2020–21 Basketbol Süper Ligi

The 2020–21 Basketbol Süper Ligi was the 55th season of the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Turkey.

Basketbol Süper Ligi
Season	2020–21
Dates	26 September 2020 – 7 June 2021
Games played	259
Teams	16
TV partner(s)	Tivibu
Regular season
Season MVP	Alperen Şengün
Relegated	OGM Ormanspor Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor
Finals
Champions	Anadolu Efes (15th title)
Runners-up	Fenerbahçe Beko
Semifinalists	Beşiktaş Icrypex Pınar Karşıyaka
Finals MVP	Rodrigue Beaubois
Statistical leaders
Points Paco Cruz 19.6 Rebounds Mouhammadou Jaiteh 11.0 Assists Chris Wright 8.3 Index Rating Alperen Şengün 26.8
Records
Biggest home win	Fenerbahçe Beko 117–59 Pınar Karşıyaka (4 April 2021)
Biggest away win	OGM Ormanspor 61–101 Pınar Karşıyaka (30 April 2021)
Highest scoring	Frutti Extra Bursaspor 107–108 Türk Telekom (7 November 2020)
Winning streak	22 games Anadolu Efes
Losing streak	8 games Frutti Extra Bursaspor
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The season is the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous season was cancelled in May 2020.^[1]

Teams

On May 11, 2020, it was declared the previous season was cancelled by Turkish Basketball Federation. Since this season was cancelled, there was no promotion and relegation.

On July 29, 2020, it was announced Sigortam.Net İTÜ (Team has been renamed to Bakırköy Basket after end of last season) has been removed from league by TBF due to financial issues. Instead of them, Petkim Spor will play in the league.^[2] On August 21, 2020 Teksüt Bandırma announced that they withdrew from league due to financial issues.^[3] Later on the same day TBF has announced that 2020–21 season will be played with 15 teams.^[4] On September 4, 2020, Arbitration Board of Sports decided, application of Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket is valid and they could be the 16th team of BSL.^[5]

On September 18, TBF announced Fethiye Belediyespor would be the 16th team.^[6]

Venues

Istanbul

Gaziantep Basketbol

Pınar Karşıyaka

Petkim Spor

Tofaş
Bursaspor

Afyon

Türk Telekom

OGM Ormanspor

Fethiye Belediyespor

Locations of the 2020–21 Basketbol Süper Ligi clubs

Anadolu Efes

Bahçeşehir

Beşiktaş

Fenerbahçe

Galatasaray

Darüşşafaka

Büyükçekmece

Istanbul Basketbol Süper Ligi clubs

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000
Bahçeşehir Koleji	Istanbul	Akatlar Arena	3,200
Beşiktaş Icrypex	Istanbul	Akatlar Arena	3,200
Büyükçekmece Basketbol	Istanbul	Gazanfer Bilge Spor Salonu	3,000
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	Istanbul	Volkswagen Arena Istanbul	5,000
Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol	Gaziantep	Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall	6,400
Fenerbahçe Beko	Istanbul	Ülker Sports Arena	13,800
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	Bursa	Tofaş Nilüfer Sports Hall	7,500
Galatasaray	Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	Afyonkarahisar	Prof. Dr. Veysel Eroğlu Spor Salonu	2,800
Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor	Fethiye, Muğla	Eldirek Spor Salonu	2,000
OGM Ormanspor	Ankara	Ankara Arena	10,400
Petkim Spor	İzmir	Aliağa Belediyesi ENKA Spor Salonu	3,000
Pınar Karşıyaka	İzmir	Karşıyaka Arena	5,000
Tofaş	Bursa	Tofaş Nilüfer Sports Hall	7,500
Türk Telekom	Ankara	Ankara Arena	10,400

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
Anadolu Efes	Ergin Ataman	Doğuş Balbay	Bilcee	Anadolu Efes
Bahçeşehir Koleji	Erhan Ernak	Deniz Kılıçlı	Playoff	Bahçeşehir Koleji
Beşiktaş Icrypex	Ahmet Kandemir	Mehmet Yağmur	Macron	Sompo Japan Sigorta
Büyükçekmece Basketbol	Özhan Çıvgın	Osiris Eldridge	Dafron	N/A
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	Selçuk Ernak	Erkan Veyseloğlu	Dafron	Tekfen
Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol	Nenad Marković	Can Uğur Öğüt	Dafron	Empera Halı
Fenerbahçe Beko	Igor Kokoškov	Melih Mahmutoğlu	Nike	Beko
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	Dušan Alimpijević	Ender Arslan	Kappa	Uludağ Frutti Extra
Galatasaray	Ekrem Memnun	Göksenin Köksal	Givova	Doğa Sigorta
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	Can Sevim	Sinan Sağlam	Barex	HDI Sigorta
Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor	Alkım Ay	Barış Hersek	Barex	Esnaf Hastanesi
OGM Ormanspor	Korhan Aydanarığ	Cevher Özer	Wanisax	N/A
Petkim Spor	Kęstutis Kemzūra	Yiğitcan Turna	Barex	Petkim
Pınar Karşıyaka	Ufuk Sarıca	Semih Erden	S by Sportive	Pınar
Tofaş	Hakan Demir	D. J. White	Dafron	Fiat
Türk Telekom	Burak Gören	Muhammed Baygül	Dafron	Türk Telekom

Head coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	Serkan Erdoğan	Mutual consent	12 June 2020[7]	Pre-season	Tutku Açık	9 August 2020[8]
Fenerbahçe Beko	Željko Obradović	Mutual consent	23 June 2020[9]		Igor Kokoškov	2 July 2020[10]
Tofaş	Orhun Ene	Mutual consent	26 October 2020[11]	8th (2–3)	Hakan Demir	29 October 2020[12]
Beşiktaş Icrypex	Burak Bıyıktay	Mutual consent	8 November 2020[13]	16th (0–6)	Ahmet Kandemir	8 November 2020[13]
Galatasaray	Ertuğrul Erdoğan	Mutual consent	10 November 2020[14]	15th (2–5)	Ömer Uğurata	3 December 2020[15]
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	Tutku Açık	Mutual consent	23 November 2020[16]	11th (3–5)	Dušan Alimpijević	24 November 2020[17]
Bahçeşehir Koleji	Zafer Aktaş	Mutual consent	8 December 2020[18]	9th (4–7)	Erhan Ernak	8 December 2020[19]
Galatasaray	Ömer Uğurata	Mutual consent	12 January 2021[20]	15th (5–11)	Ekrem Memnun	14 January 2021[21]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Anadolu Efes	30	29	1	2664	2267	+397	59	Advance to playoffs
2	Fenerbahçe Beko	30	22	8	2627	2291	+336	52
3	Pınar Karşıyaka[a]	30	21	9	2527	2320	+207	50
4	Tofaş	30	19	11	2597	2444	+153	49
5	Beşiktaş Icrypex[b]	30	19	11	2567	2435	+132	48
6	Türk Telekom	30	17	13	2493	2458	+35	47
7	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	30	16	14	2481	2392	+89	46
8	Gaziantep Basketbol	30	15	15	2272	2266	+6	45
9	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	30	13	17	2403	2525	−122	43
10	HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	30	12	18	2455	2633	−178	42
11	Petkim Spor	30	10	20	2383	2451	−68	40
12	Bahçeşehir Koleji	30	10	20	2431	2471	−40	40
13	Arel Üniversitesi Büyükçekmece	30	10	20	2408	2613	−205	40
14	Galatasaray[c]	30	11	19	2505	2613	−108	40
15	Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor	30	9	21	2305	2613	−308	39	Relegation to TBL
16	OGM Ormanspor	30	7	23	2350	2676	−326	37

Source: Basketbol Süper Ligi
Notes:

1. Pınar Karşıyaka have been deducted 1 point.^[22]
2. Beşiktaş have been deducted 1 point.^[23]
3. Galatasaray have been deducted 1 point.^[24]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Anadolu Efes	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Fenerbahçe Beko	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Pınar Karşıyaka	7	10	10	4	4	4	10	12	10	11	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Tofaş	10	7	5	5	8	12	6	5	6	4	5	7	10	8	6	6	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Beşiktaş Icrypex	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	11	9	8	6	7	9	7	6	7	9	9	6	6	7	6	6	7	9	7	5
Türk Telekom	13	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	5	6
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	14	12	12	11	12	11	12	8	5	7	6	5	6	9	11	11	9	8	9	7	7	8	8	6	7	7	5	6	6	7
Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol	9	8	6	6	6	7	8	11	14	15	13	14	7	7	8	7	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	3	2	3	8	7	6	7	9	11	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	14	12	10	12	12	13	12	11	10	10	10	8	9	9
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	5	5	9	10	9	8	4	6	7	6	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	11	10
Petkim Spor	8	11	13	12	13	10	5	4	4	5	7	8	13	14	15	14	16	16	14	11	11	10	10	10	11	13	13	15	14	11
Bahçeşehir Koleji	4	4	7	9	5	5	11	7	8	8	9	10	9	10	9	10	11	11	13	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	14	12	13	12
Büyükçekmece Basketbol	6	9	8	7	10	13	13	13	16	16	15	12	11	11	10	8	8	10	11	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	11	13	10	13
Galatasaray	16	13	11	13	14	15	15	14	12	9	12	13	14	12	13	15	12	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	12	14
Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	13	14	16	15	15	15	14	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	15	15
OGM Ormanspor	11	14	14	14	11	9	9	10	9	10	10	11	12	13	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	Advance to the playoffs
	Relegated

Source: Basketbol Süper Ligi

Results

Home \ Away	AEF	BAH	BJK	BÇB	DSK	GAZ	FEN	BUR	GAL	AFY	FET	ORM	PET	KSK	TOF	TTA
Anadolu Efes	—	89–66	84–80	98–79	84–74	102–63	85–72	91–58	90–80	86–67	101–85	95–75	87–80	74–61	87–85	83–78
Bahçeşehir Koleji	76–100	—	76–86	83–74	76–85	76–83	61–78	101–71	78–95	70–76	99–71	92–65	85–91	83–96	84–73	88–97
Beşiktaş Icrypex	74–81	83–77	—	84–77	98–93	84–81	74–83	69–84	82–64	104–75	76–65	85–91	96–94	72–84	94–85	94–60
Büyükçekmece Basketbol	83–94	66–92	89–104	—	88–85	71–90	93–91	68–73	105–101	95–83	66–59	89–82	86–83	77–90	75–88	75–86
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	70–81	91–95	82–86	85–82	—	82–75	64–66	78–75	91–82	102–77	96–81	90–68	99–78	86–77	72–85	84–72
Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol	60–68	88–77	77–84	65–66	76–82	—	59–65	77–70	68–61	84–88	84–64	76–87	76–64	59–55	68–67	70–66
Fenerbahçe Beko	84–88	70–56	83–92	81–70	90–79	97–102	—	90–54	104–79	94–74	113–74	105–72	93–70	117–59	81–84	99–77
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	76–95	67–64	89–73	89–81	68–70	78–90	82–77	—	73–92	81–75	89–84	104–89	95–89	81–94	83–70	107–108
Galatasaray	56–80	101–90	97–89	87–91	87–98	86–90	73–87	106–93	—	110–70	71–68	89–87	65–89	74–86	79–91	94–89
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye	103–85	77–89	73–96	79–74	80–79	78–70	87–97	76–70	97–80	—	83–93	91–114	94–76	69–75	75–89	84–89
Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor	84–90	76–105	87–83	83–70	54–78	60–90	86–93	75–89	91–82	100–89	—	98–89	75–74	78–86	76–101	82–81
OGM Ormanspor	76–115	80–68	68–92	74–85	64–80	81–82	63–72	84–80	82–90	85–101	77–66	—	90–106	61–101	77–76	90–97
Petkim Spor	71–75	72–77	82–72	98–77	78–70	67–66	67–80	108–80	83–64	78–81	69–79	83–76	—	75–85	62–83	65–71
Pınar Karşıyaka	89–98	82–79	80–81	117–82	89–78	72–65	83–79	84–85	92–94	96–82	92–55	86–57	97–80	—	90–71	80–69
Tofaş	78–92	87–80	89–86	94–85	101–89	84–72	103–104	84–77	98–89	83–85	110–81	99–82	88–80	78–88	—	78–64
Türk Telekom	84–86	101–88	85–94	95–89	79–69	84–66	81–82	83–82	81–77	89–86	87–75	83–64	89–71	81–61	87–95	—

Source: bsl.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

In the quarter-finals a best-of-three was played, in the semi-finals a best-of-five and in the finals a best-of-seven playoff format was used.

Quarterfinals were played best-of-three format (1-1-1), semifinals and finals were played in a best-of-five format (2-2-1).

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Anadolu Efes	2
	8	Gaziantep Basketbol	0
						1	Anadolu Efes	3
						5	Beşiktaş Icrypex	0
	4	Tofaş	0
	5	Beşiktaş Icrypex	2
											1	Anadolu Efes	3
											2	Fenerbahçe Beko	0
	2	Fenerbahçe Beko	2
	7	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	0
						2	Fenerbahçe Beko	3
						3	Pınar Karşıyaka	1
	3	Pınar Karşıyaka	2
	6	Türk Telekom	1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Anadolu Efes	2–0	Gaziantep Basketbol	96–73	83–67	–
Fenerbahçe Beko	2–0	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	103–91	98–79	–
Pınar Karşıyaka	2–1	Türk Telekom	82–79	70–76	96–71
Tofaş	0–2	Beşiktaş Icrypex	90–92	79–82	–

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Anadolu Efes	3–0	Beşiktaş Icrypex	96–77	104–86	96–66	–	–
Fenerbahçe Beko	3–1	Pınar Karşıyaka	83–79	71–80	67–62	78–76	–

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Anadolu Efes	3–0	Fenerbahçe Beko	111–71	95–73	93–66	–	–

Statistical leaders

Efficiency Pos Player Club PIR 1 Alperen Şengün Beşiktaş Icrypex 26.76 2 Mouhammadou Jaiteh Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol 21.71 3 Gabriel Olaseni Büyükçekmece Basketbol 20.56 4 Adrien Moerman Anadolu Efes 19.43 5 Raymar Morgan Pınar Karşıyaka 19.22

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Paco Cruz HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye 19.56 2 Alperen Şengün Beşiktaş Icrypex 19.21 3 Kyle Wiltjer Türk Telekom 18.72 4 James Blackmon Beşiktaş Icrypex 18.48 5 Erick Green Bahçeşehir Koleji 17.88

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Mouhammadou Jaiteh Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol 11.00 2 Alperen Şengün Beşiktaş Icrypex 9.38 3 Gabriel Olaseni Büyükçekmece Basketbol 9.07 4 Adrien Moerman Anadolu Efes 8.05 5 Rashard Kelly Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol 7.83

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Chris Wright HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye 8.33 2 Can Uğur Öğüt Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol 6.61 3 Lamar Peters Frutti Extra Bursaspor 6.39 4 Nick Johnson Türk Telekom 6.18 5 Tu Holloway OGM Ormanspor 6.00

Source: BSL Stats

Awards

All official awards of the 2020–21 Basketbol Süper Ligi.

Season awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Regular Season MVP	Alperen Şengün	Beşiktaş Icrypex	[25]
Finals MVP	Rodrigue Beaubois	Anadolu Efes	[26]

MVP of the Round

Gameday	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
1	Karvel Anderson	Büyükçekmece Basketbol	26	[27]
	Nando de Colo	Fenerbahçe Beko
2	Oğuz Savaş	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	34	[28]
3	Rashard Kelly	Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol	35	[29]
4	Thomas Wimbush	Petkim Spor	36	[30]
5	Mouhammadou Jaiteh	Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol	30	[31]
6	Erick Neal	Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor	40	[32]
7	Krunoslav Simon	Anadolu Efes	48	[33]
8	Grant Jerrett	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	35	[34]
9	Alperen Şengün	Beşiktaş Icrypex	36	[35]
10	Daryl Macon	Galatasaray	35	[36]
11	Gabriel Olaseni	Büyükçekmece Basketbol	42	[37]
12	Alperen Şengün (2)	Beşiktaş Icrypex	43	[38]
13	Mouhammadou Jaiteh (2)	Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol	33	[39]
14	Alperen Şengün (3)	Beşiktaş Icrypex	39	[40]
15	Tu Holloway	OGM Ormanspor	35	[41]
16	Raymar Morgan	Pınar Karşıyaka	30	[42]
17	James Blackmon	Beşiktaş Icrypex	32	[43]
18	Nick Johnson	Türk Telekom	35	[44]
19	Alperen Şengün (4)	Beşiktaş Icrypex	32	[45]
20	Elgin Cook	Lokman Hekim Fethiye Belediyespor	41	[46]
21	Amath M'Baye	Pınar Karşıyaka	26	[47]
22	Alperen Şengün (5)	Beşiktaş Icrypex	34	[48]
23	Amath M'Baye (2)	Pınar Karşıyaka	29	[49]
24	Nando de Colo (2)	Fenerbahçe Beko	26	[50]
25	Kyle O'Quinn	Fenerbahçe Beko	38	[51]
26	İsmet Akpınar	Bahçeşehir Koleji	35	[52]
27	Tarik Biberovic	Fenerbahçe Beko	37
	Jordan Crawford	Galatasaray
	Pierre Jackson	Galatasaray
28	Adrien Moerman	Anadolu Efes	27	[53]
29	Rashard Kelly (2)	Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol	36
30	Mouhammadou Jaiteh (3)	Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketbol	34

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
2020
October	Alperen Şengün	Beşiktaş Icrypex	27.1	[54]
November	Alperen Şengün (2)	Beşiktaş Icrypex	31	[55]
December	Alperen Şengün (3)	Beşiktaş Icrypex	24	[56]
2021
January	Alperen Şengün (4)	Beşiktaş Icrypex	25.4	[57]
February	Gabriel Olaseni	Büyükçekmece Basketbol	28.0	[58]
March	Alperen Şengün (5)	Beşiktaş Icrypex	24.7	[59]

Turkish clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Anadolu Efes	EuroLeague	Champions
Fenerbahçe Beko		Quarterfinals
Bahçeşehir Koleji	EuroCup	Regular season
Frutti Extra Bursaspor		Regular season
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	Champions League	Regular season
Galatasaray		Regular season
Pınar Karşıyaka		Runners-up
Tofaş		Playoffs
Türk Telekom		Playoffs
Beşiktaş Icrypex	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season