Istanbul's Fenerbahce Ulker dominated their archrivals Galatasaray Liv Hospital 89 to 70 on Tuesday night, in the first match of the 2014 Turkish Beko Basketball League finals best-of-seven series.
From the tip-off until the final buzzer, Fenerbahce Ulker playing on its home court, were never worried by Galatasaray Liv Hospital.
"Yellow Canaries" guards Turkish-Bosnian Emir Preldzic, Macedonian international Bo McCalebb and Croatian center Luka Zoric all scored more than 10 points each. Turkish center Oguz Savas also added 10. Fenerbahce Ulker also dominated the boards grabbing a whopping 33 defensive rebounds.
From the start of the first quarter, Galatasaray Liv Hospital played feebly. Turkish guards Engin Atsur and Ender Arslan, scored 10 points each but failed to garner momentum to stop Fenerbahce's onslaught. Galatasaray's Puerto Rican star, Carlos Arroyo, had an abysmal performance with only seven points.
The second match of the series will be played on June 5 at Ulker Sports Arena at 1900GMT.
