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Rebounding dominance carried Fenerbahce to Real Madrid sweep
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Coming into Thursday’s clash between Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and Real Madrid, head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius emphasized the importance of controlling the boards against a team that boasts two of the most talented bigs in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
“A lot will be decided by rebounding, trying to keep [Edy] Tavares and [Vincent] Poirier off the offensive glass,” Jasikevicius said in his pregame remarks.
Before the duel at the WiZink Center, Real Madrid ranked top in defensive rebounds with 26.9 per game and second-top in total boards with 36.4. Meanwhile, only four players boasted better averages in rebounding than Tavares (6.7 rpg.). Yet, Real Madrid finished the duel with 21 defensive and 30 total rebounds, with Tavares and Poirier combining for 11. Fenerbahce managed to dominate in the paint and collected 45 rebounds, including 17 offensive boards that hurt Los Blancos.
The Turkish side scored 16 second-chance points, but most importantly every offensive rebound was a blow to Real Madrid’s low morale following back-to-back defeats to Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.
“We did many things to win this road game,” Jasikevicius said in the post-game press conference. “First of all, the rebounding numbers are incredible for us.”
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Fenerbahce was solid on defense and circulated the ball smoothly to find open looks on the other end. In fact, the Turkish side’s outing in the Spanish capital was epitomized by the numbers and performance of Nigel Hayes-Davis, who made the difference and inspired Fener to a 79-89 victory. The 29-year-old forward recorded a double-double by pairing his 17 points with 12 rebounds, 6 of which were offensive.
“They collected 45% of the rebounds on our end,” Real Madrid head coach Chus Mateo told the post-game press conference. “That’s a lot. We can’t afford that. They got easy second chances with the offensive rebounds. They shot many more times than us because they had more possessions than us. They also dominated the rebounds on their end, as we took only 25% of the rebounds on that end.”
As Panathinaikos already demonstrated last week, it takes a very solid performance both on defense and offense to overcome the EuroLeague defending champion. Beating Real Madrid once this season is breaking news, but doing so twice sends a clear message to all aspirants: Fenerbahce is a legitimate title contender and it showed it at the home of the league leader.