By Eurohoops Team / info@eurohoops.net
Fenerbahce Beko took a narrow 67 – 66 win over Cluj Napoca in the first game of the “League of Four” preseason tournament in Romania.
Derrick Williams scored 14 points, Nikola Kalinic 13, Joffrey Lauvergne 11 and Bobby Dixon 10 for Fener that is missing such players such as Gigi Datome, Kostas Sloukas and newcomer Nando De Colo and others due to the World Cup.
In Spain, Zaragoza handed Real Madrid its first preseason loss, behind 12 points by Nemanja Radovic and 10 courtesy of Rodrigo San Miguel.
Jaycee Caroll dropped 16 points and Anthony Randolph added 13 points for Real. In light of their many absences (Sergio Llull, Facu Campazzo, Rudy Fernandez, among others) the ACB champions used a couple of of players from its youth teams such as Mario Nakic (five points) or Usman Garuba (two points).
Maccabi Tel Aviv captured its third preseason win in France by beating Le Mans 94 – 57 to claim the “ProStars Tourney” trophy. Tyler Dorsey (14 points), Tarik Black (13 points) and Quincy Acy (10 points) scored in double figures for the Israeli side.
Photo: Fenerbahce Beko