Fenerbahçe Block 14 Shots in Win Over Partizan
Fenerbahçe beat Partizan 74–65 in Istanbul, and Eurohoops said the 14 blocks were a EuroLeague single-game record.
Fenerbahçe blocked 14 shots in a 74–65 win over Partizan of Belgrade in Istanbul. Partizan blocked four.
Eurohoops said it was the most blocks by one team in a EuroLeague game. The previous mark of 12 was set by Zalgiris Kaunas in 2000 and matched by Zalgiris in 2008.
Marcus Bingham blocked five shots, and six teammates had at least one. Partizan made its first four three-point shots and then two of its next 16.
Partizan led 19–12 after the first quarter and 28–25 at halftime. Fenerbahçe won the third quarter 34–16 to lead 59–44 and stayed ahead. Shavon Shields scored 17 points and Talen Horton-Tucker 14. Ethan Thompson led Partizan with 13.
Fenerbahçe's coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius, joked that a team playing good defense would not need to block so many shots, but said the record was fun and would be celebrated.
Fenerbahçe are 5–1, and Partizan have lost three in a row. Panathinaikos, the only unbeaten team at 5–0, play Hapoel Tel Aviv at home on Friday.
Fenerbahçe blocked 14 shots in a 74–65 win over Partizan of Belgrade in Istanbul. Partizan blocked four.
Eurohoops said it was the most by one team in a EuroLeague game. The previous mark of 12 was set by Zalgiris Kaunas against Estudiantes in 2000 and matched by Zalgiris against Asseco Prokom in 2008.
Marcus Bingham blocked five shots. Six teammates had at least one: Nicolò Melli, Braxton Key and Will Clyburn two each, and Shavon Shields, Talen Horton-Tucker and Johnny Juzang one each.
Partizan made its first four three-point shots and then two of its next 16. It led 19–12 after the first quarter and 28–25 at halftime.
Fenerbahçe outscored Partizan 34–16 in the third quarter and led 59–44 going into the fourth. Partizan won the last quarter 21–15.
Shields scored 17 points for Fenerbahçe. Horton-Tucker added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists. Wade Baldwin and Clyburn scored 11 each. Clyburn scored the last basket, with four seconds left. Ethan Thompson led Partizan with 13 points, and Lamar Stevens and Kevarrius Hayes scored 12 each.
Fenerbahçe made 4 of 20 three-point shots and Partizan 6 of 20. Fenerbahçe made 18 of 25 free throws to Partizan's 13 of 24, and outrebounded Partizan 45–37. Fenerbahçe also turned the ball over 20 times to Partizan's 12.
Fenerbahçe's coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius, made light of the mark afterward.
"Can you imagine how bad of a defense we're playing to keep coming around and blocking shots? If you play good defense, you don't need to block a shot, but the record is always fun, and we'll take it, for sure, and celebrate," he said.
It was Partizan's third loss in a row. Fenerbahçe are 5–1.
Panathinaikos are the only unbeaten team, at 5–0, and play Hapoel Tel Aviv at home in Athens on Friday at 9:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. ET). Olympiacos, at 4–1, play at Barcelona the same night. Friday's other games are Zalgiris against Anadolu Efes, Besiktas against Bayern Munich, Crvena Zvezda against Paris and Virtus Bologna against Baskonia.
In another game, Dubai won 101–97 at Olimpia Milan. Dwayne Bacon scored 29 points for Dubai and made all six of his three-point shots. Dubai led 98–87 with two minutes left, and Milan cut it to two before time ran out.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 91–88 at Valencia, where Armoni Brooks missed a three-point shot that would have tied it with four seconds left. Valencia have lost two in a row after starting 4–0. Jimmy Clark scored 17 points for Maccabi, which has two wins, and Brooks led Valencia with 14. Mfiondu Kabengele added 18 for Dubai, and Garrison Mathews scored 21 for Milan. Andres Feliz scored a career-high 26 points, with eight three-pointers, as Real Madrid beat ASVEL 111–92 in Madrid, their third win in a row. Real made 19 of 45 three-point shots, and Theo Maledon had 16 points and nine assists. Dubai and Valencia are 4–2, Real 3–3.