By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Anadolu Efes met Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor on the road n Day 23 of the Turkish League and prevailed 76-84 despite the struggling. Velimiri Perasovic‘s team improved to a 21-2 record in the league.
Cedi Osman was the leading scorer for the winners with 17 points, Jayson Granger followed with 14.
Bryant Dunston and Derrick Brown were influential for the visitors in the first part of the match, though at the end of the first quarter, the hosts had a 22-19 advantage.
Ricky Ledo‘s paced Yesilgiresun and helped his team stay up by 7 at halftime, 35-28.
The hosts’ superiority continued in the third quarter, even though Brown trimmed the deficit to 2 points for Efes at 28′. After 30 minutes, the score was 65-59.
Early in the final period, Ledo expanded his team’s lead to 10 points, 69-59, then Tyler Honeycutt brought Efes close to 2 points again, then eventually Cedi Osman gave his team the lead with 2 minutes to go.