Eighteen points down, and the game looked decided. Then Fenerbahce did something basketball remembers longer than the score - it came back from the dead and toppled Anadolu Efes in the first game of the Turkish league semifinal, 60:59. A one-point margin, after a quarter in which the entire earlier picture collapsed.

Efes opened as if there were no opponent. First quarter 21:6, at halftime 34:21, and in the third they pushed it up to 51:33 - the biggest lead of the night. At that point few would have bet on a comeback. But basketball isn't played on paper.

The final quarter ended 24:8 for Fenerbahce - a number that's not the result of luck, but of a collapse on one side and hunger on the other. The drama in the final seconds was a textbook: Ercan Osmani scored from close range, then Nick Weiler-Babb sank both free throws for 58:54, and Tarik Biberovic answered with a three when it mattered most.

Shane Larkin made only one of two free throws for 59:57, and that left the door open. After a timeout, Tahlen Horton-Tucker drove to the basket, scored through the foul and added the free throw - a three-point play that completed the turnaround for 60:59. Efes had one last possession to win, but the shot didn't fall.

Nikola Mili and Tarik Biberovic had 16 points each for Fenerbahce, Horton-Tucker 14. For Efes, P.J. Dozier 17, Larkin 10 points and 7 assists. One shadow over it all: Vincent Poirier collapsed in the final quarter clutching his leg, and was carried off with the help of the medical staff - an injury that could cost more than this one game.