With Fournier scoring a career-high 36 points, Olympiacos downed Fenerbahce 104-87 in a Euroleague postseason game and is now 21-11, trailing only the Turks, who are 22-9.
The game started with the Turks being very accurate and taking the lead, which they maintained throughout the first quarter, which ended with a score of 23-29.
Sarunas Jasikevicius’ team had 6/10 threes in that span and seemed to be in control, but Fournier stepped up in the second quarter. The Frenchman was unstoppable and scored 15 points in that time (17 in the entire first half), and as a result Giorgos Bartzokas’ team went into the locker room with a 48-46 lead.
At the start of the third quarter, the Piraeus team, which was helped by McKisick and Dorsey, went on a 10-0 run to take a 58-46 lead and were now in control, with Fener trying to get closer and cut the lead to 74-67 at 30 minutes.
The European champion got as close as -3 (78-75) with eight straight points by Horton-Tucker, but Fournier did what he wanted, shooting from everywhere and scoring a total of 36 points to lead Olympiacos to a big 104-87 victory.
The quarters: 23-29, 48-46, 74-67, 104-87
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