Coach Tomislav Mijatovic's team had six players in double digits
Efes outguns Bayern at home, 101-90
Game Report
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Regular Season
Round 13 of 34
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul returned to winning ways in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague by topping FC Bayern Munich 101-90 at home in Round 13 on Tuesday. Efes improved to 7-6 in the standings while Bayern dropped to 8-5.
Darius Thompson led the winners with 19 points. Dan Oturu added 14, Ercan Osmani and Rolands Smits each had 13, Jordan Nwora got 12 while Elijah Bryant contributed 10. Devin Booked paced Bayern with a career-high 27 points. Carsen Edwards added 20 while Nick Weiler-Babb had 17.
Game Videos
- 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
- 01:27
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Andreas Obst: 'It was definitely a dogfight'
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FC Bayern Munich-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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U-BT Cluj-Napoca-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
- 00:28
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Seeley's three to take the lead for good! Magic Moment
- 00:11
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An open lane for Guzman's dunk! Magic Moment
- 00:30
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Big hustle, big dunk! Magic Moment
- 01:31
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Devin Booker: 'We had the energy from the fans'
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FC Bayern Munich-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | 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
- 01:08
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Darius Thompson: 'Whoever came in competed'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:20
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Nwora's huge slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:27
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Bryant beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:11
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Booker throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:09
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Bryant bullet-pass feed for Poirier! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Bayern Munich-FC Barcelona | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:53
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Andreas Obst after setting single-game three-point record: 'It's a special night'
- 00:15
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Obst sets the single-game record for threes made! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:07
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What a fast break slam by Booker! Motorola Magic Moment
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Paris Basketball | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:12
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Willis throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:27
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Vincent Poirier: 'We made the right play at the right moment'
- 00:42
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Gordon Herbert: 'We played really good basketball'
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Real Madrid-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:41
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Unbelievable block by Thompson! | Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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FC Bayern Munich–ALBA Berlin | RS Round 10 highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:22
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da Silva from half-court! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Poirier says no! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:22
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Poirier’s putback with interest! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:15
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Darius Thompson’s huge steal and slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:26
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Edwards finds Booker! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
- 00:54
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Rodrigue Beaubois: 'We have so much talent'
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:15
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Oturu rejects Diop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-FC Bayern Munich| RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:09
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Edwards-Booker connection! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:12
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Edwards finds Booker! Motorola Magic Moment
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-AS Monaco | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Thompson finds Oturu! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:16
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Thompson throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Bayern Munich-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:58
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Devin Booker: 'We gave it all 40 minutes'
- 00:12
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Edwards from half court! Motorola Magic Moment
Edwards got Bayern going with a driving layup and Booker erased Rodrigue Beabouis's layup with a fast-break dunk for a 2-4 lead. Justus Hollatz scored in penetration and Vincent Poirier added a floater to give Efes its first lead, 6-4. Osmani stepped up with a driving layup and a three-pointer that boosted the hosts' lead to 11-8. Thompson also struck from downtown, then Osmani and Booker traded baskets before Poirier's jump hook gave his team a 18-10 margin. Booker kept pacing Bayern and Onuralp Bitim's jumper kept the visitors within 20-16. Booker followed a put-back slam with a layup and added a floater soon after. Thompson and Osmani rescued Efes, then Bryant's nine-meter triple gave the hosts a 27-22 lead after 10 minutes.
Oturu took over with an alley-oop dunk early in the second quarter. Nwora scored in the low post and Bryant's fadeaway jumper made it a double-digit game, 33-23. Shabazz Napier stepped up with a reverse layup, then Niels Giffey and Edwards each struck from downtown to bring Bayern as close as 35-31. Oturu ignited the crowd with an alley-oop slam, then Edwards and Nwora traded triples. Oturu dunked again to make Bayern call a timeout at 42-34. Oturu and Nwora remained unstoppable, then Smits capped a 12-0 Efes run with a reverse layup. Booker scored in the paint and fed Johannes Voigtmann for a layup, but Smits and an unstoppable Oturu made it a 16-point game, 54-38. Booker silenced the crowd with a power layup and another put-back dunk, getting help from Voigtmann and Edwards to bring Bayern within 56-48 at halftime.
Thompson scored off a midcourt steal soon after the break and Oturu bettered Booker's one-handed alley-oop slam with a three-point play, good for a 62-50 Efes lead. Weiler-Babb struck twice from downtown to keep Bayern within 64-56. Thompson beat the shot clock with a three-pointer, Edwards found space for a wide open layup and Weiler-Babb got the guests even closer, 67-60. Booker downed a mid-range jumper, Bryant and a red hot Weiler-Babb traded triples and Nwora's floater gave Efes fresh air at 72-65. Weiler-Babb buried his fourth and fifth three-pointer, then Edwards brought Bayern within 74-73 after 30 minutes.
Thompson stepped up with a driving layup early in the fourth quarter and Smits added a jump hook that gave Efes fresh air, 78-73. Smits bettered Booker's with a corner triple, Kevin Yebo and a red-hot Thompson traded put-back layups and Napier's fast-break basket kept Bayern as close as 83-79. Smits finished a three-chance Efes offense with a three-point play, Edwards scored in penetration and Nwora's dunk ignited the crowd at 88-81. Napier buried a three-pointer and erased Poirier's close basket with a layup. Thompson and Beaubois each buried a critical three-pointer that sealed the outcome, 96-88, with over 2 minutes left. Bryant buried a floater and Beaubois's three-pointer allowed Efes to celebrate a well-deserved win in style.
