Turkish League semifinals, Game 4: May 22-23, 2012 - Turkey

May 25, 2013

Turkish League semifinals, Game 4: May 22-23, 2012

Kenan Bajramovic - BK Banvit (Photo: Fraport Skyliners)

Besiktas Milangaz secured its place in the Turkish League finals, but must wait until Saturday to learn its opponent after Banvit BK beat Anadolu Efes on the road to force a fifth and deciding game in their semifinals series. Besiktas beat Galatasaray Medical Park 84-73 behind a combined 47 points from Carlos Arroyo and David Hawkins to win their series 3-1. Banvit erased a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to top Efes 71-73. Efes raced to an early 11-2 lead as Dusko Savanovic and Ermal Kuqo shared all the points. Banvit made a 4-11 run to bridge the first two quarters and pull within 23-21 on a triple by Erdogan, but Cenk Akyol's 5 points in a row dodged the threat. Efes soon had another double-digit lead, 33-22, on Dogus Balbay's layup and cruised into halftime ahead by 44-30 on baskets by Kerem Gonlum and Oliver Lafayette. The difference hit a high of 46-30 as Kuqo scored to open the second half. When Chuck Davis and Kenan Bajramovic got Banvit within single digits again at 48-39, Efes was ready again, this time with Esteban Batista and Akyol assuring a 61-49 edge after three quarters. Davis would not let Banvit go without a fight, however, and joined with Baris Ermis in a 2-7 run to make it 66-60 with 5 minutes left to play. A scoreless minute passed before Bajramovic blasted a triple to bring Banvit within 66-63, closer than it had been during more than 20 minutes. Then Izzet Turkyilmaz tied it up from downtown with 2:25 to play. Akyol ended Banvit's 11-0 run with his own three-pointer, but after Erdogan got a basket, Bajramovic got his team's first lead, 69-70, on free throws with 43 seconds left. He added 2 more with 15 seconds left and Efes had no time to respond, which means the series will go to a fifth and final game. Bajaramovic finished with 17 points, 6 rebound and 5 assists and Davis posted 17 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. Akyol led Efes with 17 points and Savanovic added 13. Besiktas trailed 35-41 at halftime and was down 1 entering the fourth quarter, but then limited Galatasaray to 14 fourth-quarter points and Hawkins and Arroyo fueled the attack as the hosts took control and raced to the game and series wins. Hawkins netted 24, Arroyo tallied 23 plus 6 assists and Pops Mensah-Bonsu scored 13 for the winners. Nihad Djedovic led Galatasaray with 19 points and 4 assists, Jamon Lucas scored 14 and Furkan Aldemir hauled in 10 rebounds.

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
1	Galatasaray Medical Park (1)	75	72	65	73	x
3	Besiktas Milangaz (4)	74	81	74	84	x
2	Banvit BK (2)	68	75	55	73	May 26
2	Anadolu Efes (3)	66	81	68	71	-

Semifinals Playoffs round games
Game 1	GS Medical Park vs. Besiktas Milangaz	75-74	May 15
Game 1	Banvit BK vs. Anadolu Efes	68-66	May 16
Game 2	GS Medical Park vs. Besiktas Milangaz	72-81	May 17
Game 2	Banvit BK vs. Anadolu Efes	75-81	May 18
Game 3	Besiktas Milangaz vs. GS Medical Park	74-65	May 20
Game 3	Anadolu Efes vs. Banvit BK	68-55	May 21
Game 4	Besiktas Milangaz vs. GS Medical Park	84-73	May 22
Game 4	Anadolu Efes vs. Banvit BK	71-73	May 23
Game 5	Banvit BK vs. Anadolu Efes	0-0	May 26