The French side pulled away in the fourth quarter to continue its magical journey
Bourg beats Besiktas 89-63 to reach the EuroCup Finals
Game Report
3 Mins read
The BKT EuroCup Finals series is set after Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse defeated Besiktas Emlakjet Istanbul 89-63 at Ekinox on Wednesday night in Game 3 of their best-of-three semifinal matchup. Bourg’s triumph means that it will face Paris Basketball in the finals in an all-French affair.
Maksim Salash paced Bourg on the night with a joint career high of 19 points, while Axel Julien added 11 and Isiaha Mike and Kevin Kokila both chipped in with 10 apiece. Derek Needham was Besiktas’s lone double-digit scorer on the night, netting 18.
Game Videos
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Antonio Blakeney: 'It was a hard-fought win'
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Valencia Basket-Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv | SF Game 3 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Foster wins it! Magic Moment of the Night
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Reuvers's alley-oop dunk! Magic Moment
- 00:06
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Costello's big block! Magic Moment
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Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana-Besiktas Fibabank Istabul | Eighthfinals Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Plavsic at it again! Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Plavsic violates the rim! Magic Moment
- 00:11
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What a dunk from Sleva! Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Allman gets airborne! Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Plavsic with a superb dunk! Magic Moment
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Valencia Basket-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Kokila’s monster block! Magic Moment
- 00:10
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Casteneda’s bounce pass for Pansa’s dunk! Magic Moment
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Besiktas Fibabank Istanbul-Dolomiti Energia Trento | Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Allman dunks on the fly! Magic Moment
- 00:14
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Terry bends the rim! Magic Moment
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Dreamland Gran Canaria-Besiktas Fibabank Istanbul | Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem | Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Needham finds Plavsic on his back! Magic Moment
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana | Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Besiktas Fibabank Istanbul-Trefl Sopot | Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Uros Plavsic powers the alley-oop! Magic Moment
- 00:26
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Plavsic with great vision! Magic Moment
- 02:50
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Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'Coach is yelling at me now... it never stops!'
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 22 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Colson's wild put-back slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Colson ignites the crowd! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:29
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Francisco beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Aris Midea Thessaloniki-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Besiktas Fibabank Istanbul-Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius | Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Joventut Badalona-Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul | Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Terry throws it down! Magic Moment
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys | Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Turk Telekom-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Pansa rejects Durmaz! Magic Moment
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ratiopharm Ulm-Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul | Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Valencia Basket-7-bet Lietkabelis Panevezys | Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Umana Reyer Venice | Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv-Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul | Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Courby goes from defense to offense! Magic Moment
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Pansa dunks off Castaneda’s alley-oop pass! Magic Moment
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Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul-Bahcesehir College Istanbul | Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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U-BT Cluj-Napoca-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Buducnost VOLI Podgorica-Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Veolia Towers Hamburg | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Dolomiti Energia Trento-Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul | Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Valencia Basket | Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Castaneda's circus shot! Magic Moment
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Kokila's alley-oop dunk! Magic Moment
The game got off to a good start for Bourg as it opened a 7-0 lead, with Besiktas’s first points of the night coming almost three and half minutes into the first quarter. Besiktas was able to keep things close through Kyle Allman and Kerem Konan, with Jonah Mathews having to go to the bench with two early fouls, but Bourg was able to get scores from multiple players, like Kokila, Julien and Salash, as it ended the first 10 minutes with a 23-21 advantage.
Besiktas tied the game on a couple of occasions in the second quarter as Needham and Mathews combined to cause problems for the hosts, but Mike hit back a couple of times to ensure Bourg stayed in front, 33-30. However, after Needham and Mathews combined to give Besiktas its first lead of the night, 35-37, there was a coming together between Angel Delgado, Bodian Massa and Mike which resulted in Delgado and Massa being ejected from the game. Delgado got hit with an unsportsmanlike foul and a technical, whereas Massa was given a disqualifying foul. Five straight points to end the half saw Bourg lead 44-41 at the break.
Jeremy Morgan, who was dealing with a bad ankle in the first half, reappeared for the second half and made quite the impression as he put Bourg 48-44 ahead, before foul trouble started to really affect Besiktas. Needham gave the Turkish side what proved to be its last lead of the game, 48-49, then not long after Mathews was called for his fourth foul, leading to a technical against head coach Dusan Alimpijevic. It looked as though it was going to become one-way traffic, but Besiktas’s bench guys, such as Samet Yigitoglu and Berk Ugurlu, used their hustle to keep things tight, with Bourg up 65-59 after 30 minutes.
Marko Simonovic went 1 for 2 from the free-throw line to start the fourth quarter, making it 65-60, but the wheels would soon fall off for Besiktas. Salash would score a layup, Hugo Benitez netted a jumper and Maxime Courby struck a corner three to suddenly make it a 12-point game, 72-60. Then, Mathews fouled out and Bourg capitalized by draining back-to-back threes, first from Courby and then from Zaccharie Risacher, 78-60. Simonovic was the next to foul out, before Coach Alimpijevic received his second technical and was ejected. Bourg coasted the rest of the way en route to an 89-63 victory, having held Besiktas to just 4 fourth-quarter points.
