Fenerbahçe Doğuş beat Spain's Baskonia 92-83 to advance to Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four for the fourth time on Thursday.
Reigning EuroLeague champs Fenerbahçe Doğuş bagged the EuroLeague Final Four ticket Thursday in an away game, finishing out a four-game series with a 3-1 record against Baskonia.
Baskonia's Marcelo Huertas, Patricio Garino and Rodrigue Beaubois kept the rivals neck-and-neck to start the match, but a string of three-pointers from Fenerbahçe's Nicolò Melli and Marko Guduric put the visiting team ahead with the first quarter ending 25-19.
Melli and Guderic widened the navy-and-yellow's lead in the second and third quarters, bringing the gap to 21 points in the 26th minute of the match, at 68-47. Baskonia's Johannes Voigtmann, who scored 13 points, cached much-needed three-point baskets in the third quarter, bringing the score to 68-60. The quarter ended with a score of 72-62, Fenerbahçe holding its lead.
Through a hard-fought fourth quarter, Fenerbahçe clenched the victory with a final score of 92-83.
The victorious away match at Baskonia's home court at Fernando Buesa Arena followed a surprise 88-83 defeat Tuesday.
Under the leadership of head coach Zeljko Obradovic, Fenerbahce will face Lithuania's Zalgiris Kaunas in the Serbian capital of Belgrade from May 18-20.
