The 2022-23 season at 7DAYS EuroCup comes to an end with the final match. Our representative Türk Telekom is going to the tough Gran Canaria road for the championship.
If our representative wins, he will reach both the championship and the EuroLeague ticket. This critical fight started at 22:00 and is broadcast live on TRT Spor Yıldız. The referee trio of the match, which will be played at Gran Canaria’s home, Gran Canaria Arena, will be Sasa Pukl, Rain Peerandi and Adar Peer.
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THE 1st QUARTER IS PLAYED: Gran Canaria – Turk Telekom
EuroCup regular season in group B; Completing with 13 wins and 5 defeats, our representative Türk Telekom finished the group in second place after Gran Canaria in the final and got the Last 16 ticket.
Hosting Brescia in the last 16, Türk Telekom won the match 77-69 and became the team that made its mark in the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, Erdem Can’s team, who hosted the German team Ratiopharm Ulm at home this time, won the field 86-76 with their great performance in the last period and put the semi-final ticket in their pocket.
Going to Prometey’s away road in the semi-finals, Türk Telekom won the match 74-76 after the final moments and made its mark in the final.
Axel Bouteille, who reached 16 points, 8 rebounds and 22 efficiency points in the semi-final match played last week in our representative, was selected as the most valuable player of the semi-finals (MVP).
Gran Canaria and Türk Telekom shared their trump cards twice in the regular season. Gran Canaria, who defeated our representative 81-88 away and 89-79 in the home match, managed to leave the field with a win in 2 matches.
Axel Bouteille stands out with averages of 17.9 points – 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 20 games played so far in Türk Telekom, while Jerian Grant plays with averages of 14.6 points – 3.1 rebounds and 6.2 assists. After two players, Tyrique Jones is struggling with 12.6 points – 7.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists.
Gran Canaria, who was in group B of the regular season with our representative Türk Telekom, finished the group leader with 15 wins and 3 losses.
Sharing their trump card with our representative Frutti Extra Bursaspor in the last 16, the Canary Islands team won the match 72-66 and made their mark in the quarter finals. Hosting Paris Basketball in the quarter finals, Gran Canaria won the field with a very different score of 104-74 and reached the semi-finals.
Hosting the Spanish League rival Joventut Badalona in the semi-finals, the team of Jaka Lakovic won the match 89-86 and became the rival of Türk Telekom in the final.
Struggling with the average of 11.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists this season in Gran Canaria under the management of Jaka Lakovic, John Shurna is the most remarkable name of his team.
AJ Slaughter, who averaged 10.4 points and 2.4 assists, and Damien Inglis, who struggled with 9.9 points and 4.2 rebounds averages, are the other prominent names of the squad.
Also playing for the Canary Islands team, our national player David Mutaf averaged 5.9 points and 0.6 rebounds in 11 EuroCup games this season.