Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul was averaging 40.8% from behind the arc before its game at home to Real Madrid in Round 11, as its backcourt was considered to be one of the deadliest in this year's Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. So, coming to Istanbul, Los Blancos knew it would be a tough task to hand Fenerbahce its first home loss if it didn’t a good job against the hosts' shooters.
Shooting made the difference for Real in Istanbul
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Real took advantage of the absences of Scottie Wilbekin (40.6% 3FG) and Marko Guduric (40% 3FG) to put extra pressure on the rest of the Fenerbahce’s backcourt, limiting the home team to just 6 three-pointers from of 24 attempts (25%). In fact, 4 of those came from inside players, as Devin Booker drilled 3 and Johnathan Motley hit another 1, leaving Melih Mahmutoglu as the only perimeter player who contributed from deep.
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On the other side of the equation, Real had an excellent shooting night from both two- and three-point range. Los Blancos went on 21-of-30 on two-point shooting (70%), and 11-of-25 from downtown (44.0%), with six different players scoring from long range. That was the main difference in the game.