TOFAŞ Basketball Team will duke it out with Galatasaray Basketball away in the 2nd week match of the league. The Bursa team, which started the league with a home win against Beşiktaş Fibabanka and then managed to defeat the Greek Cypriot representative of Southern Cyprus, Keravnos, 99-81 in the FIBA Europe Cup, was making plans to return with a win in Istanbul, while they started the season in the league away against Türk Telekom, 72-70. Galatasaray, under the management of Yakup Seksekök, started with a losing start; In the Basketball Champions League, they beat RASTA Vechta 103-91; ERA lost 75-87 at home to Nymburk.