Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul improved to 5-1 to retain a share of the second place on Thursday, but not without learning of an injury blow to a key contributor.
Fenerbahce loses Pierre to calf injury
The morning after Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul outlasted Olympiacos Piraeus 79-77 in a thriller on its home court, one catalyst of that victory, starting small forward Dyshawn Pierre, was diagnosed with a grade-two calf strain that will sideline him indefinitely, the club announced.
Pierre played just the first 8:20 against Olympiacos before existing with that calf injury late in the first quarter, but he had already made a huge impact. He was 6-for-6 on field goals for 14 points in that span, helping Fenerbahce jump to a 29-13 lead that the hosts never relinquished after that.
This season Pierre has been posting 7.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 21:23 minutes per game as a full-time starter for head coach Dimitris Itoudis. He made his EuroLeague debut with Fenerbahce in the 2020-21 season and has career averages of 8.2 points on 40.8% three-point shooting, 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists.
Two weeks shy of his 30th birthday, Pierre has 99 appearance in the competition, but he will need to wait few more weeks to reach his personal milestone.