Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 29: April 21, 2010 - TURKEY

May 21, 2013

Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 29: April 21, 2010

The playoff picture is starting to become clearer after the penultimate games in the Turkish League. On Wednesday, Efes Pilsen, which had already secured first place and homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs, romped to a 115-69 victory over Antalya BSB. Igor Rakocevic scored 20 and Preston Shumpert 18 to lead seven Efes scorers in double figures. Sinan Guler tallied 16 points, Bostjan Nachbar 13, Charles Smith 12, Kerem Tunceri 11 and Bootsy Thornton 10 for the winners. Fenerbahce Ulker, which will finish the season second, suffered a 77-71 loss at Bornova Belediye, which sealed a playoff berth with the win. David Smith scored 20 and Josh Shipp had 16 for the winners. Lynn Greer and Emir Preldzic tallied 17 each for FB Ulker. Besiktas ColaTurka and Tuk Telekom, which will meet in the quarterfinals, both won as they try to get fouth place and the homecourt advantage in that series. Besiktas beat Pinar Karsiyaka 93-78 and will clinch fourth with a win or a Telekom loss in the last remaining game. Brad Newley scored 27 and grabbed 8 rebounds to lead Besiktas. Cevher Ozer added 21 points and Engin Atsur scored 13 and dished 6 assists. Turk Telekom topped Tofas 76-67 as Lamayn Wilson recorded 15 points and 9 rebounds and Ersin Dagli added 14 points. Galatasaray Café Crown’s slim playoff chances came to an end with an 83-76 loss to Aliaga Petkim. Lorenzo Gordon and Quinton Hosley led Aliaga with 18 each and Vladan Vukosavljevic posted a monster double-double. Mike Wilkinson scored 21 and Darius Washington had 20 in defeat. In other games, Oyak Renault defeated Banvit 89-82 as Olumuyiwa Famutimi roared with 31 points, Kepez Belediye dropped Erdemit 83-66 thanks to 21 points from Jovo Stanojevic and Mersin Buyuksehir Bld. beat Darussafaka Cooper Tires 88-78.

LAST GAME GAME 29 April 21, 2010
Day	Match	Result
April 21	Aliaga P. vs. Galatasaray	83-76
April 21	Bornova vs.Fenerbahce Ulker	77-71
April 21	Mersin BSB. vs. Darussafaka	88-78
April 21	Turk Telekom vs. Tofas	76-67
April 21	Efes Pilsen vs. Antalya BSB.	115-69
April 21	Besiktas vs. Pinar	93-78
April 21	Oyak Renault vs. Banvit	89-82
April 21	Kepez Belediye vs. Erdemir	83-66

NEXT GAME GAME 30
Day	Match
-	Erdemir vs. Efes Pilsen
-	Tofas vs. Besiktas
-	Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Oyak
-	Banvit vs. Kepez Belediye
-	Galatasaray vs. Bornova Bel.
-	Darussafaka vs. Turk Telekom
-	Pinar vs. Aliaga Petkim
-	Antalya BSB. vs. Mersin BSB.

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Efes Pilsen	29	26	3	2530	2090
2	Fenerbahçe Ülker	29	22	7	2380	2133
3	Banvit	29	19	10	2270	2147
4	Beşiktaş Cola Turka	29	17	12	2537	2362
5	TÜRK Telekom	29	17	12	2382	2286
6	Pinar Karşiyaka	29	15	14	2278	2232
7	Bornova Belediye	29	14	15	2242	2341
8	Erdemir	29	13	16	2324	2348
9	Tofaş	29	12	17	2134	2267
10	Antalya Bşb.	29	12	17	2135	2280
11	Aliağa Petkim	29	11	18	2314	2463
12	Galatasaray Cafe Crown	29	16	13	2017	1979
13	Mersin Büyükşehir Bld.	29	11	18	2200	2308
14	Oyak Renault	29	11	18	2134	2268
15	Kepez Belediye	29	10	19	2044	2209
16	Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires	29	6	23	2033	2241