Fenerbahce was short-handed, but played an impressively smart game, taking advantage of the mismatches down low, especially with Nikola Kalinic (22 points) and using an almost perfect execution to get open threes, well converted. In the end, Fenerbahce clinched the first place in the EuroLeague regular season with a commanding 104-90 win in Milan. Olimpia was off for most of the night, had a couple of good stretches that reduced the lead to three points, the last time early in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t solve the rebus defensively. James Nunnally scored a career-high 26 points, Curtis Jerrells a season-high 20, but Kaleb Tarczewski had foul troubles all night, many players offered inadequate performances, because the energy was simply not there. “We gave it all throughout the season and we were spent, especially mentally at the end – Coach Simone Pianigiani said – The guys brought us here, on the verge of making the playoffs, our goal was to compete until the last day and we did. Unfortunately, in order to do that, we spent a lot, which is understandable since we paid a hefty price to the injuries to many players, significant injuries and they cost us a lot”.

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