Apr 20, 2021 by Euroleague.net/graphic by Darius Garuolis Print
Just like its performance during the regular season, a closer look into Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul s regular-season numbers reveals a tale of two halves. Or, more precisely in this case, the story before and after Round 16.
Fenerbahce won just five of its first 15 games and ranked second-to-last in the standings with a point differential of -120 going into Round 16. Then it went on a 10-game winning streak and won 17 of its next 19 contests, a span during which it outscored its opponents by 137 points.
As you can see in a graph above, Fenerbahce ranked dead-last in points scored with 72.9 points per game at the midway point of the season, only to rise as high as sixth in scoring in early March thanks to scoring 86.8 points per game from Round 17 to Round 30.
Jan 29, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul was in rare form on Thursday in trouncing Khimki Moscow Region for its eighth straight win. While it would be an exaggeration to say that what Fenerbahce is doing under Coach Igor Kokoskov in their first season together is something never-before-seen, many things his charges accomplished in Moscow have not been seen in more than a decade.
The club had the second-best two-point shooting night in EuroLeague history by making 29 of 34 two-pointers (85.3%). The best ever – 87.5% by Panathinaikos Athens against EWE Baskets Oldenburg – was in 2009. Four Fenerbahce players posted performance index ratings of at least 23 - Lorenzo Brown (25), Nando De Colo (23), Dyshawn Pierre (26), Jan Vesely (27). The last time that happened in a EuroLeague game was 11 years ago. Together they helped the club record a collective PIR of 155, which tied the ninth-best ever in the competition and s
Jan 28, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
Perhaps the biggest advantage to playing the FabFive Challenge over its counterpart, the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge, is that you can adjust your lineups until tipoff. So if you missed that Alexey Shved was out in Round 21 or Mike James was out in Round 22, you may have been burned in the latter competition, but you can always make a last-minute adjustment in FabFive Challenge.
Of course, that is more helpful at certain times. For instance, all decisions regarding Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade players may hinge on the health of top scorer Jordan Loyd, who limped off the court in the second quarter on Tuesday and did not return. Waiting until just before the Zvezda game to tip off – the penultimate game of Round 23 at 20:45 CET on Friday – may be a little late, however, the idea that changes can be made at the last minute is surely helpful.