By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Four players scored in double figures for an Anadolu Efes team that beat Fenerbahce Beko 74 – 57 on the road to take a 2-1 lead in the Turkish League Finals.
Shane Larkin and Rodrigue Beaubois contributed 19 points apiece to Efes while Adrien Moerman posted a double-double of 16 points and 13 rebounds. Vasilije Micic added 15 points.
Nikola Kalinic led Fener’s scorers with 17 points. Bobby Dixon dropped 13 points and Nicolo Melli 11.
Efes began assuming control of the game in the second period. Coach Ergin Ataman’s players forced their opponents to just five points in the last eight minutes of the first half to go to the locker with a 26 – 36 lead.
Fener was unable to react enough to get at a shooting distance, shooting poorly from the 3-point line (5/34). With seven minutes left to play, Efes went up 52 – 63, an advantage that no Fener comeback could overcome.
Before the match, Fener fans raised a banner with a condolences message for Fenerbahce guard Kostas Sloukas who lost his father Tuesday (11/6).
Game 4 of the best-of-seven series takes place at Fener Saturday (15/6).