Turkish League finals, Game 6: June 11, 2012 - Turkey

June 19, 2013

Turkish League finals, Game 6: June 11, 2012

Besiktas Milangaz is 2012 Turkish champion (Photo bjk.com.tr)

Besiktas Milangaz won its first Turkish championship since 1975 on Monday by beating Anadolu Efes 80-76 at Abdi Ipekci to claim the best-of-seven series 4-2. Carlos Arroyo starred with 18 points and 8 assists and Erwin Dudley and Zoran Erceg added 15 points apiece to pace the winners, who celebrated with passion after the final buzzer. The game was close down the stretch and Efes had a shot to tie it, but missed and Dudley sealed the win from the line. Pops Mensah-Bonsu added 10 points and 8 rebounds and David Hawkins tallied 10 points and 8 assists for the winners. Kerem Tunceri led Efes with 22 points, Oliver Lafayette scored 13 and Kerem Gonlum 10 in defeat. Efes started well and held Besiktas without a basket for more than three minutes, but a Hawkins three-pointer evened the game at 8-8 midway through the opening quarter. The score remained tight and Arroyo lifted the hosts to their first lead, 20-18, with a three-pointer at the end of the first quarter. Besiktas then held slim leads through much of the second quarter and reached the break leading 40-39 on a Dudley basket in the last second of the half. Lafayette tied the game with a triple and then gave Efes its first lead of the second half, 44-46. After multiple lead changes, a Tunceri triple left the teams all square at 61-61 through three quarters. The fourth quarter featured six lead changes and 2 ties with neither team taking a lead of more than 3 until Serhat Cetin nailed a clutch three-pointer with just over two minutes remaining that made it 74-69. A Tunceri three-pointer gave Efes hope at 78-76 with 9 seconds to go. Efes sent Cetin to the line, but he made only 1, which left Efes a chance to tie it. However after a timeout, Sasha Vujacic forced a shot from the corner and missed and a Dudley free throw with 6 seconds left sealed the outcome.

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
2	Anadolu Efes (3)	75	71	69	55	84	76	x
4	Besiktas Milangaz (4)	82	76	67	81	82	80	x
Turkish league champion 2011-12: Besiktas Milangaz

Finals Playoffs round games
Game 1	Anadolu Efes vs. Besiktas Milangaz	75-82	May 29
Game 2	Anadolu Efes vs. Besiktas Milangaz	71-76	May 31
Game 3	Besiktas Milangaz vs. Anadolu Efes	67-69	June 3
Game 4	Besiktas Milangaz vs. Anadolu Efes	81-55	June 5
Game 5	Anadolu Efes vs. Besiktas Milangaz	84-82	June 8
Game 6	Besiktas Milangaz vs. Anadolu Efes	80-76	June 11