Balanced ALBA Berlin blows out Fenerbahce
ALBA Berlin shrugged off its injury concerns to blow out Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 89-63
ALBA Berlin shrugged off its injury concerns to blow out Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 89-63 on Thursday and remain on a roll. Niels Giffey collected 13 points and 8 assists as ALBA clinched its third win in the last four games to move to 5-7 after a 1-5 start.
Peyton Siva added 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists and Maodo Lo, Kresimir Nikic and Johannes Thiemann all tallied 10 points for ALBA, which came into the game missing the injured quartet of Marcus Eriksson, Lorenz Brenneke, Simone Fontecchio and Ben Lammers. Fenerbahce came into the game having ended a four-game losing streak but it returned to the loss column and fell to 5-8.
Tarik Biberovic led the way with a career-high 13 points in the losing effort. Nando de Colo returned for Fenerbahce from his calf injury but could only contribute 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists with 4 turnovers in his first game since Round 7.
Fonte: euroleague.net.