By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Shane Larkin had 27 points and five assists as Anadolu Efes beat Darussafaka Lassa 87 – 74 on the road to improve to 25 – 4 and clinch the first seed in the Turkish BSL League with one round remaining in the regular season.
Darussafaka, dropped to 17 – 12.
Will Clyburn added 19 points plus nine rebounds, Elijah Bryant scored 10 points and Ercan Osmani contributed 10 points of his own for Efes.
James Woodard and Muhammad Ali Abdur-Rakhman led Darussafaka with 16 points apiece. Can Korkmaz dropped 11 points and Lloyd Pandi posted 10 points plus seven rebounds.
This game concluded Day 29 in BSL with the exception of the postponed match between Fenerbahce Beko and Bursaspor due to the former’s busy week against AS Monaco in Game 3 (Wednesday 1/5) and 4 (Friday 3/5) of the EuroLeague playoffs.
2023-24 Turkish BSL Round 29 Results:
Galatasaray Ekmas 113 – 69 Reeder Samsunspor
Pinar Karsiyaka 97 – 73 Yukatel Merkezefendi Bld.
Cagdas Bodrumspor 67 – 87 Manisa Buyuksehir Bld.
ONVO Buyukcekmece 96 – 94 OT Aliaga Petkim Spor
Turk Telekom 83 – 89 Besiktas Emlakjet
Bahcesehir Koleji 85 – 90 Tofas
Darussafaka Lassa 74 – 87 Anadolu Efes
Bursaspor Info Yatirim (postponed Fenerbahce Beko