We hosted Pınar Karşıyaka in the third match of the ING Basketball Super League play-offs and we won the game 83-68. We were 45-42 ahead in the first half of the match played at Sinan Erdem Dome.
After this result, we brought the series to 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, we will play for the final with Galatasaray Nef.
Before the match, our two trophies, which we won in the Euroleague in a row, came to the court in the hands of our captain Doğuş Balbay and Bryant Dunston, and our championship flag took its place in the hall amid applause.
Our team started the game with Micic, Beaubois, Elijah, Moerman, and Pleiss starting five, and we were ahead 5-3 in the first minute with Beaubois and Micic's points. After Elijah and Moerman's points, we took the 11-8 lead in the third minute and, we entered the television break in the fifth minute with a 20-14 lead after Micic's one and Elijah's two three-pointers. We brought the score to 26-18 in the eighth minute, with Pleiss and Moerman hitting under the basket after the time-out. We had two accurate free throws with Micic in the remaining time and we were leading 28-18 in the first 10 minutes of the game. We started the second period with Pleiss's one-hit free throw: 29-18. With Larkin's seven points, the score was 36-27 in the 15th minute, and Buğrahan contributed five points in this section, leading us to 41-34 in the last 2:30 minutes of the half. After Pleiss and Micic's baskets, we finished the first half of the game ahead 45-42.
While our first points in the second half were behind the three-point line with Larkin, we were ahead 48-44 in the 21st minute. With the points of Micic and Pleiss, we brought the score to 55-52 in the 24th minute. After Moerman's six baskets, Pleiss scored four more points and the score was 61-54 in the 28th minute. Beaubois' three-pointers determined the score for the third quarter: 64-59. Our first points in the final period came from Larkin and we brought the score to 69-61 in the 33rd minute. After the time-out of the visiting team at this minute, Larkin found another three-pointer and we increased the lead to 11 points in the 34th minute: 72-61. With Micic's three-pointer, we were leading 75-65 in the last three minutes of the match, and Beaubois also hit a three-pointer and we were leading by 13 points in the last two minutes: 78-65. We scored with Elijah and Ömercan in the remaining time and we won the match 83-68.
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| # | Player | Min | Pts | 2P | 3P | FT | OR | DR | R | A | St | To | B | F | FR | EFFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Shane Larkin | 27:41 | 18 | 2 / 2 %100,00 | 4 / 8 %50,00 | 2 / 3 %66,67 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 1 | Rodrigue Beaubois | 21:11 | 8 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 2 / 4 %50,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Yiğitcan Saybir | 02:01 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 2 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 4 | Doğuş Balbay | 00:00 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Elijah Bryant | 33:18 | 13 | 3 / 6 %50,00 | 2 / 4 %50,00 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Ömercan İlyasoğlu | 01:43 | 2 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Erten Gazi | 03:55 | 0 | 0 / 2 %0,00 | 0 / 1 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 |
| 15 | Egemen Güven | 01:50 | 0 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Adrien Moerman | 32:48 | 6 | 3 / 6 %50,00 | 0 / 4 %0,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | Buğrahan Tuncer | 08:23 | 5 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 1 / 2 %50,00 | 0 / 0 %0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Tibor Pleiss | 35:43 | 13 | 5 / 8 %62,50 | 0 / 3 %0,00 | 3 / 3 %100,00 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 22 | Vasilije Micić | 31:27 | 18 | 1 / 1 %100,00 | 3 / 3 %100,00 | 7 / 7 %100,00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| TOPLAM | 83 | 17 / 29 %58,62 | 12 / 29 %41,38 | 13 / 16 %81,25 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 103 |
