2016 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup

The 2016 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup was the 32nd edition of the Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup. The game was played by the Turkish Basketball League and Turkish Basketball Cup champions Fenerbahçe and the Turkish League runners-up Anadolu Efes.

2016 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup

Fenerbahçe Anadolu Efes 77 69
Date	5 October 2016 (2016-10-05)
Venue	Ankara Arena, Ankara
MVP	Bobby Dixon
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Anadolu Efes made its 20th appearance, while Fenerbahçe played in its 13th President's Cup and won its 6th title.

Venue

Ankara	Ankara 2016 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup (Turkey)
Ankara Arena
Capacity: 10,400

Match details

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was in the attendance for the game. By halftime, Anadolu Efes was looking at a 37–29 deficit. By the end of the game, the difference was stayed the same and Anadolu Efes never really came close to Fenerbahçe. Bobby Dixon, who scored 19 points was named the President's Cup MVP.^[1]

5 October 2016	Fenerbahçe	77–69	Anadolu Efes	Ankara
20:00 (TRT)	Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 24–18, 25–29, 13–13
	Pts: Dixon, Datome 19 Rebs: Udoh 9 Asts: Sloukas 7	Boxscore	Pts: Granger 15 Rebs: Honeycutt 11 Asts: Granger 7	Arena: Ankara Spor Salonu

Fenerbahçe v Anadolu Efes

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 35 Bobby Dixon 19 3 1 SG 21 James Nunnally 0 1 2 SF 70 Luigi Datome 17 3 2 PF 8 Ekpe Udoh 11 9 0 C 24 Jan Veselý 15 5 0 Reserves: PF 5 Barış Hersek 0 0 0 SG 10 Melih Mahmutoğlu 3 5 3 PF 12 Pero Antić 0 2 1 PG 16 Kostas Sloukas 12 2 7 SF 18 Egehan Arna DNP PG 23 Berk Uğurlu 0 0 1 C 44 Ahmet Düverioğlu DNP Head coach: Željko Obradović

Fenerbahçe Anadolu Efes 0 Fenerbahçe Statistics A. Efes 21/40 (52.5%) 2-pt field goals 20/38 (52.6%) 9/27 (33.3%) 3-pt field goals 4/15 (26.7%) 8/11 (72.3%) Free throws 17/23 (73.9%) 14 Offensive rebounds 10 16 Defensive rebounds 21 30 Total rebounds 31 17 Assists 15 13 Turnovers 15 5 Steals 8 5 Blocks 1 21 Fouls 18 2016 Presidential Cup champions Fenerbahçe (6th title)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 15 Jayson Granger 15 3 7 SG 6 Cedi Osman 5 2 1 SF 12 Tyler Honeycutt 13 11 1 PF 2 Derrick Brown 0 2 0 C 42 Bryant Dunston 10 7 1 Reserves: PF 1 Deshaun Thomas 12 4 0 SG 3 Oğulcan Baykan DNP PG 4 Doğuş Balbay 0 0 0 C 9 Samet Geyik DNP SG 10 Furkan Korkmaz 2 1 0 PF 11 Berk Demir DNP PG 31 Thomas Heurtel 12 1 4 Head coach: Velimir Perasović

References

1. "Fenerbahce beat Anadolu Efes and got the president's Cup". Eurohoops.net. 5 October 2016.