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Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 6 Efes Pilsen Istanbul asserted its strength in the Turkish League by beating Fenerbahce Ulker 69-63 at Ayhan Sahenk Arena and snapping a 10-game losing streak against the defending champs | | Recent Articles |
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| Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 6 |
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| Efes Pilsen Istanbul asserted its strength in the Turkish League by beating Fenerbahce Ulker 69-63 at Ayhan Sahenk Arena and snapping a 10-game losing streak against the defending champs. 20.11.2008 07:24 |
| | | Chatman considering leaving Besiktas immediately |
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| Besiktas is trying to keep hidden its decision to withhold players salaries to invest in other areas of their business. Two players have already left due to non-payment in Jovo Stanocevic and Mario Austin. 17.11.2008 03:41 |
| | Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 5 |
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| Fenerbahce Ulker and Efes Pilsen were both victors over rival Istanbul sides over the weekend in the Turkish League. Bootsy Thornton shined with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists for Efes as it won its fourth straight game, 84-91, at Galatasaray Cafe Crown. 17.11.2008 03:38 |
| | Ersin Gorkem made his 2008-2009 debut with 8-8 on triples |
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After missing first 4 regular season games due to injury, Ersin Gorkem of Antalya BSB. made his debut with a glorious shooting performance behind three point arc, on Saturday's game against CASA TED Kolejliler. In 33 minutes of his playing time, Ersin Gorkem upset CASA TED's backcourt in all three point attempts averaging a triple for every four minutes, as well as converting his single free throw and two point attempts.
There were similar performances in TBL's recent history, but not this level. Some of them have more successful shots but includes missed attemps and all of the %100 performances have 7 or less attempts.16.11.2008 16:12 |
| | Market News in Turkish Basketball League |
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Besiktas Cola Turka has also released Mario Austin (206-F/C-82) (2007-2008: Benetton Treviso (Italy-SerieA): ULEB Cup: 12 games: 14.0ppg, 6.7rpg, Italian League: 34 games: 13.6ppg, 7.6rpg) after Jovo Stanocevic who moved to BC Kyiv.
14.11.2008 21:47 |
| | Interview: Dejan Milojevic, Galatasaray Cafe Crown |
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| One of the top performers all decade in Euroleague Basketball is returning to the place where his career took off to face his old club in a do-or-die qualification game for access to the Eurocup regular season. 11.11.2008 22:33 |
| | Erdemirspor Belediyesi sign Chris Burgess |
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| Erdemirspor Belediyesi added to their roster 29-year old American center Chris Burgess (209-C-79). Burgess played most recently at BC Donetsk (Ukraine). He is a well-known player in Turkish league as last season he played here for TTNET Beykozspor. 11.11.2008 22:31 |
| | Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 4 |
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| Efes Pilsen recorded an impressive 71-53 win over Besiktas Cola Turka for its third consecutive win in the Turkish League. Efes now trails only Galatasaray Cafe Crown and Turk Telekom, both undefeated. 10.11.2008 07:11 |
| | EuroBasket 2009 Draw Complete |
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| The eyes of European basketball were on Poland Saturday and the EuroBasket 2009 Draw held at the Capitol Theatre in Warsaw. 09.11.2008 06:47 |
| | Turkish League, Regular Season, Game 3 |
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| Defending champion Fenerbahce Ulker remained unbeaten in the Turkish League after three games, joining Turk Telekom and Galatasaray Cafe Crown atop the standings. Fener beat Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi 73-69 04.11.2008 03:51 |
| | Euroleague October MVP: Ersan Ilyasova |
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| Although it may seem contradictory, the best testimony for the first monthly MVP of the 2008-09 Euroleague season is how little he played while pacing his team to early dominance in its group. 04.11.2008 03:49 |
| | Market News in TBL |
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| Aliaga Petkim has signed Roderick Wilmont (193-G-83) (Fort Wayne Mad Ants (D-League,1T): 50 games: 11.7ppg, 2.9rpg) due to finger injury of Roberto Bergensen seperated him during three motnhs from the games. 03.11.2008 00:46 |
| | Efes inks big man Jones |
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| The morning after improving to 2-0 in regular season Group D, Efes Pilsen addressed its injury problems in the frontcourt by signing center Dwayne Jones for the rest of the season. 30.10.2008 19:44 |
| | Kasun Out Longer Than Expected |
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| Efes Pilsen center Mario Kasun who has not been able to play any official game yet due to a wrist injury he picked up in preseason, finally underwent surgery the other day. 29.10.2008 21:15 |
| | ITU signed Ibrahim Kutluay |
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| Turkish veteran player Ibrahim Kutluay (198-F/G-74), played for PAOK last year, decided to join TB2L side ITU. 29.10.2008 00:32 |
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UPCOMING GAMES GAME DAY 6 RESULTS
| 19.11.2008 | Efes Pilsen Fenerbahce Ulker | 69 63 | Besiktas Cola Turka Aliaga Petkim | 73 76 | CASA TED Kolejliler Banvitspor | 68 78 | Pinar Karsiyaka Mutlu Aku Selcuk Uni. | 93 92 | Oyak Renault Turk Telekom | 70 76 | Erdemirspor Galatasaray Cafe Crown | 53 63 | Mersin BSB. Darussafaka Cooper Tires | 86 74 | | 18.11.2008 | Kepez Bld. Antalya BSB. | 88 89 |
GAME DAY 6 LEADERS
| Ekene Ibekwe (SEL) | 31 | | Ralph Mims (KSK) | 29 | | Robert Traylor (KEP) | 24 | | Andrija Zizic (GAL) | 23 | | Kammron Taylor (KEP) | 23 | | Joseph Crispin (BAN) | 22 | | Sean Banks (DAR) | 21 | | Monty Mack (SEL) | 21 | | Marcus Melvin (ANT) | 21 | | Reha Oz (ALI) | 21 |
SEASON LEADERS
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| Aubrey Reese (ALI) | 24,00/6 | | Ralph Mims (KSK) | 23,50/6 | | Joseph Crispin (BAN) | 22,17/6 | | Ekene Ibekwe (SEL) | 20,67/6 | | Antonio Graves (GAL) | 19,00/6 | | Monty Mack (SEL) | 19,00/6 | | Alex Gordon (OYA) | 18,67/6 | | Chris Lofton (MER) | 18,00/6 | | Bo McCalebb (MER) | 17,50/6 | | Nate Funk (ERD) | 17,00/6 | | Total Rebounds |
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| Kerem Gonlum (EFE) | 10,17/6 | | Kimani Ffriend (MER) | 10,00/6 | | Leon Williams (KSK) | 9,83/6 | | James Thomas (ERD) | 9,17/6 | | Edmund Saunders (SEL) | 9,00/6 | | Mario Austin (N/A) | 8,75/4 | | Torrell Martin (KEP) | 8,33/6 | | Erek Hansen (TED) | 8,33/6 | | Robert Traylor (KEP) | 8,25/4 | | Marcus Douthit (ANT) | 8,17/6 | | Assists |
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| Hakan Koseoglu (KSK) | 6,33/6 | | Michael Green (ANT) | 6,00/6 | | Tutku Acik (TUR) | 5,67/6 | | Evren Buker (OYA) | 5,00/6 | | Cliff Hammonds (DAR) | 4,83/6 | | Joseph Crispin (BAN) | 4,67/6 | | Marques Green (FEN) | 4,50/6 | | Soner Senturk (DAR) | 4,50/6 | | Bernard King (ANT) | 4,50/4 | | Kevin Bell (TED) | 4,33/6 | | Efficiency Rating |
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| Ekene Ibekwe (SEL) | 22,00/6 | | Mike Benton (KSK) | 20,83/6 | | Lance Williams (BAN) | 19,83/6 | | Aubrey Reese (ALI) | 19,50/6 | | Joseph Crispin (BAN) | 19,50/6 | | Ralph Mims (KSK) | 18,33/6 | | Bo McCalebb (MER) | 17,83/6 | | Bernard King (ANT) | 17,75/4 | | Edward Davis (ALI) | 17,50/6 | | Devin Smith (FEN) | 17,33/6 |
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