Turkish League playoffs, quarterfinals, Game 4: May 23, 2009
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 Galatasaray Cafe Crown survived a double-overtime thriller and ousted Besiktas Cola Turka with a 102-115 win on Saturday in Game 4 of the best-of-five Turkish League quarterfinal series. Galatasaray advances to face Efes Pilsen in the semifinals. The other semifinal series featuring defending champion Fenerbahce Ulker and Turk Telekom, begins on Tuesday. On Saturday, Besiktas shined in the second quarter, riding Zelly Wesson and Mire Chatman to a 12-point lead at one point and a 49-39 halftime advantage, but Galatasaray erased the deficit with 10 unanswered points early in the third quarter. The game was close throughout the fourth quarter before Galatasaray’s Antonio Graves knotted the score at 83-83 and forced overtime. Rashid Atkins put the visitors ahead in the extra session, but Chatman rose to the occasion and forced a second overtime. However Besiktas simply ran out of steam as Galatasaray opened the second overtime on a 17-2 tear and proceeded to wrap up the win and semifinals berth. Huseyin Besok paced the winners with 25 points and 12 rebounds, Atkins scored 22, Anthony Tolliver added 21 points and 12 rebounds, Graves netted 19, Dejan Milojevic and Rifat Kaya both scored 10 and Cuneyt Erden dished 13 assists. Wesson led Besiktas with 29 points and 8 rebounds, Cevher Ozer added 24 points and 9 boards, Chatman tallied 15 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Muratcan Guler scored 13 and Haluk Yildrim 10. In more good news for Galatasaray, forward Milan Gurovic saw limited action for the first time in months after recovering from a groin injury.
| Quarterfinals Playoffs, best of 5 games |
| Record |
Team |
Game 1 |
Game 2 |
Game 3 |
Game 4 |
Game 5 |
| 3 |
Efes Pilsen (1) |
W* |
76 |
87 |
x |
x |
| 0 |
Darussafaka (8) |
L* |
47 |
60 |
x |
x |
| 3 |
Galatasaray Cafe Crown (4) |
84 |
80 |
71 |
115 |
x |
| 1 |
Besiktas Cola Turka (5) |
74 |
66 |
113 |
102 |
x |
| 3 |
Turk Telekom (2) |
W* |
80 |
103 |
98 |
x |
| 1 |
Mersin BSB. (7) |
L* |
78 |
104 |
90 |
x |
| 3 |
Fenerbahce Ulker (3) |
W* |
89 |
92 |
x |
x |
| 0 |
Antalya BSB. (6) |
L* |
63 |
74 |
x |
x |
*In Turkey, if one team won both regular season games between them,
their playoff series begins 1-0 in that team's favor.
| Quarterfinals Playoffs round games |
| Game 1 |
Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Besiktas Cola Turka |
84-74 |
May 16 |
| Game 2 |
Turk Telekom vs. Mersin BSB. |
80-78 |
May 14 |
| Game 2 |
Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Antalya BSB. |
89-63 |
May 14 |
| Game 2 |
Efes Pilsen vs. Darussafaka |
76-47 |
May 15 |
| Game 2 |
Galatasaray Cafe Crown vs. Besiktas Cola Turka |
80-66 |
May 18 |
| Game 3 |
Mersin BSB. vs. Turk Telekom |
104-103 |
May 17 |
| Game 3 |
Antalya BSB. vs. Fenerbahce Ulker |
74-92 |
May 17 |
| Game 3 |
Darussafaka vs. Efes Pilsen |
60-87 |
May 18 |
| Game 3 |
Besiktas Cola Turka vs. Galatasaray Cafe Crown |
113-71 |
May 21 |
| Game 4 |
Mersin BSB. vs. Turk Telekom |
90-98 |
May 19 |
| Game 4 |
Besiktas Cola Turka vs. Galatasaray Cafe Crown |
102-115 |
May 23 |
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