In the first match of the ING Basketball Super League play-off semi-finals, Galatasaray Nef beat THY Europa League champion Anadolu Efes by 35 points by 105-70 and took a 1-0 lead in the series.
Galatasaray Nef started the match well and beat the 5th minute 10-4. Equalizing the score with Bryant’s three-pointers in a row, Anadolu Efes continued to score with Beaubois and Pleiss and went ahead 16-12 in the 8th minute. Effective in the painted area, Galatasaray Nef finished the first period ahead 18-16 with Dee Bost’s basket in the last second.
Continuing to dominate with Trimble against Anadolu Efes, which was weak in the second period, Galatasaray Nef went ahead 43-34 in the locker room with the baskets scored by Göksenin Köksal, Dee Bost and Canaan from behind the three-point line in the last section.
Galatasaray Nef started the second half of the game very well and scored three points in a row with Dee Bost against Anadolu Efes, which had difficulties in scoring. The yellow-red team increased the lead to 21 points (36-57) in the 24th minute with a 14-2 series. Continuing their successful performance in the outside shots with Canaan and Canberk Kuş, the yellow-red team was ahead 79-51 in the last period.
Head coach Ergin Ataman, who commissioned Turkish players in Anadolu Efes in the last quarter, did not interfere with the game, but Galatasaray Nef, who continued his outstanding performance, won the match 105-70 and took the lead 1-0 in the series.
In the match where the team with a total of three wins will advance to the final, the second match will be played at the Sinan Erdem Sports Hall on Sunday, May 29, again hosted by Anadolu Efes.
SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE IN THREE-POINTS
Galatasaray Nef came to a conclusion with its effective performance in the outside shots in the match.
The yellow-red team hit 18 of 37 three-point shots used in the match. Anadolu Efes, on the other hand, scored only 7 out of 29 shots in the outside shots.
Galatasaray Nef managed to score 10 of the 13 shots he used from behind the three-point line in the third quarter, where he broke the game.
HE MADE 10 OUT OF 10 WITH PISTIOLIS
Galatasaray Nef won its 10th game under the management of Greek head coach Andreas Pistiolis.
The yellow-red team won 7 games in the regular season, 2 games in the play-off quarter-finals and the first game in the play-off semi-finals under the administration of Pistiolis, who was appointed instead of Ekrem Memnun.
Galatasaray Club President Burak Elmas and Dursun Özbek, who was a candidate for the presidency in the extraordinary general assembly to be held on June 11, followed the match in the hall.
