Baron executes Gaziantep in epic double-OT battle

2017-10-28T22:07:02+00:00 2017-10-29T22:12:30+00:00.

Antonis Stroggylakis

28/Oct/17 22:07

Eurohoops.net

It was a fittingly magnificent finale in an epic battle for the ages. But not the only amazing game-winner today in Turkey.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

After two overtime periods and with eight seconds remaining in what was by far the best game of the 2017-2018 Turkish Basketball Super League, Billy Baron decided to put the icing on the cake.

With Eskisehir down 116 -118 on the road against Gaziantep, the American guard struck from downtown, handling his team a 119 – 118 victory, its third in the season.

It was quite the shot, right?

Baron finished the match with a team-high 26 points while former NBA champion Jeff Ayres added 20 points and 18 (!) rebounds. Mark Lyons had 30 points and Victor Rudd scored 28 and grabbed 12 rebounds for Gaziantep.

Earlier, Tolga Gecim hit a crazy game-winner to give Banvit a 73 – 70 victory over Trabzonspor.

BSL 2017-2018, 28/10 Results:

HOME

AWAY

CURRENT SCORE

FT

HT

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

BANVIT BK

TRABZONSPOR

75-72

75-72

46-37

21-22

25-15

19-19

10-16

BESIKTAS SOMPO JAPAN

USAK SPORTIF

77-70

77-70

43-27

20-6

23-21

13-24

21-19

GAZIANTEP BASKETBOL

ESKISEHIR BASKET SK

118-119

93-93

44-50

23-33

21-17

31-16

18-27

BSL 2017-2018 Standings:

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
1
ESKISEHIR BASKET SK
7
4
3
1
341 – 335
6
2
TOFAS
6
3
3
0
266 – 233
33
3
BANVIT BK
6
4
2
2
277 – 292
-15
4
BESIKTAS SOMPO JAPAN
6
4
2
2
329 – 318
11
5
YESILGIRESUN BLD.
5
3
2
1
237 – 238
-1
6
5
3
2
1
256 – 218
38
7
SAKARYA BUYUKSEHIR B.
5
3
2
1
237 – 232
5
8
GALATASARAY ODEABANK
5
3
2
1
240 – 202
38
9
USAK SPORTIF
5
4
1
3
288 – 307
-19
10
TRABZONSPOR
5
4
1
3
336 – 337
-1
11
GAZIANTEP BASKETBOL
5
4
1
3
321 – 370
-49
12
4
3
2
1
255 – 256
-1
13
DEMIR INSAAT BUYUKCEKMECE
4
3
1
2
223 – 230
-7
14
PINAR KARSIYAKA
4
3
1
2
240 – 250
-10
15
ISTANBUL BUYUKSEHIR B.
4
3
1
2
251 – 261
-10
16
DARUSSAFAKA BASKETBOL
4
3
1
2
230 – 248
-18

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