Jordan Parks scored 26 of his career-high 30 points in the second half
Emotional Parks leads major Reyer change to beat Bahcesehir
Rapport de match
3 Minute de lecture
Regular Season
Round 11 of 18
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Umana Reyer VeniceURV
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Bahcesehir College IstanbulBKS
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Jordan Parks had extra motivation in Umana Reyer Venice’s home game against Bahcesehir College Istanbul. His two children were at the game and Parks put on a real show for them and the Reyer fans in a superb comeback victory.
Parks poured in 26 of his career-high 30 points in the final 20 minutes as Reyer beat Bahcesehir 94-85. Reyer improved to 5-6 and 6-1 at home, thanks to scoring 32 points in the third quarter and 33 in the final frame after managing only 29 total first-half points.
“We really had a great second half,” Reyer head coach Neven Spahija said. “I always say working hard gets you a result. I saw the team practiced really well (after its last Italian League game), and that first half didn’t match it. I encouraged them at halftime and said: ‘Guys we are way better than that.’ Everything else you saw in the performance of the second half.”
Bahcesehir built a 15-point lead in the second quarter and led 29-42 at the break.
Sparked by 6 points from Parks, Reyer opened the second half with a 15-3 run to pull within 44-45. The home side went ahead 53-51 and was leading 61-58 after three quarters. Bahcesehir stayed close and was down only 77-74 in the fourth quarter when things fell apart for the Turkish side.
Reyer put the game to bed with a 15-3 run with Parks scoring 7 points, including the three-pointer to make it 92-77.
Parks finished the game with 30 points and 8 rebounds for an index rating of 34 - blowing past his previous best marks of 20 points and 22 PIR.
“It’s nice to have a really good game. We came out in the second half and corrected everything that we wanted to do. I had a lot of energy because my kids are here today and they motivate me,” said Parks, who was holding his two kids during the post-game interview.
“We need to take everything we’ve been doing in practice and apply it to the game. Everything we have learned in these losses, we have to apply them and not make the same mistakes again.”
Ky Bowman added 14 points and Amedeo Tessitori chipped in 12 points in the win.
Bahcesehir had hoped it stopped its struggles last week when it beat U-BT Cluj-Napoca. But Marko Barac’s team has now lost four of the last six games for a 7-4 record.
“Generally, in the first half, we played how we wanted to play. We controlled their fast break, their pace and we limited them to 29 points. Everything went according to plan,” Barac said. “What happened in the third quarter, we had a couple of opportunities to score and we didn’t even shoot and from that moment, our confidence fell. We lost control of the game and allowed Venice to do everything they like to do.”
One of the few bright spots for Bahcesehir was Malachi Flynn, who hit 12 of 19 shots in pouring in a career-high 31 points. The team only dished out 12 assists while turning it over 18 times - 6.5 more than the team’s 11.5 turnover average, which was the second lowest in the league.
