In the first match of the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League play-off final series, Beşiktaş GAİN beat Fenerbahçe Beko 88-80 away and took the lead 1-0 in the series. Besiktas GAIN, which started the derby eagerly and achieved a 9-0 series in the first 1 minute and 50 seconds, completed the first period with a superior play and was ahead 27-16.
Fenerbahçe Beko recovered in the second quarter and was effective with the scoring game of Tarık Biberovic and reduced the difference to 1 point in the 13th minute: 27-28. The black-white team, which scored with Berk Uğurlu and did not allow the yellow-dark blue team to get ahead, went to the locker room with a 43-42 advantage.
This time, the host Fenerbahçe started the second half of the match with a 9-0 run and gained an 8-point lead in the 25th minute: 51-43. Beşiktaş quickly recovered with consecutive baskets and turned the score in its favor in the 29th minute with Berk Uğurlu’s free throws: 57-59. The black-white team entered the final period ahead 62-61.
Beşiktaş GAİN, who scored critical baskets from behind the 3-point line in the competitive fourth and last quarter, won the match 88-80 and took the lead 1-0 in the final series.
Fenerbahçe President Aziz Yıldırım also watched the derby. Yıldırım, who won the presidency again after 8 years by outperforming Hakan Safi in the general assembly with extraordinary elections on June 7, followed the match with his daughter Yaz Yıldırım, Ömer Onan and board member Barış Göktürk.
The second match of the play-off final series, in which the team that achieves three wins will be the champion, will be played at Ülker Sports and Event Hall on Monday, June 15.