Fatih Erel
19 January 2019•Update: 20 January 2019
By Fatih Erel
ISTANBUL
Anadolu Efes defeated Darussafaka Tekfen 82-68 Friday in Round 19 of the 2018-19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season.
The team recorded its fourth straight win at home and improved to 13-6 in the standings to remain in fourth place.
Darussafaka dropped to 2-17. The team is 16th overall and at the bottom of the league.
Adrien Moerman led Efes with 15 points in the match in Istanbul.
The results follow Turkish Airlines EuroLeague leader Fenerbahce Beko's 82-64 win Thursday against Spain's Herbalife Gran Canaria in an away match.
Fenerbahce Beko, which were last year’s EuroLeague finalists, currently top the league at 17-2.
EuroLeague competitions bring Europe's top basketball clubs together.
Sixteen teams are competing this season -- four Spanish, three Turkish, two Russian, two Greek teams and one team each from Germany, Italy, Israel, Lithuania Montenegro.
Turkey is represented in the tournament by Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahce Beko Darussafaka Tekfen.
The regular season is being played from Oct. 11, to April 5, 2019.
The top eight will advance to the playoffs, which will be held from April 16-30.
The Final Four will be played between May 17-19 in single-elimination matchups.
