The playoffs opened with a hard-fought home victory in Game 1
Fenerbahce outlasts Paris, 83-78, to take series opener
Game Report
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul edged out Paris Basketball, 83-78, in a very closely contested encounter featuring 15 lead changes to start the playoff series with home-court advantage intact.
Paris made a fast start, but Fenerbahce soon responded to take a 49-42 halftime advantage. The second half was back and forth until the final possessions, which Fenerbahce controlled to grab the win.
Wade Baldwin led six Fenerbahce players in double digits with 15 points, followed by Nigel Hayes-Davis (14), Devon Hall (13), Tarik Biberovic (11) Errick McCollum (11) and Bonzie Colson (10). Nadir Hifi paced Paris with 21 points including 5 triples, with Tyson Ward netting 19 and TJ Shorts pairing 17 points with 7 assists.
Game Videos
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Tarik Biberovic: 'Nothing is finished yet'
- 01:48
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Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'Today we took a very big step forward'
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Paris Basketball | PO Game 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:26
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Baldwin's buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:53
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Role players came up big for Fenerbahce
- 00:41
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Devon Hall: 'Taking care of home court is most important'
- 01:17
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Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'We got the job done'
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Paris Basketball | PO Game-1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:12
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Baldwin seals the win! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:13
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Hifi’s solo supremacy! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Baldwin beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:08
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McCollum with a sweet dime for Hall! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Shorts & Hayes combine for alley-oop slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Ward throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
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Follow the post-game press conferences here
- 00:23
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Shorts, Hayes combine in crunch time! | Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
- 01:06
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TJ Shorts: 'It's an amazing feeling right now'
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Real Madrid-Paris Basketball | Play-In Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:22
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Hifi with another crazy three! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Hayes alley-oop dunk off another Shorts assist! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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The Shorts-Hayes combo works again! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:57
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Tyson Ward: 'This is a product of us having fun'
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Paris Basketball-ALBA Berlin | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:31
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Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'We played probably 16 good minutes, which is not good'
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FC Bayern Munich-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:26
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Baldwin with the alley-oop dunk in transition! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-Paris Basketball | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-FC Barcelona | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Paris Basketball | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul - Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:40
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Hayes-Davis wins it! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Paris Basketball| RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:41
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Hayes-Davis wins it! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Hifi stuns the crowd! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:19
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Guduric beats the first-half buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:34
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TJ Shorts: 'We will carry this momentum for the rest of the season'
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Paris Basketball-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Shorts with a rare block! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:11
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Mathis Dossou-Yovo opens his EuroLeague account in style! Motorola Magic Moment
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Paris Basketball | RS Round 29 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 01:10
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Wade Baldwin: 'We’re striving to be a top-four team'
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 29 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:28
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McCollum’s over-the-head assist! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague 25 Moments: Fenerbahce becoming champion in 2017
- 00:45
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Wade Baldwin: 'It was a revenge game for us'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 28 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:10
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McCollum rejects Flaccadori! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-AS Monaco | RS Round 28 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Wade Baldwin: 'It's great to be back'
Khem Birch’s layup opened the scoring, but Shorts netted twice for Paris’s first lead. Ward dunked before Shorts and Mikael Jantunen added three-pointers to make it 8-12. Colson scored 5 fast points for Fener, but a pair of dunks by Kevarrius Hayes kept Paris ahead. Neither team scored for more than three minutes until Hifi’s fast-break layup stretched the lead to 11-19, and Baldwin ended Fener’s five-minute drought with a three-ball. Hayes responded with a layup-and-one, before Baldwin and Hayes-Davis made it 18-22 after 10 minutes.
Hall’s three-pointer and Biberovic’s layup were answered by two buckets from Ward early in the second, before Colson’s triple gave Fener the lead, 28-26. Shorts and Birch traded inside scores, but Hayes-Davis kept the hosts ahead from long-range. Collin Malcolm, McCollum and Hifi all struck from deep, keeping it tight at 36-35. Colson’s tip-in, McCollum’s triple and Hall’s strong finish were met by Malcolm and Shorts from close range, before a pair of Baldwin buckets made it 49-42 at the break.
Ward netted the first 4 points of a low-scoring start to the second half, before Baldwin got Fener back on the scoreboard. Hifi’s layup was bettered by Biberovic’s deep strike for a 54-49 lead midway through the quarter. Hifi stayed hot with an off-balance three-pointer, and added another for a lead change, 54-55. Hayes-Davis hit straight back from mid-range, before Ward and Biberovic traded triples. Shorts and Hall netted at the rim, and Hifi’s skillful scoop shot was answered by another Hall score for a 63-62 Fener lead with 10 minutes remaining.
Ward restored Paris’s lead from long-range, but Biberovic hit right back with his own three-ball. Ward stayed hot with another triple, but Dyshawn Pierre did the same at the other end to make it 71-68. Yakuba Ouattara scored two straight baskets for another lead change, but McCollum hit another three-ball to help give Fener a 76-72 lead. Hifi’s triple was answered by McCollum’s floater, and it was 80-75 heading into the last two minutes. Another Hifi three-ball made it a one-score game, but Shorts’s miss was followed by Baldwin’s nerveless long two to seal the win.
