Turk Telekom Ankara prevailed in a tough battle with Dolomiti Energia Trento 82-75 thanks to a big fourth quarter. And the biggest reason for the strong final push was Aubrey Dawkins.
Dawkins turned the game around for Turk Telekom with thrilling plays
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Turk Telekom took the final frame 28-16 in coming back from a 10-point deficit late in the third quarter. The 26-year-old EuroCup rookie shined in the comeback. Dawkins scored just 2 points in the first three quarters and then used his athleticism to take over the contest.
He went baseline and threw down a massive dunk to give Turk Telekom a 67-66 lead. He followed shortly with a three-pointer from the top of the key. Dawkins was far from done. He added a three-point play off a baseline drive, 3 free throws and then a spectacular alley-oop on the break in the closing seconds. All told, Dawkins scored 15 of his 17 points in the final 10 minutes.
It was not Dawkins’s biggest output of the season; he poured in 18 points against Slask Wroclaw in Round 3. But it was the second time Dawkins proved too much for Trento after he went for 15 points and 4 rebounds against the same team in Round 7.