TBSL brought one big surprise this weekend. Gaziantep celebrated in the 14th round of the TBSL against Anadolu Efes in Istanbul. Fenerbahce, on the other hand, continued to win in the TBSL. This time the victim was Turk Telekom.
Big win for Gaziantep
Efes managed to save themselves in the last seconds of the match against Red Star, but they played disastrously against Gaziantep in the last quarter. The guests reached a completely deserved victory. Gaziantep won the last quarter with a score of 31-15 and the guests finally celebrated with 83-93. A great match was played by Milton Doyle and QJ Peterson who together scored 60 pts. Doyle scored 32 pts while Peterson recorded 5 reb and 7 ast in addition to 28 pts. Rodrigue Beaubois scored the most points for the current European champion, finishing the match with 22 points.
Another win for Fener
Fenerbahce recorded another victory, and Turk Telekom should be really satisfied with the final result. The team from Istanbul had an advantage of over 20 points in the third quarter, and the question of the winner was resolved. The host is certainly satisfied with the fact that in the end, it was 63-72. Among the guests, Polonara scored the most points, finishing the match with 16 points. “Canadian”, Dyshawn Pierre scored 8 pts and recorded 10 reb. Pierria Henry scored just 3 pts, but scored a brilliant 13 ast. Aubrey Dawkins and Jajuan Johnson stood out for the Ankara team. Dawkins scored 19 pts while Johnson recorded 8 reb in addition to 14 pts. Former LA Lakers player, Tyler Ennis coming off injury season scored 4 points 2 steals versus his old team.
Afyon has big problems, so they recorded another convincing defeat. Bursaspor celebrated against the mentioned team with 108-55. Anthony Brown played a great game and scored 20 pts, 11 reb, and 6 ast. Onuralp Bitim scored 19 pts and had 8 reb and 6 ast. Mithat Ozalp and Egemen Guven were also excellent. The first recorded 11 ast, and the second 10 reb. In the home team, Onur Ozkapici was excellent, scoring 18 pts. Huseyin Cevirgen scored 11 pts and reb.
Win for Darussafaka after overtime
Darussafaka beat Besiktas in an exciting match only after overtime 76-73. Gabriel Olaseni and Dogus Ozdemiroglu scored 16 pts, and both added 6 reb. Kenan Sipahi and Isaiah Whitehead were the best guests. They both played almost the entire match. Sipahi stopped at 20 pts and 9 ast while Whitehead recorded 19 pts, 4 reb and 4 ast.
Three more matches were played on Sunday. Fans had no chance to watch the match between Buyukcemece and Karsiyaka. This duel was postponed because the home team had big problems with Covid-19. Bahcesehir recorded a convincing victory against Yalovaspor. The host celebrated with 102-79. Sam Decker and Richard Solomon scored 19 pts each, and they also scored 8 and 6 reb. Muhammed Senli scored 20 points for the guests, while Luka Rupnik scored 10 points and 16 goals.
Merkezefendi convincingly beat the last-placed Petkim 89-70. Kalin Lucas scored 17 pts and recorded a great 11 ast. Richards Lomazs and Nate Sestina scored 16 pts each. At home, Peyton Aldrige and Sean Armand were the most efficient with 17 pts. In addition to 12 pts, Malcolm Thomas recorded a great 14 reb. In the last match of this round, Galatasaray was better than Tofas with 88-77. Devaughn Akoon-Purcell scored 23 pts and had 6 ast. David Kravish scored 19 pts and recorded 10 reb. In addition to 18 pts, Dee Bost also recorded 9 ast. In the home team, the best was Tomislav Zubcic with 16 pts, 8 reb, and 7 ast.