KO Basket saw off Darüşşafaka 70:62 in a Turkish Basketball League fixture on Wednesday evening. The hosts moved into tenth place while the visitors slipped to eleventh after the result. Both sides have played thirty-four games this season with nothing to separate them beyond the odd point in the standings.
We had the home side winning at fifty-three per cent confidence before kick-off and the scoreline backed that up. It wasn't a runaway — the visitors stayed within striking distance for long stretches — but KO Basket felt the pressure and held firm when it mattered. There is no value left at that number when the edge is this slim.
On recent form the hosts showed vulnerability, losing four of their last five across all competitions. Saturday's win over Fenerbahçe 81:68 was their only victory in that span. Darüşşafaka started brighter, beating Kechoren Baglum 91:83 on their last outing before this fixture.
The gap between them remains tight — just one win and three points separate tenth and eleventh. KO Basket's away record has been their Achilles heel, and tonight's result does little to mask that weakness. Darüşşafaka will make life awkward for anyone in the play-off hunt with this kind of consistency.
By then, the standings will look very different if either side starts stringing results together. For now, KO Basket have hit a wall at the wrong end of the table but took the points that were within reach. The old head settled them down after the visitors pushed back in the fourth quarter.
