(SUMMARY) Anadolu Efes – Galatasaray Nef match result: 104-77

In the 5th game of the ING Basketball Super League Semi-Finals series, Anadolu Efes, under the management of Ergin Ataman, who has the field advantage as he finished the regular season in the 2nd place, hosted Galatasaray Nef, who had a great break with Andreas Pistiolis, who finished the regular season in the 3rd place.

In the series, which witnessed a great contention, Efes was the laughing stock. Having won the match played at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall 104-77, the league and EuroLeague champions of the last 2 years, Efes dominated the Yellow and Red team 3-2 in the series and became the rival of Fenerbahçe Beko in the final.

Göksenin Köksal and Vasilije Micic failed to complete

In the Anadolu Efes – Galatasaray Nef match, unfortunate injuries occurred on behalf of both teams. Göksenin Köksal, captain of Galatasaray Nef, could not continue the game due to the injury he suffered in the second period.

Anadolu Efes star Vasilije Micic also came to the side of the field on a stretcher due to his injury in the third period and could not complete the match.

Minutes from the match:

Anadolu Efes under the management of Ergin Ataman in the match played at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall; Larkin, Micic, Bryant, Moerman, Dunston took the floor with the starting five. Galatasaray Nef under the management of Andreas Pistiolis, on the other hand, took part in the first five with Dee Bost, Melo, Göksenin Köksal, Sadık Emir Kabaca and Blackshear.

The first period of the match, which started with the mutual baskets of the two teams, ended with a 26-26 draw. Relaxing on offense with Larkin’s hits from behind the three-pointer line, Anadolu Efes was ahead in the locker room by 9 points against Galatasaray Nef: 51-42.

In the third period, dominated by Anadolu Efes both offensively and defensively, Galatasaray Nef was dropped from the game by widening the points gap, while Larkin continued to hit from behind the three-point line and Anadolu Efes was leading by 28 points into the final period of the match: 81-53.

Anadolu Efes, who did not give up the score advantage to their opponent in the last period of the match, won the match 104-77, bringing the situation to 3-2 in the series and became Fenerbahçe Beko’s rival in the final.

LIVING ROOM: Sinan Erdem

REFEREES: Yener Yılmaz, Ersan Kartal, Alper Altuğ Köselerli

ANATOLIAN EPHESUS: Larkin 28, Singleton 10, Bryant 13, Ömer Can İlyasoğlu, Erten Gazi 6, Egemen Güven 1, Moerman 10, Buğrahan Tuncer 8, Micic 14, Dunston 14

GALATASARAY NEF: Dee Bost 14, Canaan 5, Trimble 10, Ndour 20, Sadık Emir Kabaca 11, Rıdvan Öncel, Eray Aydoğan 2, Canberk Kuş 6, Okben Ulubay, Blackshear 9, Ege Tan Yıldızoğlu, Göksenin Köksal

1. PERIOD: 26-26

FIRST HALF: 51-42

3. PERIOD: 81-53

MATCH RESULT: 104-77

Semi-Final series:

• 1. Match: Anadolu Efes-Galatasaray: 70-105 (0-1)
• 2. Match: Anadolu Efes-Galatasaray: 91-77 (1-1)
• 3. Match: Galatasaray-Anadolu Efes: 64-71 (1-2)
• 4. Match: Galatasaray-Anadolu Efes: 86-81 (2-2)
• 5. Match: Anadolu Efes-Galatasaray: 104-77 (3-2)

Summary of Anadolu Efes – Galatasaray series

Galatasaray Nef had an incredible harmony with the coach Andreas Pistiolis, whom he brought to the head of the team in the 25th week of the season, and never lost a match until the Play-Off semi-finals, namely EuroLeague Champion Anadolu Efes. The Yellow-Reds even caught the Final-Four-weary Dark Blue-Whites in the first match prematurely and managed to beat them with a historic margin. When Efes stirred from the 2nd match, even though Aslan’s job got harder, he never stopped fighting until the last second. Galatasaray lost their 2nd away game and their 3rd game in front of their fans, which was Pistiolis’ first defeat in the league.

On Thursday night, Galatasaray took the field to play the last trump card in the series, which was behind 2-1. With the great support of his fans, who filled Sinan Erdem to the full, the EuroLeague champion made good use of his opponent’s mistakes and evened the situation and carried the semi-final series to the 5th game. Thus, Aslan from Pistiolis managed to get 11 wins in 13 matches. In the 5th and last game of the series, both teams will do their best to get the final ticket. Using the field advantage, Efes beat Galatasaray 104-77 and became the opponent of Fenerbahçe Beko in the final.