Anadolu Efes Istanbul (12-3) took care of Besiktas Icrypex (8-8) at the Turkish Basketball Superleague 87-72 (28-18, 24-17, 20-22, 15-15).
Efes grabbed the visitors by the throat right from the get-go, gaining a double-digit advantage in the first (28-18). Their onslaught didn't stop in the second, with Efes' lead ballooning to 17 points at halftime (52-35).
Besiktas reduced their deficit to 12 in the third (55-67), but that was their best effort, as Efes ran away entirely in the fourth quarter. Their advantage increased to 24 points (83-59), and despite a late run by Besiktas, Efes won by 15.
Bugrahan Tuncer led Efes with 24 points (10/13 2PT, 1/4 3PT, 1/1 FT0, 4 rebounds, 2 turnovers, and 20 PIR. Rodrigue Beaubois added 20 points (1/1 2PT, 6/7 3PT) and 22 PIR.
Efes played tonight without Shane Larkin, Dogus Balbay, Elijah Bryant, Tolga Gecim, Adrien Moerman, Tibor Pleiss, James Anderson, and Filip Petrusev.
Efes: Bugrahan Tuncer 24, Rodrigue Beaubois 20, Erten Gazi 11, Egemen Guven 16, Vasilije Micic 11.
Besiktas: Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 14 (9 REB, 5 AST), Furkan Haltali 13, Joshua Reeves 11 (5 REB), Ercan Osmani 7 (5 REB).
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