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Anadolu Efes could not avoid losing 93-84 at home to Paris, the surprise team of the season. Paris, which dazzled with its crazy pace and played its own truths, won the victory by playing basketball 2.0. With its 7th consecutive victory, Paris continued its march to the top. Our representative, who could not find the right five throughout the match, trailed behind throughout the match. The referees’ decisions were sometimes disappointing.
*Basketball 2.0-Like a brand new model of basketball by trying modern and untested things instead of the usual truths of basketball.
TJ Shorts, the undisputed star of the Paris Basketball team, impressed the audience while playing with 21 points and 10 assists in just 26 minutes. Hayes, who also played in our country, scored 11 points. Malcolm reached double figures with 14 points and Jantunen with 11 points.
Poirier and Thompson were the top scorers for Anadolu Efes with 15 points.
Paris started as always, playing at its own tempo. They started with effective basketball, moving the ball at a dizzying pace and under the direction of star guard TJ Shorts. As long as we stayed away from simple mistakes, we stayed in the game. While the score was going up, we couldn’t take one or two open shots. We were trailing 22-20 at the end of the first quarter.
We responded to the opponent, who went on a 5-0 run at the beginning of the second quarter, with Nwora’s very difficult three-pointer. In the middle of the quarter, where Darius Thompson was effective, we went on a 7-0 run and took the lead for the first time. Paris played well at the end of the half and was ahead 43-39 at the break.
After a 5-0 series in the first two minutes of the third quarter, the difference increased to 9 points. The match hung on the balance at this point. For 15 minutes, the difference never went below 5-6 points. Whenever they were in a tight spot, they always stayed ahead with one extra hit. While the referees’ interesting decisions made us a little upset, we went into the last quarter trailing 66-58.
At the beginning of the last quarter, they made very easy hits with Kevarrius Hayes. When our representative Darius Thompson took responsibility, we kept the difference away from dangerous amounts. We couldn’t catch the opponent when Malcolm, who we defended well throughout the match, scored extra hits. With Poirier being very effective under the basket, we reduced the difference to 6 points entering the last two minutes. TJ Shorts increased the lead to 8 points with a heartbreaking hit. We reduced the difference to 6 points, but Jantunen finished the match with a three-pointer. Paris won the match 93-84.
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