Anadolu Efes defeated Fenerbahçe Beko 87-78 in the fourth match of the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League play-off semi-finals, brought the situation to 3-1 in the series and made it to the finals.
Burak Kızılhan, the General Secretary of Fenerbahçe Club, Sertaç Komsuoğlu, the manager in charge of basketball, and the managers Ahmet Ketenci, Kemal Danabas and İlker Dinçay followed the match on site.
Fenerbahce Beko, who started the match with Wilbekin’s three-pointers in a row, outperformed the first 5 minutes by 8 to 10. Yellow-dark blue team finished the quarter with 11 points by Wilbekin 20-16 superior.
Starting the second period well in the painted area, the home team took the lead with an 8-0 series: 24-20. Having 6 points (27-21) lead by Micic’s 3-pointer in the 13th minute, the navy-whites increased the lead to double digits with the same player’s 4-point attack in the 15th minute: 34-23. Even though Fenerbahçe Beko managed to keep the difference in single digits with the scores produced by Wilbekin’s individual performance, Anadolu Efes went to the locker room with a 45-41 superiority.
While the second half started with mutual baskets, Fenerbahçe Beko caught the draw with Motley’s basket in the 24th minute: 49-49. Anadolu Efes, who scored consecutive points in the last section against the yellow-dark blue players (49-51) who were ahead with Guduric’s points in the same minute, entered the final period with a 65-61 lead.
Anadolu Efes entered the last quarter well, increasing the lead to 8 points in the 32nd minute: 71-63. The navy-whites increased the lead to double digits (76-66) in the 35th minute with Bryant’s points in a row. Fenerbahce Beko regained the upper hand and drew the lead to 3 points (81-78) with Melih Mahmutoğlu’s three-pointers in the 38th minute. Anadolu Efes found the basket with Bryant with 47 seconds left and carried the difference to 2 offenses. When Fenerbahce Beko returned empty-handed with Wilbekin, Anadolu Efes opened the gap with the points he found from the free line and was victorious 87-78 on the court.