May 24, 2012
Turkish League Quarterfinals, Game 1: May 4, 2007
Gerald Fitch scored 27 points to lead Galatasaray Cafe Crown to an 83-65 drubbing of Besiktas Cola Turka in Game 1 of their best-of-five Turkish League quarterfinal series on Friday. The game was he only series to play a Game 1, since league rules determine that if a team sweeps its regular season series with a playoff opponent, it automatically begins the playoff round between them with a 1-0 advantage. Accordingly, Fenerbahce Ulker, Efes Pilsen and Turk Telekom all begin their respective series against Darussafaka, Banvit and CASA TED Kolejliler with 1-0 leads. On Friday, Galatasaray held Besiktas to 9 first-quarter points on the way to an easy win. Tufan Ersoz added 17 and Darrel Mitchel 16 for Galatasaray, while Erkan Veyseloglu paced Besiktas with 13 points and 6 assists and Cevher Ozer added 12.

TURKISH League: Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
RecordTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
1Fenerbahce Ulker (1)W*May 5May 8May 10*May 13*
0Darussafaka (8)L*----
1Galatasaray Cafe Crown (4)83May 6May 9May 11*May 13*
0Besiktas Cola Turka (5)65----
1Efes Pilsen (2)W*May 5May 8May 10*May 13*
0Banvit (7)L*----
1Turk Telekom (3)W*May 4May 7May 9*May 12*
0CASA TED Kolejliler (6)L*----
*In Turkey, if one team won both regular season games between them, their playoff series begins 1-0 in that team's favor.

Quarterfinal Playoffs Games
Game 1Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Besiktas Cola Turka83-65May 4
Game 2Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Darussafaka-May 5
Game 2Efes Pilsen vs. Banvit-May 5
Game 2Turk Telekom vs. CASA TED Kolejliler-May 4
Game 2Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Besiktas Cola Turka-May 6
Game 3Darussafaka vs. Fenerbahce Ulker-May 8
Game 3Banvit vs. Efes Pilsen-May 8
Game 3CASA TED Kolejliler vs. Turk Telekom-May 7
Game 3Besiktas Cola Turka vs. Galatasaray Cafe Crown-May 9
Game 4Darussafaka vs. Fenerbahce Ulker-May 10*
Game 4Banvit vs. Efes Pilsen-May 10*
Game 4CASA TED Kolejliler vs. Turk Telekom-May 9*
Game 4Besiktas Cola Turka vs. Galatasaray Cafe Crown-May 11*
Game 5Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Darussafaka-May 13*
Game 5Efes Pilsen vs. Banvit-May 13*
Game 5Turk Telekom vs. CASA TED Kolejliler-May 12*
Game 5Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Besiktas Cola Turka-May 13*
Thursday, May 10, 2007
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