Luca Banchi got his second win as Efes head coach
Efes stops Real Madrid at home, 79-73
Game Report
3 Mins read
Anadolu Efes Istanbul grabbed its second consecutive home victory by downing Real Madrid 79-73 at Basketball Development Center in Round 25 on Tuesday. Efes improved to 12-13 in the standings and took a 2-0 record on the season against Real, which dropped to 13-12.
Elijah Bryant led the winners with 21 points, Vincent Poirier added 15 plus 8 rebounds while Darius Thompson had 12 for Efes. Mario Hezonja paced Real with 18 points, Hugo Gonzalez and Bruno Fernando each added 11 and Alberto Abalde 10 for the visitors.
Game Videos
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Real Madrid | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Dozier and Oturu at it again! Motorola Magic Moment
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Oturu with a vicious two-hander! Motorola Magic Moment
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Campazzo gives Fernando liftoff! Motorola Magic Moment
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Dozier's huge dunk! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Vincent Poirier: 'PJ Dozier's dunk was crazy!'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Real Madrid | RS Round 25 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Poirier puts it back! Motorola Magic Moment
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Gonzalez beats the show clock! Motorola Magic Moment
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Six Feet and Under Club episode No. 1: Shane Larkin
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 24 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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AS Monaco-Real Madrid | RS Round 24 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Oturu dunks in traffic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Hezonja feeds Fernando! Motorola Magic Moment
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Round 24 video preview: Everything you need to know about this week's key games
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Facu Campazzo: 'We got lucky a little bit'
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Real Madrid-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 23 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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HEZONJA WINS IT! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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P.J. Dozier: 'We have an amazing group'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 23 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Hezonja stops Diop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Osmani slams it with fury! Motorola Magic Moment
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Oturu rejects Gillespie! Motorola Magic Moment
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Poirier stops Bolmaro! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Barcelona-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 22 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Thompson finds Poirier! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-Olympiacos Piraeus | RS Round 22 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Facu Campazzo: 'For the fans, it was a great game'
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Real Madrid-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 21 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Paris Basketball-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 21 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Nwora gets across for the block! Motorola Magic Moment
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Poirier with the big slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Mario Hezonja: 'This was the most important game of the year for us'
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Real Madrid | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 20 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Hezonja somehow scores! Motorola Magic Moment
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Campazzo's acrobatic layup! Motorola Magic Moment
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Poirier’s milestone block leads to fast-break dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Smits feeds dunkin’ Poirier! Motorola Magic Moment
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Facundo Campazzo: 'We are a pretty good team as well'
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Real Madrid-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 19 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 19 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Johnson stops Biberovic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Osmani's fastbreak slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Poirier’s poster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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AS Monaco-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Mario Hezonja: 'I am lucky to be in a locker room with Sergio Llull'
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ALBA Berlin-Real Madrid | RS Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Thompson feeds Oturu! Magic Moment
Poirier got Efes going with an alley-oop slam before Bryant followed a jumper with a dunk off a steal. Thompson fed Poirier for an alley-oop slam that made Real call timeout at 8-0. Abalde rescued Los Blancos with a jumper which Facu Campazzo followed with a driving layup. Hezonja scored down low and Bruno Fernando's dun brought the guests within 10-8. Poirier stepped up with a tip-in and Thompson erased Fernando's dunk with a layup. Jordan Nwora and Fernando traded layups before Thompson's three-pointer boosted Efes's lead to 20-13. Gonzalez answered from downtown, Dan Otutu finished a three-chance offense with a put-back layup before Rodrigue Beaubois hit a triple for a 25-17 Efes lead after 10 minutes.
Gonzalez tried to change things with an acrobatic basket early in the second quarter. Andres Feliz added a fastbreak layup for a 25-21 score. After Beaubois buried a six-meter shot, Sergio Llull and PJ Dozier exchanged jumpers. Llull kept pacing Real and Walter Tavares's layup brought the visitors within 32-28. Bryant ignited the crowd with an off-balance three-point play. Tavares answered with an alley-oop dunk and Feliz's triple caused Efes to call timeout at 34-33. Nwora struck from downtown and Dennis Smith banked in a floater. Gonzalez's buzzer-beating three-pointer tied it at 38-38 as the teams headed back to the locker room.
Rolands Smits nailed a catch-and-shoot triple right after the break. Abalde fed Tavares for an alley-oop slam and improved on Poirier's floater with a bomb from beyond the arc. Poirier scored in the paint and Thompson's jumper gave Efes fresh air at 47-43. Abalde insisted from downtown and Hezonja erased Bryant's layup with a turnaround jumper. Gonzalez's follow-up layup soon gave Real its first lead, 49-51. Bryant scored again, but Fernando followed an alley-oop slam with a put-back basket for a 52-56 score. Ercan Osmani swished a turnaround jumper that Campazzo improved on with a three-point play. Oturu took over with a put-back slam before Abalde restored a 56-61 Real lead at the end of the third quarter.
Osmani and Thompson each buried a three-pointer early in the fourth quarter to put Efes back ahead, 62-61. Bryant capped a 9-0 run with a floater and the free throw that came with it. Hezonja got a lucky bounce on a three-point shot before Dozier stopped the show with a huge dunk on Tavares. Dozier kept pacing the hosts and Bryant matched Hezonja's layup with a floater for a 71-66 Efes lead. Poirier stepped up with a put-back slam before Bryant made it an 8-point game with over 4 minutes left. Hezonja buried consecutive triples to bring Real back to life at 75-73. Dozier found Poirier for an alley-oop dunk before Bryant made it 79-73 with 1:24 left. Los Blancos was held scoreless when it mattered most, allowing Efes to cruise to a well-deserved win.
