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Anadolu Efes Istanbul defeated FC Barcelona Lbada 80-71 on Wednesday to win the final ticket for Turkish Airlines' 2019 Final Four Final Four. Efes put the ball in the hands of his leaders, Shane Larkin and Vasilije Micic, who led the pick-and-roll and looked for easy shots in the paint or cleared perimeter looks. Barcelona allowed more of these and Efes continued to shoot three shots at a record pace.
Efes broke the EuroLeague playoff record with three attempts (39) and 17 (17) in a match. He also tied a club record for the trios and established a new Efes brand for the trios tempted. In fact, the percentage of overall shots taken by Efes at three points was the highest of all matches in the history of EuroLeague: 72.2%. On one night when Barcelona dominated the glbad (24-38) and shot well (50.0% 2FG, 40.0% 3FG), the number of shots at three quality points taken by Efes was the difference.
"Barcelona are the best defensive team of the EuroLeague this year and it has a lot of size with Tomic, Singleton, Claver," coach Ergin Ataman told Efes after the match. "It's not easy to get into the basket and it's not our strategy to play in a low position, especially with our 5, Dunston and Pleiss, who are more pick-and-roll players than players. Our strategy was similar for the whole season and against Barcelona, they closed the painting too much and we attacked with penetrations and very good spacing and we found open fire. "
With 39 attempts at 3 points and only 15 attempts at 2 points, @AnadoluEfesSK
had 72.22% 3PAr, which is the all time @EuroLeague record.
Here is the diagram of tonight pic.twitter.com/buwQVRqz0i
– lost gps (@lostgps) May 1, 2019
The above chart, shot by Efes, was of great beauty and matched exactly what coach Ataman was hoping for. All shots except three were either three-pointed or paint. Five Efes players gathered to combine the 17 trios. Larkin sank 5, Adrien Moerman 4, Rodrigue Beaubois and James Anderson made 3 each and Micic 2. Beaubois was very precise. he did not miss a single try in three points!
With their season in play, the Efres shooters were not reluctant to shoot when they were open. The reward of their courage, their precision and their talent was great and could be yet to come. On Wednesday, the reward was a win and a ticket for the Final Four. In the future, opponents were warned that it would happen if you allow Efes to look too good downtown. In the future, playing excessively with the shooters could open the way for great men. All this is part of the overall plan for this special season for Anadolu Efes Istanbul.
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