I take that back that was Hakan Demirel with the moves, but Akyol was good too.
But, couple of game recaps from those games last year
A magnificent team of Turkey got a surprise blowout of a lackluster Serbia & Montenegro 76-56. They trailed in only the first quarter and were carried on the big shoulders of their center, Oguz Savas, who scored his tournament-high 19 points on 8/10 shooting. Cenk Akyol contributed big as well with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. It was a good beginning for the Serbians, as they led by 5 after a few (14-9, 6 by Aleksandrov): there, Polat Kaya exploded driving an 11-0 run covering the first and the second quarter: Semih Erden bolstered the defense, Cenk Akyol ran the offense (12 with 5/8 in first half) and Turkey began to break away 22-30. Aleksandrov got two buckets in the fastbreak, so SCG could end with just a 9-point deficit the first 20 minutes (26-35). Turkey accelerated again in the third, reaching +13 leads twice and +14 with Kaya (38-52). Aleksandrov converted a triple and two ft’s (16+9 overall), but after Serbia cut the deficit to 6 points (47-53), Akyol scored an inside shot at 24-sec buzzer and Kaya sank a three (47-58, min 33). So it’s over, Serbian gave up definitively closing the match with a 0-14 run, guided by Hakan Demirel (12, 6 assists, 6 steals). Tomorrow Turkey will face France in front of their NT coach Bogdan Tanjevic.
----------------------------------------------------------
Turkey managed 40 minutes and took a handy 73-64 win over Bulgaria. The first quarter was the key, with Izic’s band leading with a score of 36 and allowing 17. That was Hakan Demirel’s time as he finished with 15 (5/6) in first half. Bulgaria resisted with Deian Ivanov only (14 in 20’) but needed a second-shooter: he appeared in only the second half, as Slaveykov scored 11, but Turkey’s guard Cenk Akyol sank all the clutch shots finishing with a game-high 23 points.