May 24, 2012
Turkish League, All-Star Game: March 25, 2007
Ibrahim Kutluay - Fenerbahce Ulker Marcus Slaughter of Pinar Karsiyaka shined brightest on a weekend full of stars at the BEKO Turkish League All-Star weekend at Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul. Slaughter led the Foreign Stars to a 109-114 win over the Turkish stars in front of a crowd of 12,000 with a performance that included 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots, earning him the game's MVP award. Slaughter also brought his best to the slam dunk contest, finishing second only to Ersan Ozseven of Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi. In addition to the game itself, the weekend featured a host of events, from the slam-dunk, three-point and skill competitions to hip hop and rap concerts and a cheer leading show. Kenton Paulino of Beykoz won the three-point shootout by beating Omer Unver of CASA TED Kolejliler in the final 17-14. Ozseven took the slam dunk crown with 115 points, while Turkish citizen and German national team playmaker Mithat Demirel of Galatasaray Cafe Crown clinched first place in the skills by completing the course in the quickest time (32 seconds).

In the All-Star Game, the Turks got off to a quick start and took a 20-10 lead after just 7 minutes thanks to the hot hand of Ibrahim Kutluay of Fenerbahce Ulker. But Slaughter of Pinar threw down huge dunks one after another to cut the gap to a single point at the end of the quarter, 24-23. In the second period, three-pointers started to rain as Kutluay, Mirsad Turkcan of Fenerbahce Ulker, Edmund Saunders of Beykoz and Drew Nicholas of Efes Pilsen provided the scoring and the Foreign Stars raced to a 55-58 halftime lead. Cevher Ozer of Besiktas Cola Turka and Ermal Kuqo of Efes Pilsen tried to push the Turks ahead after the break, but Slaughter and Jan Jagla of Turk Telekom denied them and the game wen into last quarter with the Foreign Stars up 81-83. In the final period, Kutluay and Haluk Yildirim of Turk Telekom gave the Turkish stars the lead at 109-108, but Will Solomon of Fenerbahce, Marcus Haislip of Efes Pilsen and Erwin Dudley of Turk Telekom had the critical points to help the Foreign Stars grab the win. Slaughter finished with 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Nicholas added 14, Solomon and Saunders had 13 each, Haislip 12 and Marques Green of CASA TED Kolejliler, Jagla and Dudley all scored 10 for the Foreign Stars. Kutluay scored a game-high 22 points and added 5 rebounds and 8 assists for the Turks, Kuqo had 14 points, Semih Erden 13 and both Umit Sonkol and Cevher Ozer had 10.


Sunday, March 25, 2007
Gökhan Türe, Istanbul

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