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Turkish League Quarterfinals, Game 4: May 9-10, 2007

Fenerbahce Ulker and Turk Telekom joined previously qualified Efes Pilsen and Galatasaray Cafe Crown in the Turkish League semifinals by winning their best-of-five quarterfinals 3-1. Fener took care of Darussafaka 72-90 on Thursday, one day after Telekom topped CASA TED Kolejliler 74-79 on the road. The semifinals will pit Fenerbahce against Galatasaray, while Efes matches up with Telekom.

Fener enjoyed its easiest win in the playoffs so far as Mirsad Turkcan psoted a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds. The visitors started to pull away in the second period on the way to a 33-42 halftime lead. Fenerbahce then outscored Darussafaka 15-27 in the third period to take over for good. Semih Erden added 15 points and 2 blocks for the regular-season champs, Ibrahim Kutluay had 14 and Will Solomon scored 14 and dished 5 assists. Mike Jones paced Darussafaka with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Turk Telekom used an 11-25 third period to take the lead for good on the way to a series-clinching victory over Kolejliler. Haluk Yildirim led the way with 19 points, Derrick Alston added 18 and Tutku Acik 16 for Telekom. Charles Davis scored 19 in defeat for CASA TED.

TURKISH League: Quarterfinal Playoffs, best of 5 games

Record	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
3	Fenerbahce Ulker (1)	W*	74	75	90	x
1	Darussafaka (8)	L*	82	71	72	x
3	Galatasaray Cafe Crown (4)	83	80	89	x	x
0	Besiktas Cola Turka (5)	65	73	81	x	x
3	Efes Pilsen (2)	W*	85	91	x	x
0	Banvit (7)	L*	63	84	x	x
3	Turk Telekom (3)	W*	86	75	79	x
1	CASA TED Kolejliler (6)	L*	78	83	74	x

*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 1	Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Besiktas Cola Turka	83-65	May 4
Game 2	Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Darussafaka	74-82	May 5
Game 2	Efes Pilsen vs. Banvit	85-63	May 5
Game 2	Turk Telekom vs. CASA TED Kolejliler	86-78	May 4
Game 2	Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Besiktas Cola Turka	80-73	May 6
Game 3	Darussafaka vs. Fenerbahce Ulker	71-75	May 8
Game 3	Banvit vs. Efes Pilsen	84-91	May 8
Game 3	CASA TED Kolejliler vs. Turk Telekom	83-75	May 7
Game 3	Besiktas Cola Turka vs. Galatasaray Cafe Crown	81-89	May 9
Game 4	Darussafaka vs. Fenerbahce Ulker	72-90	May 10
Game 4	CASA TED Kolejliler vs. Turk Telekom	74-79	May 9

Thursday, May 10, 2007

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