Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul

2017-18Regular SeasonRound 3

October 25, 2017 CET: 19:45

Local time: 20:45 ULKER SPORTS ARENA

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Records

1-1	Regular Season	0-2
1-1	Overall	0-2

Officials

To be announced soon

The Take

These cross-town rivals are set to meet again - Efes already beat Fenerbahce in the Turkish League this season. Fenerbahce has been without playmaker Ali Muhammed until now, so Brad Wanamaker and Kostas Sloukas are set to keep sharing the point guard duties. None of them will have it easy against super scorer Errick McCollum (23 ppg.), the top scoring team in the competition, and defensive stopper Dogus Balbay, who may see extended playing time against Sloukas. At the same time, Efes has been without power forward Derrick Brown, but is expected to have Ricky Ledo back in action. Ledo offers his all-around scoring skills, but Efes has multiple options at both wings, such as Edo Muric, Kruno Simon - who has missed all his 14 shots this season, remaining scoreless, but had 12 points against Efes in Turkish League action - and Josh Adams. Nikola Kalinic has not made his debut this season due to injury. If he remains sidelined, Luigi Datome and James Nunnally will see extended playing time at small forward while Sinan Guler and Marko Guduric provide intensity and deep range at shooting guard, helping Sloukas against Simon and Muric, too. Fenerbahce has a size advantage in the paint with Jan Vesely, Ahmet Duverioglu, Jason Thompson and Nicolo Melli. Vesely and Duverioglu must be ready for a physical battle against Vladimir Stimac - who had a EuroLeague career-high 22 points against Valencia Basket - and Bryant Dunston. Meanwhile, Justin Doellman and Brock Motum must use their experience and deep range against Thompson and Melli. Expect nothing but a great crowd and an intense game at Ulker Sports Arena.

Monday, October 23, 2017

Euroleague.net

Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul

#	Player	Pos.	H.	Age
1	THOMPSON, JASON	C	2.11	31
4	MELLI, NICOLO	F	2.05	26
5	HERSEK, BARIS	F	2.08	29
10	MAHMUTOGLU, MELIH	G	1.91	27
11	WANAMAKER, BRAD	G	1.93	28
16	SLOUKAS, KOSTAS	G	1.90	27
18	ARNA, EGEHAN	F	2.03	20
21	NUNNALLY, JAMES	F	2.01	27
23	GUDURIC, MARKO	G	1.96	22
24	VESELY, JAN	C	2.13	27
32	GULER, SINAN	G	1.92	33
33	KALINIC, NIKOLA	F	2.02	25
35	MUHAMMED, ALI	G	1.78	34
44	DUVERIOGLU, AHMET	C	2.09	24
70	DATOME, LUIGI	F	2.03	29

Head coach: OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO

Anadolu Efes Istanbul

#	Player	Pos.	H.	Age
1	LEDO, RICKY	G	1.97	25
2	DOELLMAN, JUSTIN	F	2.06	32
3	MCCOLLUM, ERRICK	G	1.88	29
4	BALBAY, DOGUS	G	1.85	28
5	BROWN, DERRICK	F	2.03	30
6	SAYBIR, YIGITCAN	F	1.98	18
8	BATUK, BIRKAN	F	1.96	27
10	BITIM, ONURALP	G	1.96	18
11	DEMIR, BERK	F	2.04	22
12	MOTUM, BROCK	F	2.08	27
14	ADAMS, JOSH	G	1.88	23
15	STIMAC, VLADIMIR	C	2.10	30
22	MUSTAFA, MUHAYMIN	G	1.96	18
24	MURIC, EDO	F	2.02	25
42	DUNSTON, BRYANT	C	2.03	31
44	SIMON, KRUNOSLAV	F	1.97	32

Head coach: PERASOVIC, VELIMIR

Player Stats

Points

Sloukas, K. / 16.0 Datome, L. / 14.5 Wanamaker, B. / 11.0

McCollum, E. / 23.0 Ledo, R. / 17.0 Stimac, V. / 14.5

Rebounds

Melli, N. / 6.0 Vesely, J. / 5.0 Thompson, J. / 4.5

Ledo, R. / 9.0 Stimac, V. / 5.5 Dunston, B. / 5.0

Assists

Sloukas, K. / 8.0 Wanamaker, B. / 4.0 Melli, N. / 1.5

Adams, J. / 2.5 Simon, K. / 2.5 Stimac, V. / 2.0

Steals

Thompson, J. / 1.0 Vesely, J. / 0.5 Guduric, M. / 0.5

Dunston, B. / 1.5 Muric, E. / 1.0 McCollum, E. / 1.0

Blocks

Vesely, J. / 2.0 Sloukas, K. / 0.5 Melli, N. / 0.5

McCollum, E. / 1.0 Ledo, R. / 1.0 Dunston, B. / 0.5

2PT

Sloukas, K. / 75.0 % Datome, L. / 70.0 % Vesely, J. / 63.6 %

Muric, E. / 71.4 % Dunston, B. / 70.0 % Stimac, V. / 61.9 %

3PT

Guler, S. / 100.0 % Nunnally, J. / 50.0 % Guduric, M. / 50.0 %

Doellman, J. / 33.3 % Motum, B. / 25.0 % McCollum, E. / 22.2 %

Sloukas, K. / 100.0 % Melli, N. / 100.0 % Vesely, J. / 75.0 %

Muric, E. / 100.0 % McCollum, E. / 94.1 % Ledo, R. / 66.7 %

PIR

Sloukas, K. / 25.0 Vesely, J. / 12.5 Datome, L. / 12.0

McCollum, E. / 23.5 Stimac, V. / 17.5 Ledo, R. / 13.0

Team Roster - Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul

Team Roster - Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Team Stats - Offense

Ave.		Ave.
79.5	Points	72.5
32.5	Rebounds	34.5
8.0	O. Rebounds	14.5
24.5	D. Rebounds	20.0
19.5	Assists	11.0
3.0	Steals	4.5
4.5	Blocks	2.5
58.4 %	2PT	51.5 %
43.9 %	3PT	16.2 %
71.4 %	FT	69.4 %
87.5	PIR	68.5

Team Stats - Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul

Team Stats - Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Team Stats - Defense

Ave.		Ave.
77.0	Points	83.0
32.0	Rebounds	35.0
13.0	O. Rebounds	8.0
19.0	D. Rebounds	27.0
14.0	Assists	15.5
7.0	Steals	5.5
2.0	Blocks	3.5
49.3 %	2PT	58.3 %
30.2 %	3PT	39.1 %
84.2 %	FT	84.8 %
84.5	PIR	97.0

Team Stats - Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul

Team Stats - Anadolu Efes Istanbul

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Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul

This crosstown derby is a relatively new fixture at the EuroLeague level, with their first meeting taking place in 2014. Fenerbahce has been dominant in their brief EuroLeague history together, winning every home game against Efes.

Efes big man Bryant Dunston was a teammate of Fenerbahce point guard Kostas Sloukas at two different clubs for a total of three seasons. The two were first teammates at Aris Thessaloniki in 2010-11 season, then from 2013 to 2015 at Olympiacos Piraeus.

Birkan Batuk and Dogus Balbay of Efes were teammates with Fenerbahce’s Melih Mahmutoglu and Ali Muhammed on the Turkish national team in the past.

Birkan Batuk and Brad Wanamaker were teammates at Darussafaka Istanbul last season.

Errick McCollum and Sinan Guler played together at Galatasaray in 2015-16 and for the second part of the 2016-17 seasons. They won the 2016 EuroCup title together.

Vladimir Stimac and Marko Guduric were teammates at Zvezda in the 2015-16 season. They also teamed up on the Serbian national team last summer to win silver medals at EuroBasket 2017.

Efes guard Krunoslav Simon grew up in KK Zagreb, and made his EuroLeague debut there in 2011-12 season under current Fenerbahce assistant coach Vlado Androic.

Big man Ahmet Duverioglu played for Efes during the 2015-16 season.

Jan Vesely had career-best 23 points playing for Partizan against Efes in a March 2011 game.

Monday, October 23, 2017

Euroleague.net

Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul

Roster
Nikola Kalinic and Ali Muhammed have not played yet this season due to respective injuries.
Streaks
Brad Wanamaker has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last 10 EuroLeague appearances.
Ali Muhammed has made multiple three-pointers in each of his last nine EuroLeague appearances.
Rankings
Luigi Datome is tied for fourth all-time in the EuroLeague in free throw accuracy at 90.36%.
Datome ranked second among qualified EuroLeague players last season in free-throw accuracy at 94.4%.
Playing for Darussafaka Istanbul, Brad Wanamaker ranked fourth among qualified EuroLeague players last season in average index rating at 17.6 per game.
Wanamaker was fourth in the EuroLeague in scoring last season with 16.7 points per game.
Wanamaker ranked second among qualified EuroLeague players last season in average steals with 1.5 per game.
Playing for Brose Bamberg, Nicolo Melli ranked second in the EuroLeague in rebounding last season with 7.4 per game.
Ali Muhammed was third among qualified EuroLeague players last season in average three-pointers made with 2.2 per game.
Records/Milestones
Ali Muhammed needs 3 more free throws to reach 100 for his EuroLeague career.
Jan Vesely blocked the 100th shot of his EuroLeague career last week in Round 1. He became the 28th player to ever do so.
Luigi Datome needs 31 more points to reach 1,000 for his EuroLeague career.

Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Roster
Berk Demir and Onuralp Bitim are poised to make their respective EuroLeague debuts.
Streaks
Erick McCollum has made 10 consecutive free throws in EuroLeague action.
Bryant Dunston has blocked at least 1 shot in five of his last six EuroLeague games.
Rankings
Bryant Dunston ranked second among qualified EuroLeague players last season in average offensive rebounding with 2.8 per game.
Dunston ranked fifth among qualified EuroLeague players last season in blocks with 1.1 per game.
Records/Milestones
Derrick Brown is 16 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point milestone for his EuroLeague career.
Brock Motum needs 3 more points to reach 500 for his EuroLeague career.
Bryant Dunston is ranked 11th on the EuroLeague career lists for blocked shots with 137. He needs 1 more to catch D'Or Fischer for 10th place.

Monday, October 23, 2017

Euroleague.net

Head-to-head records

Home team		Away team
	7 - 1
Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul		Anadolu Efes Istanbul
* overall record in EuroLeague since 2000

Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul
Home record vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul:	4-0
Away record vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul:	3-1

Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Home record vs. Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul:	1-3
Away record vs. Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul:	0-4

Results

Season	Date	Phase	Home	Result	Away
2016-17	23 March 2017	Regular Season	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	80 - 77	Fenerbahce Istanbul
2016-17	17 November 2016	Regular Season	Fenerbahce Istanbul	88 - 80	Anadolu Efes Istanbul
2015-16	01 April 2016	Top 16	Fenerbahce Istanbul	90 - 86	Anadolu Efes Istanbul
2015-16	05 February 2016	Top 16	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	73 - 77	Fenerbahce Istanbul
2014-15	09 April 2015	Top 16	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul	83 - 72	Anadolu Efes Istanbul
2014-15	13 February 2015	Top 16	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	71 - 77	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
2013-14	10 April 2014	Top 16	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul	84 - 65	Anadolu Efes Istanbul
2013-14	21 February 2014	Top 16	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	63 - 71	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul