in seventh place in the 2022-23 season with 19 wins and 15 defeats, but could not avoid being eliminated by Barcelona 3-0 in the play-offs.

In the 2023-24 season, Zalgiris finished the league in 14th place with 14 wins and 20 defeats in the EuroLeague.

Zalgiris Kaunas has 24 Lithuanian League, 1 EuroLeague and 1 Saporta Cup championships in its museum.

Latest situation in Zalgiris Kaunas:

The squad of Zalgiris Kaunas, coached by Andrea Trinchieri, includes the following names:

Guardlar: Lukas Lekavicius, Dovydas Giedraitis, Sylvain Francisco, Neds Montvila, Lonnie Walker, Deividas Sirvydis
Forwards: Matt Mitchell, Edgaras Ulanov, Ignas Brazdeikis, Arnas Butkevicius, Brady Manek, Alen Smailagic
Pivotlar: Laurynas Birutis, Bryant Dunston, Aleksas Bieliauskas
Coach: Andrea Trinchieri

Zalgiris Kaunas has six wins in nine matches played in the EuroLeague this season. The green-whites lost their last match against Paris Basketball on Wednesday, November 13, 83-77. Ignas Brazdeikis scored 15 points, Arnas Butkevicius 12 points and Laurynas Birutis 11 points for Zalgiris.

Our opponent has six wins in the Lithuanian League, which has eight weeks left. Zalgiris won the last match against Neptunas on Friday, November 10, 70-97. New transfer Lonnie Walker scored 19 points and Brady Manek scored 15 points for Zalgiris.

Team Statistics – Offense (Zalgiris Kaunas – Fenerbahçe Beko):

Points Scored: 75.1 – 79.2
Number 2: %52.1 – %48.5
Number 3: 31.9% – 39.3%
Free throw: 67.6% – 80.0%
Rebounds: 35.3 – 36.9
Assists: 14.8 – 17.6
Steals: 7.1 – 5.9
Block: 1.3 – 2.3

Team Statistics – Defense (Zalgiris Kaunas – Fenerbahçe Beko):

Points Lost: 73.3 – 75.6
Number 2: 53.5% – 54.7%
Number 3: %28.7 – %27.6
Free throw: 73.1% – 76.3%
Rebounds: 34.4 – 32.7
Assists: 15.4 – 17.4
Steals: 5.9 – 6.1
Block: 2.0 – 2.8

Statistical Leaders (Zalgiris Kaunas – Fenerbahçe Beko):

Sayı: Sylvain Francisco 12.2 – Nigel Hayes-Davis 17.4
Rebound: Arnas Butkevicius 4.6 – Nigel Hayes-Davis 4.7
Asist: Sylvain Francisco 5.1 – Wade Baldwin IV 4.0
Ball pitch: Arnas Butkevicius 1.4 – Wade Baldwin IV 1.1
Efficiency: Sylvain Francisco 13.0 – Nigel Hayes-Davis 17.4

Past Matches:

Fenerbahçe Beko faced its opponent 26 times in the current format of the EuroLeague and won 17 of these matches.

2023-24 Zalgiris Kaunas 98-75 Fenerbahçe Beko
2023-24 Fenerbahçe Beko 80-78 Zalgiris Kaunas
2022-23 Fenerbahçe Beko 87-79 Zalgiris Kaunas
2022-23 Zalgiris Kaunas 86-66 Fenerbahçe Beko
2021-22 Fenerbahçe Beko 73-67 Zalgiris Kaunas
2021-22 Zalgiris Kaunas 86-75 Fenerbahçe Beko
2020-21 Fenerbahçe Beko 84-61 Zalgiris Kaunas
2020-21 Zalgiris Kaunas 99-62 Fenerbahçe Beko
2019-20 Fenerbahçe Beko 76-79 Zalgiris Kaunas
2018-19 Zalgiris Kaunas 82-99 Fenerbahçe Beko
2018-19 Zalgiris Kaunas 57-66 Fenerbahçe Beko
2018-19 Fenerbahçe Beko 80-82 Zalgiris Kaunas
2018-19 Fenerbahçe Beko 76-43 Zalgiris Kaunas
2018-19 Fenerbahçe Beko 78-61 Zalgiris Kaunas
2018-19 Zalgiris Kaunas 75-82 Fenerbahçe Beko
2017-18 Zalgiris Kaunas 67-76 Fenerbahçe Doğuş
2017-18 Zalgiris Kaunas 78-85 Fenerbahçe Doğuş
2017-18 Fenerbahçe Doğuş 89-90 Zalgiris Kaunas
2016-17 Zalgiris Kaunas 67 – 76 Fenerbahçe
2016-17 Fenerbahçe 82 – 68 Zalgiris Kaunas
2010-11 Zalgiris Kaunas 85 – 84 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2010-11 Fenerbahçe Ülker 80 – 72 Zalgiris Kaunas
2009-10 Fenerbahçe Ülker 68 – 76 Zalgiris Kaunas
2009-10 Zalgiris Kaunas 78 – 84 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2006-07 Zalgiris Kaunas 70 – 83 Fenerbahçe Ülker
2006-07 Fenerbahçe Ülker 84 – 75 Zalgiris Kaunas