Beşiktaş ends TBL regular season with Antalya match

May 01 2012 16:14:50

Beşiktaş ends TBL regular season with Antalya match

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Beşiktaş Milangaz players celebrate winning the Eurochallenge trophy in Hungary. AFP photo

Eurochallenge champion Beşiktaş hosts Antalya BB tonight in the last regular season game of the Beko Turkish Basketball League.

The game will mark Beşiktaş’s first meeting in front of their fans three days after clinching the Eurochallenge, the third-tier European competition, with a win over Chalon.

Beşiktaş is fourth and will not lose its place even if it loses tonight’s game. Antalya BB will finish the season in the 13th spot as well.

Beşiktaş will meet fifth Fenerbahçe Ülker in the first round playoffs, while regular season leader Galatasaray meets eighth Tofaş, second Banvit takes on Aliağa, and third Anadolu Efes plays sixth Pınar Karşıyaka.

Tonight’s game starts at 8 p.m.

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