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TBL - BEKO Basketbol Ligi - Turkey
Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 13: January 2-4, 2009
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 Efes Pilsen stays atop the Turkish League standings with a 12-1 record, with Galatasaray Cafe Crown right behind at 11-2 and Fenerbahce Ulker third at 8-5. Galatasaray started 2009 in style by downing archrivals FB Ulker 78-62 at home in one of the classic Istanbul derbies in front of 3,500 fans at Ayhan Sahenk Arena. Huseyin Besok led the winners with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Antonio Graves added 15 points for Galatasaray. Emir Preldzic led Fener with 25 points on 6-for-8 three-pointers. Besok and Milan Gurovic fueled a 14-0 run that gave Galatasaray a 23-14 edge after 10 minutes. The hosts kept a 35-30 edge at halftime and kept feeding Besok down low for a 51-47 margin after 30 minutes. Three-pointers by Graves, Polat Kocaoglu and Cuneyt Erden to break the game open, 76-58, at Fener never recovered. Efes had less troubles to thrash Kepez Belediye 86-57 at home on Saturday. Kerem Gonlum led the winners with 18 points. Michalis Kakiouzis and Preston Shumpert each added 13, Charles Smith had 12 while Kaya Peker got 10 for Efes, that led 48-27 at halftime and never looked back. Turk Telekom dropped to 8-5 and ties for fifth place due to a 95-89 road loss against Banvit. Darlon Johnson and Lance Williams led Banvit each with 20 points. Serkan Erdogan led Turk Telekom with 25 points. Kris Lang added 16, Baris Ozcan had 14 while Michael Wright got 10 for the guests, that rallied from a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to get within 87-84. Free throws by Yunus Cankaya held off the guests' comeback, allowing Banvit to win the game. Besiktas Cola Turka moved down to 6-7 because of a 82-68 road loss against Erdemir on Friday. Erdal Bibo led Erdemir with 17 points. Mehmet Yagmur had 18 points for Besiktas, Mire Chatman added 14, Muratcan Guler 13 and Jimmy Baxter 10. A 32-17 partial in the fourth quarter allowed the hosts to win the game. In other games, Mersin beat Casa TED A.Koljliler 77-85, Pinar Karsiyaka downed Oyak Renault 71-61, Mutlu Aku Selcuk University topped Aliaga Petkim 83-82 while Antalya Bsb. defeated Darussafaka Cooper Tires 83-69... MORE |
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LAST GAME GAME 13
January 2-4, 2009 |
| Day |
Match |
Result |
| Jan. 3 |
Efes Pilsen vs. Kepez Belediye |
86-57 |
| Jan. 3 |
Galatasaray vs. Fenerbahce |
78-62 |
| Jan. 3 |
CASA TED vs. Mersin BSB. |
77-85 |
| Jan. 4 |
Antalya BSB. vs. Darussafaka |
83-69 |
| Jan. 3 |
Pinar vs. Oyak Renault |
71-61 |
| Jan. 3 |
Mutlu Aku vs. Aliaga Petkim |
83-82 |
| Jan. 2 |
Erdemir vs. Besiktas C. Turka |
82-68 |
| Jan. 3 |
Banvit vs. Turk Telekom |
95-89 |
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NEXT GAME GAME 14
January 9-12, 2009 |
| Day |
Match |
| Jan. 11 |
Fenerbahce Ulker vs.Erdemir |
| Jan. 10 |
Besiktas Cola Turka vs. Pinar |
| Jan. 10 |
Darussafaka vs. Banvit |
| Jan. 10 |
Turk Telekom vs. Mutlu Aku |
| Jan. 10 |
Antalya BSB. vs. Efes Pilsen |
| Jan. 9 |
Aliaga vs. Galatasaray CC |
| Jan. 10 |
Oyak Renault vs. CASA TED |
| Jan. 12 |
Mersin vs. Kepez Belediye |
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STANDINGS |
TG |
W |
L |
P+ |
P- |
| 1 |
Efes Pilsen |
13 |
12 |
1 |
1110 |
913 |
| 2 |
Galatasaray Cafe Crown |
13 |
11 |
2 |
989 |
880 |
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Fenerbahçe Ülker |
13 |
9 |
4 |
1058 |
891 |
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Antalya Bşb. |
13 |
8 |
5 |
1038 |
1056 |
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Banvit |
13 |
8 |
5 |
1147 |
1122 |
| 6 |
TÜRK Telekom |
13 |
8 |
5 |
1037 |
996 |
| 7 |
Pinar Karşiyaka |
13 |
7 |
6 |
1010 |
1026 |
| 8 |
Mersin Büyükşehir Bld. |
13 |
7 |
6 |
1081 |
1064 |
| 9 |
Aliağa Petkim |
13 |
7 |
6 |
1055 |
1049 |
| 10 |
Beşiktaş Cola Turka |
13 |
6 |
7 |
979 |
964 |
| 11 |
Oyak Renault |
13 |
5 |
8 |
936 |
979 |
| 12 |
Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires |
13 |
5 |
8 |
921 |
986 |
| 13 |
Mutlu Akü Selçuk Üniv. |
13 |
5 |
8 |
1014 |
1070 |
| 14 |
Erdemir |
13 |
3 |
10 |
855 |
938 |
| 15 |
Kepez Belediye |
13 |
2 |
11 |
890 |
1047 |
| 16 |
Casa TED A. Kolejliler |
13 |
1 |
12 |
869 |
1008 |
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| The Turkish League gets more and more competitive, and the 2008-09 season will not be an exception, with a good number of teams trying to dethrone Fenerbahce ulker. Fenerbahce won the title in each of the last two seasons and comes back with newcomer like Devin Smith, Gordan Giricek or Marques Green ready to complement Emir Preldzic, Mirsad Turkcan, Semih Erden, Gasper Vidmar and Omer Asik, who may be sidelined for the best part of this season. Efes Pilsen has reloaded its roster with the ambition to win its first league title since 2005. Bootsy Thornton, Charles Smith, Milos Vujanic, Mario Kasun, Michalis Kakiouzis are ready to play together with some of the best Turkish players like Kaya Peker, Cenk Akyol or Kerem Gonlum. Besiktas Cola Turka landed marquee signings Marcus Faison, Mario Austin and Mire Chatman to lead the team next season. Meanwhile, Turk Telekom got stronger with Rod Blakney, Serkan Erdogan and Asim Pars while Galatasaray inked Milan Gurovic, Dejan Milojevic, Antonio Graves and Marshall Strickland to challenge for the league title. Pinar Karsiyaka signed Keith Brumbaugh - who may be a surprise player in European basketball this season -, Leon Williams and and Mike Benton while Darussafaka, Banvit - with Lance Williams and Dalron Johnson - and Antalya Buyuksehir Belediye will also fight to reach the playoffs. |
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