By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
After winning the first two games at home, Fenerbahce closed the series on the road in Game 3, winning 93-84 and sweeping 3-0 Bahcesehir to advance to the Turkish League Finals.
Wade Baldwin and Metecan Birsen each scored 16 points to drag the reigning champs.
Nigel Hayes-Davis finished with 10 points and 7 rebounds in front of Boston Celtics‘ head coach Joe Mazzulla, who travelled to Turkiye to take a look at the American forward.
On Bahcesehir, the former player of the yellow-and-blue team, Sehmus Hazer finished with a losing effort of 19 points and 7 assists; Furkan Korkmaz added 15 points in the defeat.
In the other matchup of this year’s Semi-Finals, Besiktas and Anadolu Efes are currently tied at 1-1, with the black-and-white team hosting the first two games.
Whoever wins will go up against the reigning EuroLeague champions, who have now progressed to the Turkish League Finals in back-to-back fashion. In 2023-24, they beat Efes 3-1 for the title.
Turkish Basketball Super League – 2024-25 Semi-Finals
G1, Fenerbahce – Bahcesehir 93-76
G2, Fenerbahce – Bahcesehir 91-89
G3, Bahcesehir – Fenerbahce 84-93
G1, Besiktas – Anadolu Efes 87-90
G2, Besiktas – Anadolu Efes 97-70
G3, Anadolu Efes – Besiktas (10/06 at 19:30 CET)
G4, Anadolu Efes – Besiktas (12/06 at 19:30 CET)
PHOTO CREDIT: Turkish Airlines EuroLeague