The final game of Matchday 11 came down to the final seconds. ASVEL had erased a seven-point deficit and trailed by one with 30 seconds remaining, but Scottie Wilbekin hit a three-pointer with seven seconds left to give Beşiktaş the victory at LDLC Arena (91-95). Both teams entered the game with 4-6 records; Dušan Alimpijević's team improves to 5-6 while Tony Parker's squad falls to 4-7.
ASVEL Leads with Waters
ASVEL dominated the first half. Tremont Waters led the French team with his three-pointers and free throws, and with help from the bench, they reached halftime with a nine-point advantage (52-43). In the third quarter, the lead reached ten points (61-51), their largest of the game. But late in the quarter, ASVEL's offense stalled, and a three-pointer by DeJulius at the buzzer left the score at 68-65.
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Beşiktaş Turns It Around
Beşiktaş flipped the script in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter. Waters had made it 72-67, but the Turkish team responded with an 8-0 run: two and-one plays from Eugene Omoruyi and Wenyen Gabriel plus a basket from Furkan Korkmaz. Then three-pointers from DeJulius and Wilbekin put Beşiktaş up seven (74-81) with five and a half minutes remaining.
ASVEL refused to quit. Patty Mills and Jae Crowder hit back-to-back three-pointers, and Waters tied it at 86 from the free throw line with 2:35 left. But Beşiktaş always had an answer. DeJulius hit another three, Waters responded, and Lonnie Walker IV extended the lead to four (88-92) with 1:45 remaining. Both Gach brought ASVEL within one with a three-pointer with 32 seconds left (91-92). On the next possession, Wilbekin hit from beyond the arc for 91-95. Waters missed a final three-pointer that wouldn't have tied it anyway.
Waters finished with 26 points, eight of them in the fourth quarter. Gach and Mills each scored 13. For Beşiktaş, Wilbekin led the way with 16 points, while DeJulius added 15, with 13 coming in the second half. Gabriel also reached 15 points.