In the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League, Pınar Karşıyaka managed to beat their giant rival Anadolu Efes, who won 2 championships in a row in the Euroleague, 112-111 after two overtimes in an away game that will not be forgotten for many years.
The match at the Sinan Erdem Sports Hall, where a total of 223 points was scored, like the NBA matches, went down in history. Karşıyaka, who won the game with 90-90 regular time and 99-99 in the first overtime period, won the game with the critical three-pointers of Angola, who joined the team the previous week instead of Flatten, and Delgado’s last basket from under the basket, assisted by McCollum, and experienced great happiness. Angola 31 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, McCollum 29 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, Delgado 19 points, 15 rebounds, Kuzminskas. He led the way with 18 points and 7 rebounds.
Coach Ufuk Sarıca of Pınar Karşıyaka, who managed to win for the second time in a row after a series of 3 losses, said, “I trusted my players and my team. We made very obvious mistakes, but it is an important achievement to be able to win a 50-minute game against Anadolu Efes with such a score. Only after losing. I don’t say it, I always say it; we are a very new team. There are some mistakes, but we worked well last week. There was a team that never quit the game, but as I said, we were the ones who played better and didn’t quit. I think we could have won without going into overtime. Maybe it’s more enjoyable. “We did not conquer the world. We have a Bonn game to win on Wednesday as well. It was a great morale booster for us. It gives us confidence in what we will do. I congratulate my whole team,” he said. (DHA)
