By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Shane Larkin is used to big-time plays and proved so once again as he hit the game-winner to lead Anadolu Efes to an 82-80 overtime victory over Pinar Karsiyaka and take the top position of the Turkish League standings.
God-mode Larkin at the buzzer after overtimepic.twitter.com/udHnAawIlf
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With 21 seconds to go into the fourth period, Larkin tied the score to 73 points. Karsiyaka’s Tony Taylor missed the chance to hit the game-winner with four seconds left, sending the game to overtime. Efes used the extra five-minute period at the fullest, and quickly got a 7-0 run. Karsiyaka answered to tie the score once again, with Larkin having the last say at the final buzzer.
He completed the game with 21 points, four rebounds, as Vasilije Micic also added 20 points, five rebounds, and four assists.
Earlier in Round 15, De Colo paced Fenerbahce to victory over Bursaspor.
This was a crucial victory for Efes that now tops the standings with a 14-1 record, leaving Karsiyaka and Fenerbahce behind at a 12-3 record.
BSL Day 15 results:
Galatasaray – Gaziantep 96 – 84 (Harrison 18, Jelovac 22)
OGM Ormanspor – Besiktas 72 – 80 (Warren 26, Mckissic 19)
Bahcesehir – Turk Telekom 72 – 87 (Hardy 16, Fall 32)
Tofas – Buyukcekmece 110 – 68 (Lojeski 20, Andrews 18)
Fenerbahce – Bursaspor 86 – 83 (De Colo 29, Jones 25)
Darussafaka – Bandirma 96 – 88 (Colton 20, Smith 23)
Pinar Karsiyaka – Anadolu Efes 80 – 82 (OT) (Taylor 17, Larkin 21)
Afyon Belediye – Sigortam.net ITU 96- 71 (Zanna 13, Mobley 26)
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