May 24, 2012
Turkish League Semifinals, Game 3: May 19, 2007
Drew Nicholas - Efes Pilsen Efes Pilsen took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five Turkish League semifinals by edging Turk Telekom 71-74 in Game 3 in Ankara on Saturday. Efes is just one win away from facing Fenerbahce Ulker in the finals, but Turk telekom hosts Game 4 on Monday. Drew Nicholas led the winners with 22 points while Kerem Gonlun had 12 for Efes. Muratcan Guler had 20 points for Turk Telekom while veteran Haluk Yildirim added 14. Turk Telekom rolled in the opening quarter, using a 10-0 run to get a 14-point margin 19-5, early in the game. Nicholas and Ermal Kuqo allowed Efes to get within 21-12 after 10 minutes. Efes found a go-to guy in Antonio Granger, who brought his team back into the game, 29-27. Even with that, Turk Telekom still kept a 40-36 halftime edge. Efes managed to get ahead, 47-48, on a triple by Nicholas that ignited a 0-11 run to give the guests a 47-56 margin. Turk Telekom did not surrender and got within 64-65 with 3 minutes to go. Gonlum, Mustafa Abi and Nicholas kept Efes ahead down the stretch while Granger made a free throw with 3.9 seconds remaining to fix the final score.

TURKISH League: Semifinal Playoffs, best of 5 games
RecordTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
3Fenerbahce Ulker (1)W*7669xx
0Galatasaray Cafe Crown (4)L*7064xx
2Efes Pilsen (2)998874May 21 
1Turk Telekom (3)1068571  
*In Turkey, if one team won both regular season games between them, their playoff series begins 1-0 in that team's favor.
Semifinal Playoffs Games
Game 1Efes Pilsen vs. Turk Telekom99-106 2OTMay 13
Game 2Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Galatasaray Cafe Crown76-70May 14
Game 2Efes Pilsen vs. Turk Telekom88-85May 15
Game 3Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Fenerbahce Ulker64-69May 18
Game 3Turk Telekom vs. Efes Pilsen71-74May 19
Game 4Turk Telekom vs. Efes Pilsen-May 21
Game 5Efes Pilsen vs. Turk Telekom- 
Saturday, May 19, 2007
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