Efes Istanbul and FC Barcelona get off to a good start in their Euroleague quarter-final
Efes Istanbul won the first leg of the Euroleague quarter-final on Tuesday against Olimpia Milan at the Mediolanum Forum. Dominated in the first quarter, the Turks, who finished sixth in the regular phase, then took control of the game, widening the gap in particular during the second (+8) and third (+9) quarter- weather .
Turkish-American Anadolu Shane Larkin finished as the game’s top scorer with 16 points, tied with Istanbul’s other leader, Serbian Vasilije Micic.
Barca take the lead
In the second game of the evening, between FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich, it was the Spaniards, leaders of the regular season, who won ahead of their German rivals (77-67). In a more balanced match than the previous one, Barça notably made the difference thanks to a very big second quarter (23-11), to take the lead at the break (43-33).
Over the whole game, he mainly rewarded with a two-point address well above that of his opponent (64.7% against 50%). Brandon Davies (19 points, 5 rebounds in 23 minutes) carried the Catalans against Vladimir Lucic’s Bayern (20 points), who finished as the game’s top scorer.
Qualification for the semi-finals is decided on the best of 5 matches.