Pınar Karşıyaka, who defeated Tofaş, one of its closest rivals, 71-69 in the away game in the Basketball Super League, achieved 9 victories in 12 weeks and consolidated its place in the third place, and received great contributions from its local players.
Blackmon, who also had edema in the knee, was not able to play in the green-red team, where Semih Erden had surgery and Roll, who had an injury in his knee, would also have an operation and stay away from the team for a long time, while M’Baye was injured during the match. Karsiyaka, with 3 foreigners left on the field, managed to win with 11 points from Can Korkmaz, 10 points from Berkan and 8 points from Yunus.
Kaf-Kaf, who risked his chance to leave the group with the different Hapoel Jerusalem defeat in the FIBA Champions League during the week, won the league, albeit incompletely, and renewed morale. Coach Ufuk Sarıca, stating that they are proud of beating a strong opponent away on the day with important shortcomings, said, “Semih’s treatment continues. Roll will have surgery and will be away from the fields for 2.5 months. We could not recruit Blackmon due to edema in his knee. M’Baye’s unfortunate appearance in the match. “On the day we were missing, we got a very valuable victory by defending well at the end of the match,” he said.
Kaf-Kaf, which passed the last 4 league games with 3 wins, will host Türk Telekom next week.
Ergin KARATAŞ / İZMİR, (DHA)
