Turkish League playoffs, quarterfinals, Game 3: May 19-21, 2009 - TURKEY

May 20, 2013

Turkish League playoffs, quarterfinals, Game 3: May 19-21, 2009

Kenan Bajramovic - Turk Telekom (Photo: turktelekomspor.com.tr)

Turk Telekom became the third team to reach the Turkish League semifinals, while Besiktas Cola Turka extended its series against Galatasaray Cafe Crown with a big win. Turk Telekom bested Mersin BSB. 90-98 on the road to win the best-of-five quarterfinal series 3-1. Turk used its experience down the stretch to secure the win after it entered the fourth quarter leading just 64-65. Kenan Bajramovic led Turk with 31 points and 7 rebounds, Serkan Erdogan had 13 points and 6 assists, Khalid El-Amin scored 12 and Erwin Dudley produced 11 points and 11 rebounds. Inanc Koc led Mersin with 24 points and Eddie Basden had 20 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, but star guard Lester McCalebb was limited to just 6 points in 40 minutes. On Thursday night, Besiktas blasted Galatasaray 113-71 to force a Game 4. Galatasaray leads the series 2-1. The hosts dominated from the outset, outscoring Galatasaray 34-14 in the second period to take a 60-32 halftime lead, which was never in doubt in the last 20 minutes. Mire Chatman paced the winners with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, Jimmy Baxter scored 20, Muratcan Guler added 18 and Mehmet Yagmur 14. Quinton Hosely scored 14 and Anthony Tolliver 10 for Galatasaray in defeat.

Quarterfinals Playoffs, best of 5 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
3	Efes Pilsen (1)	W*	76	87	x	x
0	Darussafaka (8)	L*	47	60	x	x
2	Galatasaray Cafe Crown (4)	84	80	71	May 23	-
1	Besiktas Cola Turka (5)	74	66	113	-	-
3	Turk Telekom (2)	W*	80	103	98	x
1	Mersin BSB. (7)	L*	78	104	90	x
3	Fenerbahce Ulker (3)	W*	89	92	x	x
0	Antalya BSB. (6)	L*	63	74	x	x

*In Turkey, if one team won both regular season games between them,
their playoff series begins 1-0 in that team's favor.

Quarterfinals Playoffs round games
Game 1	Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Besiktas Cola Turka	84-74	May 16
Game 2	Turk Telekom vs. Mersin BSB.	80-78	May 14
Game 2	Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Antalya BSB.	89-63	May 14
Game 2	Efes Pilsen vs. Darussafaka	76-47	May 15
Game 2	Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Besiktas Cola Turka	80-66	May 18
Game 3	Mersin BSB. vs. Turk Telekom	104-103	May 17
Game 3	Antalya BSB. vs. Fenerbahce Ulker	74-92	May 17
Game 3	Darussafaka vs. Efes Pilsen	60-87	May 18
Game 3	Besiktas Cola Turka vs. Galatasaray Cafe Crown	113-71	May 21
Game 4	Mersin BSB. vs. Turk Telekom	90-98	May 19
Game 4	Besiktas Cola Turka vs. Galatasaray Cafe Crown	-	May 23
Game 5	Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Besiktas Cola Turka	-	-