The Turkish side improved to 4-0 in games with 90+ points
Turk Telekom's offense shined in do-or-die showdown
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Turk Telekom Ankara knows it can play defense, but offense has been a bit of an issue this season. There was no such problem at that side of the court against Buducnost VOLI Podgorica in racing into the BKT EuroCup Quarterfinals.
Turk Telekom made 72.4% percent of its two-pointers and 42.9% percent of its three-pointers in grabbing a 93-73 victory in front of the boisterous crowd at the Ankara Spor Salonu. The home side also held Buducnost to just 47.7% on two-pointers and 26.9% from long-range.
“That was a great fight today. We played against a really strong team. We gave up 19 offensive rebounds, but other than that our defensive toughness was the key,” said Turk Telekom head coach Erdem Can, whose team will face Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv in the quarterfinals.
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Turk Telekom came into the game averaging 79.8 points scored, ranking 14th in the EuroCup. And whenever the offense is clicking, the team wins.
Turk Telekom improved to 4-0 this season when scoring at least 90 points. They won at home 99-80 over U-BT Cluj-Napoca in Round 7; beat 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys 93-98 on the road in Round 10; and took down Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse 98-89 at home in Round 13.
Can’s men did a great job sharing the offensive load against Buducnost. Five players scored in double figures, topped by Anthony Brown’s 20 points while Olivier Hanlan and Speedy Smith combined for 11 points and 15 assists.
In total, Turk Telekom dished out 26 assists for the game, setting a new season high. The output was still a bit off the club’s all-time mark of 32 assists.
Many of those passes came on the break as Turk Telekom took the fast break points category 18-2 while creating 25 points off 13 turnovers by Buducnost, which had 9 points from Turk Telekom’s 11 miscues.
“We managed our aggressiveness and played the right defense. This is just one game. We qualified, we need to go step by step. We have a long way to go,” Can added.