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Efes downs Montepaschi to stay alive in Top 16
Having been beaten 77-70 on the road by Spain’s Real Madrid in their Top 16 Group F opener last Wednesday, Efes knew there was no longer any room for error. And so the İstanbul side defended well and banged in the three pointers right from the very beginning.
And it was no surprise whatsoever that Efes led by a wide 27-17 at the end of the first quarter, 45-34 at the end of the second, 67-52 at the end of the third before easily sweeping aside the Italians in the final and last quarter for a commanding 88-78 victory.
Montepaschi Siena’s Central African Republic small forward Romain Sato was the overall top scorer with 19 points, but that was far too little to stop the rampaging Efes from doing what was expected from it. Croatian center Mario Kasun led the Turkish champion with 17 points.
In other Euroleague Top 16 matches it was: Partizan 67, Regal FC Barcelona 66; Zalgiris 68, CSKA Moscow 83; Unicaja 50, Asseco Prokom 70; and Olympiakos 87, BC Khimki 69
Scorers at a glance --
Efes Pilsen: Mario Kasun 17 (9 rebounds), Charles Smith 11 (2 rebounds, 4 assists), Igor Rakocevic 8 (1 rebound, 4 assists), Preston Shumpert 9 (3 rebounds, 1 assist), Kerem Tunçeri 5 (1 rebound, 3 assists), Bootsy Thornton 7 (6 rebounds, 3 assists), Kaya Peker 13 (5 rebounds, 3 assists), Bostjan Nachbar 6 (3 rebounds, 1 assists), Ermal Kurtoğlu 8 (6 rebounds, 1 assist), Bojan Popovic 4 (3 rebounds, 2 assists), Daniel Santiago (0).
Montepaschi Siena: Henry Domercant 6 (1 assist), Terrell McIntyre 12 (2 rebounds, 2 assists), Nikos Zisis 6 (3 rebounds, 1 assist), Benjamin Eze 3 (3 rebounds), Romain Sato 19 (10 rebounds, 3 assists), Ksistof Lavrinovic 6 (2 rebounds, 1 assist), Tomas Ress 3 (1 rebound), Shaun Stonerook 11 (4 rebounds, 1 assist), David Hawkins 12 (2 rebounds, 2 assists).
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