The excitement of week 26 was left behind in Turkish Basketball League. While we entering to the last four weeks of the league, has increased excitement in the play-off race.

Fenerbahce Ulker hosted Eskisehir Basket who fighting for stay in the league. Despite Eskisehir Basket playing a good game in the first half, Fenerbahce Ulker took the control and won the match 86-76. Jan Vesely had 19 points 8 rebound, Bogdanovic had 19 points 4 rebound and Melih Mahmutoglu added 18 points for Fenerbahce Ulker. Manny Harris played with 25 points and 4 rebouns but it wasn’t enough for the visitors.

“Eskişehir was very different team than in the first half of the league. They have been a very good team. We played poorly in the first half, but we won the game by developing our defense in the second half.” Obradovic said after the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UziKNUdwuEA

Darussafaka Dogus beat the Pinar Karsiyaka 79-80 on road. Darüşşafaka Dogus won the third consecutive game with tough defense in the last quarter and they continued to follow Fenerbahce Ulker. Jordan Farmar led the winners with 26 points and 4 rebounds, Gasper Vidmar added 15 points and 6 rebounds. Jon Diebler had 21 points and Juan Palacious played with 15 points 7 rebounds for Pinar Karsiyaka.

Anadolu Efes  took fourth place and the last ticket for the last eight in the Euroleague with Unicaja clinching a 93-84 victory over Laboral Kutxa, despite losing to Fenerbahce Ulker. Anadolu Efes had unstable performance in the league in recent weeks but they beat the Torku Konya Basket 90-73 on home court. Dario Saric played with 15 points and 4 assists, Cedi Osman added 13 points 4 assists for Anadolu Efes. Hakim Warrick had 20 points and Troy De Vries added 17 points for Torku Konya.

Besiktas Integral Forex dealt a new blow to Banvit who missed the chance to play in Eurocup Final. Besiktas took the 14th win of the season with 96-87 victory over Banvit. Besiktas Integral Forex managed to win the game with an effective offensive performance in the fourth quarter, while third quarter ends with 65-65. Seven players reached double digits for the winners. Can Maxim Mutaf had 17 points and Earl Rowland played with 16 points 5 assists for Banvit.

Trabzonspor Medical Park took an important victory 92-88 over Istanbul BBSK on home court. Dwight Hardy was player of the match with 31 points.  Royal Hali Gaziantep who beat the Ronesans TED Ankara 82-60 and they won the 5th victory in last six games.

Galatasaray Liv Hospital passed the Tofaş 93-73 on road in the closing match of the week. While Galatasaray keeping the control throughout the game, Justin Carter’s made the best play of the week with his dunk. Patric Young had 16 points 8 rebounds, Zoran Erceg added 17 points for Galatasaray Liv Hospital.  Elonu played with 21 points and 7 rebounds for Tofas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyGM8GRzjbI

RESULTS

Tofas73-93Galatasaray Liv Hospital
Besiktas Integral Forex96-87Banvit
Fenerbahçe Ülker86-76NSK Eskisehir Basket
Pinar Karsiyaka79-80Darussafaka Dogus
Trabzonspor Medical Park92-88Istanbul BBSK.
Royal Hali Gaziantep82-60Ronesans TED Ankara Kolejliler
Anadolu Efes90-73Torku Konyaspor
Turk Telekom90-82Muratbey Usak Sportif

TABLE

RTEAMGWLFORAGDIFFPTS
1FENERBAHCE ULKER262062131190023146
2DARUSSAFAKA DOGUS261972105186124445
3ANADOLU EFES261882092189419844
4PİNAR KARSİYAKA261610205919609942
5GALATASARAY LIV HOSPITAL261412207520581740
6BESIKTAS INTEGRAL FOREX26141220392047-840
7BANVIT26131320112012-139
8ROYAL HALI GAZIANTEP B.261313196319194439
9TURK TELEKOM26131320392097-5839
10TRABZONSPOR MEDICAL PARK26121420462044238
11TORKU KONYASPOR BASKET26121420452159-11438
12ISTANBUL BBSK.26111519352080-14537
13MURATBEY USAK SPORTIF26101620162085-6936
14RONESANS TED ANKARA KOLEJLILER2681820312158-12734
15TOFAS2681819642095-13134
16NSK ESKISEHIR BASKET2671920122194-18233

 

NEXT WEEK

Saturday, 18 April

16:00Istanbul BBSKTofas
17:00Galatasaray Liv HospitalPinar Karsiyaka
17:00Ronesans TED AnkaraTrabzonspor Medical Park


Sunday, 19 April

13:30NSK Eskisehir BasketBesiktas Integral Forex
16:00Muratbey Usak SportifRoyal Hali Gaziantep
18:30BanvitTurk Telekom


Deferred games

*DelayedTorku Konyaspor BasketbolFenerbahce Ulker
*DelayedDarussafaka DogusAnadolu Efes