Looking for a recipe to stay in the Group B playoff race, last season's finalist found the ingredients in defense and rebounding its own misses.
Turk Telekom knows it has to keep on winning
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Round 14 of 18
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Turk Telekom Ankara edged even closer to the playoffs ranks in Group B after beating Dolomiti Energia Trento 78-70. But the Turkish side knows it still has work to do.
Turk Telekom not only beat Trento for its fourth win in the last five games for a 5-9 record but it also now holds the tiebreaker over the Italian club, which dropped to 6-8.
"It was a must win for us. You need to win all your home games to be able to qualify," Turk Telekom coach Selcuk Ernak, whose team moved to 3-4 at home this season, said.
"Now we have won four of five and we are only thinking step by step, game by game. We have to keep on winning."
The 2023 EuroCup runner-up has home games left against 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys and Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse, but still must play at reigning champion Dreamland Gran Canaria and Slask Wroclaw in the last four rounds.
Turk Telekom's defense, offensive rebound were key
Turk Telekom did a good job defensively against Trento, holding the guests to just 70 points – 13.2 points below its average coming into the game.
A major reason for that was limiting Andrejs Grazulis to just 3 points and keeping Kamar Baldwin under wraps at 8 points. Both of Trento’s stars came into the game averaging 14.1 points per game.
“Except for the first quarter, I am pretty satisfied with the defense we played," the Turk Telekom coach said. "Trento is a very talented team and scores more than 80 points per game. We managed to keep them at 70 points. That was the key."
Turk Telekom also dominated the glass, winning the rebound battle 42-27 with 11 offensive rebounds to keep up its league-high average of 13.1. Trento managed just 3 boards off its own glass, 8.5 below its average. That helped Turk Telekom to a 13-6 advantage in second-chance points.
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