Starting the match with Larkin, Beaubois, Simon, Moerman, and Pleiss, Anadolu Efes’s first points were scored by Beaubois and Simon duo, our team was 4-2 ahead in the first minute. Moerman and Larkin scored in the first minutes and our team was 13-14 trailing at the 6th minute. Our team was ahead with Petrusev and Simon’s points again at 8:30: 20-16. Pleiss scored 2 points from the free-throw line, Pleiss scored 2 baskets, and Micic scored a three-pointer to set the score of the first quarter: 25-20. Starting the second quarter with Elijah’s mid-ranged shot, our team was 27-20 ahead at the 11th minute. Moerman and Pleiss’s points raised the score difference to double digits at the 13th minute: 31-20. Micic scored 2 points from the free-throw line at the 14th minute and set the score table to 33-23, then the rival team set the score table to 33-28 at the 15th minute and coach Ergin Ataman called a time-out. Returning from the time-out Petrusev, Dunston and Pleiss scored and set the score table to 39-35 at 18:30. In the remaining 1:30 minutes Moerman, Larkin, and Beaubois scored and our team was 47-37 ahead at the end of the first half.

Starting the second half with Pleiss’s fancy dunk, our team was 49-37 ahead at the 21st minute. Micic responded to the rival team’s three-pointer with one of his own and set the score table to 52-40. Larkin scored 5 points at the 24th minute and our team raised the difference to 12 points again: 57-45. Micic’s consecutive 7 points at the 27th minute set the score table to 64-53. After the rival team set the score table to 64-62 at the 29th minute, Beaubois and Moerman scored 2 points each and set the score of the third quarter: 68-62. Starting the final quarter our team failed to score within the first 4 minutes and was trailing 68-72 at the 34th minute. Our team was trailing 73-75 in the last 3:45 minutes of the match after Micic’s 5 points. Pleiss’s basket tied the score table at 3:16: 75-75. Returning from the rival team’s time-out the rival team scored 5 points and our team was trailing 75-80 at the last 1:30 minute of the match. Micic’s three-pointer at the last 50 seconds set the score table to 78-80. Larkin scored at the last 20 seconds of the match and the score was a tie: 80-80. Our team defended well during the last 20 seconds and the regular duration ended with a tie: 80-80.

Starting the overtime with Moerman’s 1 point from the free-throw line and our team was trailing 81-82 at the 31st minute. While the rival team set the score table to 81-87 at the last 3:30 minutes of the match Pleiss scored and set the score table to 84-87. Our head coach Ergin Ataman was disqualified with two technical fouls in this part of the match, then the rival team’s free throws set the score table to 84-91. Micic’s layup and Simon’s three-pointer at the last 1:43 minutes set the score table to 89-91. Micic scored 1 point from the free-throw line and set the score table to 90-91. Moerman scored a three-pointer at the last 3.2 seconds and set the score table to 93-94, but our team lost the match with a score of 93-95.