Tofaş Lost Its Ticket to the Final Four

In the third and last match of the FIBA ​​Basketball Champions League (BCL) quarter-final series, TOFAŞ was the guest of Spain's Lenovo Tenerife team. The Blue Greens started the match played at Santiago Martin Arena with Cassius Winston, Marcus Denmon, Caleb Homesley, JJ O'Brien and Austin Wiley, and scored their first points with Austin Wiley. Bursa team ended the streak of Lenovo Tenerife, which had a 17-0 streak with consecutive points and made the score 7-21 at the 4th minute, with JJ O'Brien's basket, and ended the first period after the points of Cassius Winston and Ege Demir. He closed behind 26-11.

While the home team increased the difference to 21 (32-11) at the beginning of the second period, TOFAŞ Basketball Team, which made 3 consecutive three-pointers from Caleb Homesley, Omar Prewitt and Zeljko Sakic, reduced the difference to 13 in the 12th minute: 32-20. The Blue-Green team responded to the opponent's points with Caleb Homesley, Cassius Winston and Marcus Denmon after Tolga Geçim's three-pointer, and when they could not prevent Lenovo Tenerife's points in the last episode, they entered the locker room trailing 47-31.

Starting the third period with Austin Wiley's dunk, TOFAŞ Basketball Team could not prevent the gap from widening. While Lenovo Tenerife increased the difference to 26 (28-63) in the 35th minute, the home team entered the last quarter with a 65-41 advantage after the points of Zeljko Sakic, Marcus Denmon and Ege Demir. TOFAŞ, which had a bad day in terms of offensive performance, could not prevent the gap from widening after missed shots, and lost its chance to the Final Four by losing 78-55 on the court.

Ege Demir scored 11 points for TOFAŞ, away to Lenovo Tenerife; Marcus Denmon and Cassius Winston played with 7 points.