BASKETBALL
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 17:54
Our Fenerbahçe Beko Men’s Basketball Team is the guest of Paris Basketball in the 17th week match of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 2024-25 season. The match, which will be played at Adidas Arena on Thursday, December 19 (tomorrow) at 22.30 CET, will be broadcast live by S Sport. The referee trio of Ilija Belosevic (Serbia), Jordi Aliaga (Spain), Saso Petek (Slovenia) will referee the match.
Latest situation in Fenerbahçe Beko:
Fenerbahçe Beko suffered its sixth defeat, losing 90-63 to Barcelona, which it hosted on Tuesday, December 17, in its last match in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Bonzie Colson scored 15 points in our team.
Our team hosted Tofaş in the last match of the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League on Saturday, December 14th. Our team won the match 90-88 and became the leader with its 9th victory at the end of the 10th matches.
In addition to Fenerbahçe Beko’s Scottie Wilbekin, Dyshawn Pierre and Arturs Zagars, Wade Baldwin, who was injured in the Barcelona match, will not be able to play in this match.
About Paris Basketball:
Paris is the only new team joining the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague this season.
Paris reached Europe’s most competitive league in a historic time with the records it broke in the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup season. Under the leadership of TJ Shorts and Nadir Hifi, Paris won the EuroCup with an all-time best 22-1 record and won the last 15 matches to lift the cup. Shorts was named EuroCup season MVP and EuroCup Final MVP, helping Paris sweep Bourg.
Founded by David Kahn in 2018, the club set out with a single purpose: to bring elite basketball to Paris, the city of lights. The club started its journey by purchasing the license of HTV Basket in the French second league and was promoted to the French first league at the end of the 2020-21 season.
After avoiding relegation in the 2021-22 season, Paris were invited to compete in the EuroCup for the first time the following season. With Tyrone Wallace, Ismael Kamagate and Kyle Allman in the squad, Paris reached the quarter-finals but were eliminated by Gran Canaria, who were champions that season.
Paris took its goals one step further by transferring coach Tuomas Iisalo, and under Iisalo’s guidance, six players who won the BCL championship with German Telekom Baskets Bonn were included in the squad. Paris, which won the French Cup as well as the EuroCup championship in 2023-24, also advanced to the French League final.
This performance and rise brought Paris to the EuroLeague stage, and the French representative continues to compete successfully here, too.
Latest situation in Paris Basketball:
Paris’s squad, coached by Tiago Splitter, includes the following names:
Guards: TJ Shorts, Maodo Lo, Nadir Hifi, Sebastian Herrera, Yakuba Ouattara
Forwards: Collin Malcolm, Tyson Ward, Leopold Cavaliere, Daulton Hommes, Bandja Sy, Mikael Jantunen
Pivots: Kevarrius Hayes, Enzo Shahrvin, Leon Kratzer, Michael Kessens
Ram: Tiago Splitter
Paris had 11 wins in 16 matches in the EuroLeague this season. Paris, which attracted attention by showing a significant performance in its first EuroLeague season, lost 85-96 to Real Madrid, which it hosted on Tuesday, December 17, in its last match. In the match in which TJ Shorts did not play, Maodo Lo was the top scorer with 30 points.
Our opponent achieved 9 wins in 12 matches in the French League this season. Paris lost 84-76 at Le Mans, where it last hosted on Sunday, December 15th. On the Paris front, Tyson Ward scored 24 points and TJ Shorts scored 11 points.
Team statistics – attack (Paris – Fenerbahçe Beko):
Points scored: 86.8 – 77.9
Number 2: %54.7 – %49.5
Number 3: %34.3 – %35.9
Free throw: 74.0% – 78.8%
Rebounds: 36.2 – 36.6
Assists: 15.8 – 15.3
Steals: 10.6 – 13.0
Block: 2.3 – 2.1
Team statistics – defense (Paris – Fenerbahçe Beko):
Points defeated: 83.6 – 79.1
Number 2: %55.1 – %53.8
Number 3: %31.5 – %32.8
Free throw: 78.0% – 78.2%
Rebounds: 38.1 – 32.9
Assists: 17.5 – 18.0
Steals: 5.6 – 6.3
Block: 2.7 – 2.0
Statistical leaders (Paris – Fenerbahçe Beko):
Sayı: TJ Shorts 19.3 – Nigel Hayes-Davis 17.4
Rebound: Mikael Jantunen 5.4 – Nigel Hayes-Davis 5.3
Asist: TJ Shorts 7.9 – Wade Baldwin IV 3.7
Top çalma: TJ Shorts 1.1 – Nigel Hayes-Davis 1.0
Productivity: TJ Shorts 23.6 – Nigel Hayes-Davis 17.9
