The knot of staying in the cluster will be solved in the last week, with Aliağa Petkimspor losing 81-69 away to Beşiktaş GAİN in the postponement match of the Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League. After the matches to be played on Sunday in the last week, one of the league’s most established representatives Karşıyaka, Petkimspor and Mersin Spor will be relegated.
Competing in the league for 52 years without being relegated; Karşıyaka, which has won 2 championships, 2 Presidential Cups, 1 Turkish Cup, and played in the final just 3 years ago, is on the relegation zone with 8 wins before the last week. Aliağa Petkimspor and Mersin Spor, the other Izmir representatives in the league, who missed the opportunity to declare their salvation after losing to Beşiktaş, have 9 wins each.
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Karşıyaka-Bursaspor, Tofaş-Aliağa Petkimspor, Trabzonspor-Mersin Spor matches will be played at the same time on Sunday. Even one point not scored in the matches played between the three teams in the regular season will determine the fate of the clubs at the end of the league. While Karşıyaka and Petkimspor have equal averages, according to the rule of the Basketball Federation, the green-reds are ahead in the average score, scoring more points than Petkim scored in the first match (85-73) in the rematch, which their opponent won 103-91. While the teams won 92-87 in the two matches played between Karşıyaka and Mersin, the Akdeniz representative is superior in the general average.
If Petkim and Mersin Spor win in the last week, they will declare their salvation regardless of the score Karşıyaka will get. If Kaf-Kaf loses, his opponents will fall even if they are defeated. In order to stay in the league, Karşıyaka must beat Bursaspor at home on Sunday and lose the away match that Petkimspor will play against Tofaş, Coach Orhun Ene’s former team, which is undemanding. If Karşıyaka wins and Petkim loses, Kaf-Kaf will remain in the league. If Karşıyaka wins and Petkimspor and Mersin Spor lose their matches, Mersin will be relegated in the triple goal difference. The green-red team will fall even if Petkim wins and is on par with Mersin.
