By Bugra Uzar/ info@eurohoops.net
Fenerbahce completed the first half with a 10-point lead, but at the end of the third period the score was tied at 57-57. Still the hosts got the easy 84-72 win and the 2-1 lead in the BSL finals over Anadolu Efes.
Thanks to a 9-0 run at the start of the last period with Gigi Datome scoring 5 points, Fenerbahce got again a 66-57 lead and the game was over. With three minutes left, Efes had scored just 6 points in the period and Fenerbahce had a 76-63 advantage.
Bogdan Bogdanovic with 17 points was the top scorer of the winners, Jan Vesely added 16, Datome had 8 in total and Ekpe Udoh flirted with the double double (10 p., 9 r.). Fenerbahce needs two more wins in order to win the championship title.
From the losing side Thomas Heurtel scored 12 points and Dario Saric led all scorers with 18 points, playing in front of Sixers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo and coach Brett Brown.