{"id":391885,"date":"2026-01-04T22:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/391885\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:15:13","slug":"anadolu-efes-defeats-mersin-on-saben-lees-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/391885\/","title":{"rendered":"Anadolu Efes defeats Mersin on Saben Lee\u2019s debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    2026-01-04T12:55:39+00:00<br \/>\n    2026-01-04T12:55:39+00:00<br \/>\n    2026-01-04T12:55:39+00:00.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"author__avatar hide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/author\/n-miloradovic\/?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/d82d18bc21d043c415112d81bf0a13d9.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-46 photo\" height=\"46\" width=\"46\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author__name visually-hidden\" itemprop=\"name\">Nikola Miloradovic<\/p>\n<p>      04\/Jan\/26 12:55<\/p>\n<p>      Eurohoops.net<\/p>\n<p>          <a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-header.png\"\/><br \/>\n          <\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/author\/?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        Nikola Miloradovic      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/b4218a9f-untitled-design-4.png\" class=\"featured-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"\"   data-image-size=\"largepost\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"images.eurohoops.net\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2026\/01\/b4218a9f-untitled-design-4.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An important win for Anadolu Efes<\/p>\n<p>By Eurohoops Team \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/en\/tbl\/1914837\/anadolu-efes-defeats-mersin-on-saben-lees-debut\/mailto:info@eurohoops.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">info@eurohoops.net<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After three straight defeats across competitions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/anadolu-efes\/?lang=en\" title=\"Anadolu Efes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anadolu Efes<\/a> bounced back in the Turkish BSL, defeating Mersin 93-80, as Saben Lee made his debut for the team.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/olympiacos\/?lang=en\" title=\"Olympiacos\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympiacos<\/a> guard scored nine points and handed out seven assists in his first appearance for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/anadolu-efes\/?lang=en\" title=\"Efes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Efes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>David Mutaf led the way with 22 points, while Brice Dessert added 19 points and five rebounds. Cole Swindler chipped in 13 points.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Poirier missed the game through a knee injury, joining Georgios Papagiannis, Shane Larkin, and Burak Can Yildizli on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>For Mersin, Justin Cobbs scored 14, Gabriel Olaseni and Jack White added 13 each, and Francisco Cruz finished with 11 points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/anadolu-efes\/?lang=tr#\" title=\"Anadolu Efes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anadolu Efes<\/a> improves to 8\u20136 in the BSL standings, while Mersin drops to 4\u201310.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-01-04T12:55:39+00:00 2026-01-04T12:55:39+00:00 2026-01-04T12:55:39+00:00. 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