Shorthanded Efes defeated by Gaziantep in Turkish Basketball League / News - Basketnews.com

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EuroLeague Final Four participantAnadolu Efes Istanbul (22-7) suffered a defeat against Gaziantep Basketbol (19-10) in the Turkish Basketball League (BSL) 78-69 (22-16, 23-20, 14-17, 19-16) ahead of EuroLeague semifinals.

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Efes played without Vasilije Micic, Shane Larkin, Bryan Dunston, Tibor Pleiss, Adrien Moerman who were given the rest after finished EuroLeague playoffs series while Rodrigue Beaubois and Krunolsav Simon are recovering from injuries.

The hosts took advantage of missing Efes the main players and controlled the game since the beginning. After Leon Harun Apaydin’s 2-pointer Gaziantep built the biggest advantage of the game (41-25) in the second quarter.

The reigning champs showed the character and slowly eliminated the deficit (58-59) with 8:41 to go in the fourth quarter.

Nevertheless, Gaziantep responded, retook the double-digit lead (73-63) and finished the game comfortably, grabbing a victory.

Ryan Luther was the leading scorer for Gaziantep with 18 points (4/5 2PT, 3/6 3PT, 2/3 FT) and 4 rebounds.

On the opposing side,Erten Gazi was the high-scorer for Efes, ending with 12 points (0/3 2PT, 4/8 3PT).

Gaziantep: Ryan Luther 19 (4 REB), Alpha Kaba 16 (15 REB), Jarmar Gulley 13 (6 REB), Quentin Peterson 13 (4 REB).

Efes:Erten Gazi 12, Egemen Guven 10 (7 REB), Filip Petrusev 10 (8 REB), Bugrahan Tuncer 10 (4 REB).

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