Anadolu Efes, the last champion of THY Europa League, lost to Spain representative Real Madrid 82-69 in the first match of the 2021-2022 season.
Anadolu Efes, who started the game badly and could not prevent simple turnovers, fell back 12-0 in the 4th minute. Finding the first point of the match with Larkin 3.5 minutes later, the dark blue-white team had difficulty in the painted area against the good defense of their opponent. Having difficulty in defending its own painted area, Anadolu Efes could not prevent Taylor’s points and finished the first quarter behind 32-15 with 17 points.
Anadolu Efes was able to score 5 points in the first 4 minutes of the second period of the match. Real Madrid increased the lead to 21 points (41-20) in the 14th minute with Abalde’s three-pointer. Trying not to break away from the game with Micic and Larkin’s three-pointers, the dark blue-white team went 50-35 behind to the locker room.
While the navy blue-white team struggled to organize offensively throughout the match, Real Madrid was ahead 68-48 in the third period of the fight.
Anadolu Efes was defeated 82-69 even though they melted the gap in the last sections.
The last champion of the league started the new season with a defeat. Anadolu Efes had 10 turnovers throughout the match and was behind 42-18 in rebounds.
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