Shane Larkin had his most impressive showing of the period in driving Anadolu Efes Istanbul to a fight against eminent loss 84-89 triumph over crosstown adversary Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul on Thursday in the season's first Istanbul derby. Larkin scored a season-high 25 focuses and coordinated with his season-best with 7 assists to lead Efes, which won its fourth consecutive game to improve to 6-6.

Efes scored the last 8 points of the game to finish a rebound subsequent to following by 12 prior in the final quarter. Tibor Pleiss added 17 points and Vasilije Micic scored 14, however, he likewise dedicated 6 turnovers.

It seems that the Euroleague champs get in the rhythm. Efes started slowly in the season having results that no one expected. The truth is that when Efes play according to its roster's abilities compined to the chemistry they have on the floor, they are the best team in Europe.

Motive is the keyword for Efes. In the first games, Ataman and his players looked to have a lack of motivation. Things start to change and Efes is ready to be in the play-off zone. It is more than possible that they can go even higher at the end of the regular season.

FC Barcelona utilized a solid hostile showcase to move beyond Zalgiris Kaunas 96-73 at Palau Blaugrana on Friday in transit to its fourth triumph straight to stay on the Turkish Airlines Euroleague standings with a 10-2 record.

Pierre Oriola paced the champs with 13 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists for a presentation record rating of 25. Rokas Jokubaitis followed him by posting 15 points and career-high 7 assists against his previous club. Nigel Hayes and Davis added 12 focuses, Nikola Mirotic 11 and Kyle Kuric 10.

Barcelona are still perfect at home and they remain at the top of the Euroleague standings alongside Real Madrid. The Catalans have not forgotten the loss in the last final and they want to get their first revenge.

Sarunas Jasikevicius has not Abrines who is injured in the last two months. There is no other injury problem for Barca, but they will have to face a tough atmosphere, as the game is already sold out.

The two teams have faced each other in 24 Euroleague games. Real Madrid has 12 wins, while Efes has won 12 times also.

Let's take a look at main and special odds markets offered at bet365 website :

• FullTime Result : 1.58(Efes) - 2.50(Barcelona)
• Over/Under 156.5 points : 1.90 (Over) - 1.90 (Under)
• Race to 20 points: 1.66 (Efes) - 2.10(Barcelona)

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Micic vs Mirotic

At the point when Anadolu Efes Istanbul and FC Barcelona meet, there are consistently many stars on the floor, however awesome of them may be ruling EuroLeague MVP Vasilije Micic and the MVP for October, Nikola Mirotic.

Micic keeps on sparkling for Efes this season with 15.7 points– 6th most in the league– and 4.1 assists per game. Mirotic is third in the Euroleague in scoring (16.3 ppg.), drives Barcelona in bouncing back (5.3 rpg.), and leads the opposition in PIR (20.7). In spite of the fact that they don't coordinate frequently, with Micic running the point guard and Mirotic at the '4' spot, there is nothing else of a marquee matchup than these geniuses.