After starting the Sarunas Jasikevicius era with a big victory over Monaco, Fenerbahce (7-7) will look to keep on rolling with a visit from their new coach's former club, struggling Zalgiris (5-9).
Sarunas Jasikevicius, Fenerbahce: 'They are a playoff and solid team'
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Regular Season
Round 15 of 34
Regular Season
Fenerbahce Beko IstanbulFBB
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Keenan Evans blasting 33 points wasn't enough to prevent Zalgiris from falling to a third straight loss in Round 14 against Partizan, but the Lithuanian team does boast the league's best three-point conversion rate (43%). Fenerbahce is a perfect 6-0 at home and powered last week's win over Monaco by grabbing a whopping 47 rebounds, including 10 from Nick Calathes, who will look to control the tempo and create good looks for backcourt mate Scottie Wilbekin (12.6 ppg.).
Sarunas Jasikevicius, Fenerbahce head coach
"It’s a very good team. Last year obviously, a team that was in the playoffs, a team that is playing incredibly hard basketball, a team that is playing together, a team with great character. Zalgiris is extremely well-coached. It’s always very difficult with them. Obviously, a lot of stuff is going through Keenan Evans and he’s deciding things, but they can give you a lot of problems by changing defenses. So like I said, they’re a playoff and solid team."
Johnathan Motley, Fenerbahce player
"Zalgiris is always a tough team. They play hard, they get contribution from everybody. So we are going to have to watch everyone on that team. Anybody can go off on that team. They have Keenan Evans, he's been playing well this year. So we are going to try to stop him. Hopefully we will get the win."