Anadolu Efes Istanbul led 37-56 on the road Tuesday when LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne called a timeout with 16 minutes left. A minute later, Paul Lacombe and Kostas Antetokounmpo entered the game, and shortly after, Matthew Strazel and William Howard joined them. Together, they revived ASVEL little by little.
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul led 37-56 on the road Tuesday when LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne called a timeout with 16 minutes left. A minute later, Paul Lacombe and Kostas Antetokounmpo entered the game, and shortly after, Matthew Strazel and William Howard joined them. They had 8 points between them before that. By joining to turn defense into offense, however, they revived ASVEL little by little.
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Strazel did the dishing, Lacombe outhustled his opponents, Antetokounmpo took back the basket area and Howard showed great versatility. They would finish the game, barely 15 minutes later, with a combined 36 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals, most of which helped slowly erased the 19-point lead of the defending champions. In the end, Howard's three-pointer gave ASVEL its first tie of the game, 67-67, and his bank shot supplied the hosts' first lead, 71-70, with under 2 minutes left. Antetokounmpo took the game-winning honors with a put-back 12 seconds from the buzzer. Together, they stunned Efes and left ASVEL with its hottest start ever in the EuroLeague.