He netted 10 points in the extra period as the Turkish side secured the win.
Dyshawn Pierre’s career night decided Fenerbahce’s OT battle with Bayern
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul got a heroic performance from an unusual source against FC Bayern Munich, as Dyshawn Pierre carried the team in overtime during a toughly fought back-and-forth battle.
Pierre scored 10 of his 15 points in the final 100 seconds of the extra period, with the 30-year-old setting a career-high PIR of 29 in Fenerbahce’s 98-91 victory.
“We just fought through. We all knew we needed to do and we did a good job of giving it that extra fight in the end. DP coming down with huge rebounds, knocking down his free throws and getting buckets when we needed it. It was huge for us,” Scottie Wilbekin said when quizzed about Pierre’s impact.
Pierre came up big for Fenerbahce
While Wilbekin has built a career out of big performances, it was Pierre who carried Fenerbahce over the line on Thursday evening.
Pierre used some fancy footwork as he got a couple of baskets over Bayern captain Vladimir Lucic with 1:40 minutes to play and then 42 seconds to go. He added 6 more free throws, 4 of which came in the final 18 seconds, to lock up the win.
“I’m just really happy we were able to pull through. The team that they (Bayern) have and the record that they have doesn’t really show how good they really are. So we are happy that we were able to beat a tough team,” said Pierre, who added 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
Pierre had only scored a combined 17 points and grabbed a total of 18 rebounds in his last four games, yet he stepped up to the plate in Round 21 in the absence of the injured Nigel Hayes-Davis.
Head coach Saras Jasikevicius refused to take so much credit for the win and the team’s 7-1 record since he took charge.
“I still have scored zero points since I have been here. The guys really fought. It’s very important to win these types of games – they are a little bit ugly. We weren’t at our best,” admitted Coach Jasikevicius.
“It was just finding the guys who were hot. We found Scottie and then Tyler [Dorsey] and then we found DP in the post a couple of times. It was about finding the right guys. And the guys came through.”
And Pierre was not necessarily the one most expected to lead the way in the end. A sign of a winning team.