Back to winning ways after three consecutive unsuccessful results in Turkey and Euroleague for the Anatolou Efes!
Tomislav Mijatovic’s team found it… dark against the fighting Turk Telecomwhich he defeated in the final with a margin of 86-81 at the “Basketball Development Center” for the 8th game of the Turkish championship.
The game was a derby for the first three quarters, with the lead constantly changing hands, before the home side stepped on the gas early in the fourth quarter and took the lead with +10 (73-63) at 35′. And while everything seemed to have gone their way for Efes, Alexander and Brian responded for Turk Telecom, which led 77-78 at 38′. Then, Beaubois and Willis with big shots, once again gave the upper hand to Efes, which eventually reached its sixth pink card of the season.
Leading scorer for the winners was Daniel Oturu with 21 points, with Ridwan and Thompson following with 14 and 12 points respectively.
For the visitors who fell to 4-4, O. stood out Kyle Alexanderwith the Canadian forward/center reportedly on his radar Olympiakouto finish the match with 17 points and 7 rebounds, having 3/3 two-pointers, 2/2 two-pointers and 5/6 shots in 36 minutes of participation.
The quarters: 12-18, 41-41, 60-59, 86-81.
Source: Sport Fm
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