2004–05 Turkish Basketball League
The 2004-05 Turkish Basketball League was the 39th season of the top-tier professional basketball league in Turkey. The season started on October 22, 2004. Efes Pilsen won their twelfth national championship this season.
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| Season | 2004-05 | |||||||||
| Final positions | ||||||||||
| Champions | Efes Pilsen (12th title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Beşiktaş | |||||||||
| Semifinalists | Fenerbahçe, Ülker | |||||||||
| Relegated | - | |||||||||
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← 2003–04 2005–06 → | ||||||||||
Regular season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Efes Pilsen | 26 | 24 | 2 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Ülker | 26 | 21 | 5 | |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 26 | 17 | 9 | |
| 4 | Fenerbahçe | 26 | 16 | 10 | |
| 5 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 26 | 16 | 10 | |
| 6 | Tuborg Pilsener[lower-alpha 1] | 26 | 16 | 10 | |
| 7 | Türk Telekom[lower-alpha 2] | 26 | 13 | 13 | |
| 8 | Tekelspor | 26 | 10 | 16 | |
| 9 | Erdemirspor | 26 | 10 | 16 | |
| 10 | Darüşşafaka | 26 | 9 | 17 | |
| 11 | Banvitspor | 26 | 9 | 17 | |
| 12 | Aras İTÜ | 26 | 8 | 18 | |
| 13 | Galatasaray | 26 | 7 | 19 | |
| 14 | Büyük Kolej | 26 | 6 | 20 |
Notes:
- Tuborg Pilsener have been deducted 1 point because of the incidents happened by the Efes Pilsen Game.
- Türk Telekom have been deducted 1 point because of the incidents happened by the Erdemirspor Game.
- Turkish Basketball Federation has decided to increase the number of the teams in the Turkish Basketball First League to 16 for the next season. As a result of these there were no relegation for the 2004-05 season.
Mersin BŞB. and Beykozspor have won promotion from the second league and will play the 2006-07 season in the Turkish Basketball First League.
Turkish Basketball League 2004-05 Play-offs
Quarterfinal and Semifinal series are 5-match series. The teams reaches the first 3 wins is through to the next round. The team which has won both regular season match-ups starts with a 1–0 lead to the series.
Final series are 7-match series and the team reaches first 4 wins is the champion of the Turkish Basketball League.
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2004-05 Play-off seedings, results, and schedules
Quarterfinals
(1) Efes Pilsen (24-2) vs. (8) Tekelspor (10-16) (Series starts 1-0)
- Game 1 8 May 2005, Istanbul: Efes Pilsen: 78, Tekelspor: 61 (2-0)
- Game 2 10 May 2005, Istanbul: Tekelspor: 72, Efes Pilsen: 99 (0-3)
Efes Pilsen wins the series 3:0
(2) Ülkerspor (21-5) vs. (7) Türk Telekom (13-13) (Series starts 1-0)
- Game 1 9 May 2005, Istanbul: Ülkerspor: 105, Türk Telekom: 93 (2-0)
- Game 2 11 May 2005, Ankara: Türk Telekom: 85, Ülkerspor: 93 (0-3)
Ülkerspor wins the series 3:0
(3) Beşiktaş (17-9) vs. (6) Tuborg Pilsener (16-10) (Series starts 0-0)
- Game 1 9 May 2005, Istanbul: Beşiktaş: 97, Tuborg Pilsener: 77 (1-0)
- Game 2 11 May 2005, Istanbul: Beşiktaş: 91, Tuborg Pilsener: 85 (2-0)
- Game 3 13 May 2005, Izmir: Tuborg Pilsener: 78, Beşiktaş: 85 (0-3)
Beşiktaş wins the series 3:0
(4) Fenerbahçe (16-10) vs. (5) Pınar Karşıyaka (16-10) (Series starts 0-0)
- Game 1 8 May 2005, Istanbul: Fenerbahçe: 85, Pınar Karşıayaka: 59 (1-0)
- Game 2 10 May 2005, Istanbul: Fenerbahçe: 77, Pınar Karşıayaka: 67 (2-0)
- Game 3 12 May 2005, Izmir: Pınar Karşıayaka: 71, Fenerbahçe: 86 (0-3)
Fenerbahçe wins the series 3:0
Semifinals
(1) Efes Pilsen (24-2) vs. (4) Fenerbahçe (16-10) (Series starts 0-0)
- Game 1 18 May 2005, Istanbul: Efes Pilsen: 88, Fenerbahçe: 84 (1-0)
- Game 2 21 May 2005, Istanbul: Efes Pilsen: 87, Fenerbahçe: 78 (2-0)
- Game 3 23 May 2005, Istanbul: Fenerbahçe: 82, Efes Pilsen: 80 (1-2)
- Game 4 26 May 2005, Istanbul: Fenerbahçe: 63, Efes Pilsen: 70 (1-3)
Efes Pilsen wins the series 3:1
(2) Ülkerspor (21-5) vs. (3) Beşiktaş (17-9) (Series starts 0-1)
- Game 1 19 May 2005, Istanbul: Beşiktaş: 74, Ülkerspor: 73 (2-0)
- Game 2 22 May 2005, Istanbul: Ülkerspor: 96, Beşiktaş: 92 (1-2)
- Game 3 24 May 2005, Istanbul: Ülkerspor: 77, Beşiktaş: 83 (1-3)
Beşiktaş wins the series 3:1
League Finals
(1) Efes Pilsen (24-2) vs. (8) Beşiktaş (17-9) (Series starts 1-0)
- Game 1 30 May 2005, Istanbul: Efes Pilsen: 73, Beşiktaş: 68 (2-0)
- Game 2 2 June 2005, Istanbul: Beşiktaş: 78, Efes Pilsen: 73 (1-2)
- Game 3 5 June 2005, Istanbul: Beşiktaş: 78, Efes Pilsen: 93 (1-3)
- Game 4 7 June 2005, Istanbul: Efes Pilsen: 78, Beşiktaş: 68 (4-1)
Efes Pilsen wins the series 4:1.