On Coach Ataman's return to his former team, his side was blown out by the hosts
Efes beats up Panathinaikos, 93-67
Game Report
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Regular Season
Round 15 of 34
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul returned to winning ways in Round 15 after running past the visiting reigning champs Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens 93-67 on Friday night. Efes won the game after losing three out of its last four, while Panathinaikos suffered its second consecutive defeat of 18 or more points. Both teams now have an 8-7 record.
It was a game that marked the return of Panathinaikos coach Ergin Ataman to Efes, but also a return from injury for Shane Larkin, who missed the last nine games. Efes used a 14-2 second-quarter run to build a double-digit lead, then a 12-2 third-quarter run to break the 20-point margin and lead by as many as 29 as it cruised to victory. Rodrigue Beaubois finished as the top scorer for Efes with 16 points, while Dan Oturu and Jordan Nwora scored 15 apiece, with Nwora also pulling down 8 rebounds. Kostas Sloukas scored 15, and Cedi Osman had 12 points in defeat.
Game Videos
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Ercan Osmani: 'Coach Mijatovic believes in me'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Nwora stops Bonga! Motorola Magic Moment
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Osmani's huge dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:18
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Efes turns defense into offense! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:42
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Kendrick Nunn: 'We need everyone to keep Mathias in their prayers'
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Lessort rocks the rim in style! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:21
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Larkin and Poirier light it up! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
- 01:58
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Dan Oturu: 'I'm thankful to be on a team like this'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:51
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Kendrick Nunn: 'We needed that energy, that spark'
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Samodurov's big block! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:19
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Nunn with another ankle-breaker! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:24
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Nunn breaks Ricci's ankles! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:23
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Rodrigue Beaubois: 'When we play like this, we're very difficult to beat'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:31
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Oturu dunks over Lessort! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Poirier posterizes two defenders! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:13
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Thompson's half-ending block! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Juancho drives for big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Bonzie Colson brings his skills to the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast
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EuroLeague & Friends: Spanoulis's start, the play of Maledon and Shorts...
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Lessort soars! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:29
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Kendrick Nunn: 'I came in ready'
- 01:08
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Darius Thompson: 'Whoever came in competed'
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-FC Barcelona | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:12
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Lessort with a steal and a dunk in transition! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:30
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Nunn with another midcourt buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Nunn beats the buzzer again! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:20
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Nwora's huge slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:20
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Nunn with a buzzer-beating mid-court triple! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:27
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Bryant beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:31
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What a power slam by Lessort! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-AS Monaco | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Bryant bullet-pass feed for Poirier! Motorola Magic Moment
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Lessort has lift-off! Motorola Magic Moment
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Yurtseven with the putback slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Big men connection! Motorola Magic Moment
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Paris Basketball | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Willis throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends, ep. 4: The Belgrade derby, Paris's form and much more
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Kendrick Nunn: 'I love coming here, I love Bologna'
Efes opened the game with a big uncontested dunk from Vincent Poirier and a wide-open three from Nwora. After Mathias Lessort answered with a basket inside, Nwora scored from close range and another wide-open one from long range to open a 10-2 lead. Juancho Hernangomez and Osman cut the margin to 12-8, but Ercan Osmani hit one from the outside and Oturu made a layup to extend the margin to 17-8. Lessort muscled his way to score inside, sparking a 0-7 run during which Sloukas netted a three, but Beaubois knocked down the hosts' fourth three to make it 20-15 after 10 minutes.
A triple from Sloukas opened the scoring in the third quarter and made it a 0-7 Panathinaikos run as the visitors took their first lead of the night. Oturu had a three-point play and a tip-in to restore Efes's lead, and his layup opened a 29-24 lead. Ioannis Papapetrou and Rolands Smits traded three-pointers before another basket from Beaubois and a three-point play from Smits gave Efes its first double-digit lead, 38-28. Beaubois got hot, sinking a triple followed by a corner jumper with his toes on the three-point line to make it 43-28. A second-chance basket from Omer Yurtseven snapped a 14-1 run, and he had a dunk in a 0-6 run as Efes took a 45-34 lead into the break.
Hernangomez and Osman cut the deficit to open the third quarter, but only briefly. Poirier had a pair of dunks assisted by Thompson, followed by Nwora's three-pointer. Darius Thompson also facilitated a pair of steals, one led to a three-point play from Bryant, and the other to his own fast-break layup to open a 59-40 lead with 3:20 left in the third. Osman snapped a 12-2 run with a three-pointer, but Larkin scored his first basket of the night – a triple – and Thompson and Oturu made plays that led Efes to a 68-46 lead after 30 minutes.
Efes opened the fourth with a 7-0 run, which started with a tough jumper from Nwora and was capped by a triple from Larkin, opening a 29-point lead. Sloukas strung together 7 points on the other end – a pair of floaters and a triple – but Efes was well in control and ended up cruising to victory.
