With this win, Anadolu Efes finished the regular season in the third place.

Having a minor injury, Vasileiadis did not play for Anadolu Efes.

Starting the match with Doğuş, Gordon, Birkan, Bjelica and Deniz, Anadolu Efes got its first points by Deniz. Trailing at the TV timeout 8-10 in the sixth minute helped by Bjelica’s points in the paint, the team brought down the score deficit to one point at 6.30 through Doğuş’s three points thanks to an and-one. 11-12. Injured at a one-on-one challenge after this field goal, Birkan was substituted with Cedi. Scoring four more points with Bjelica and Savanovic, the team was trailing 15-19 after the first 10 minutes of the game.

After Planinic’s field goal to start the second quarter, Stephens’s three-pointer made it 20-21 at the 12th minute. Intercepting the ball and getting the layup, Gordon put the team up at 12.15 for the first time in the match: 22-21. As the score was tied at 24 with Deniz’s layup at 13.30, the opponent had a scoring run of 5-0 and the coach Aggelou had a timeout. Finding its 26th point by Planinic after the timeout, Anadolu Efes made it 33-34 with 3.20 left in the half by pressing, forcing turnovers and finding field goals with Cedi, Savanovic and Doğuş. This time, it was the opponent who took a timeout. With Cedi and Savanovic’s points after the timeout, Anadolu Efes, in the 18th minute, took the lead once more: 37-35. Getting one more field goal by Cedi in the remaining duration, the team was trailing 39-41 after the first 20 minutes.

As Bjelica scored the first field goal for Anadolu Efes in the second half, Cedi put the team up once more: 43-41. With Bjelica’s basket in the paint and Planinic’s three-pointer, the team was up 48-45 in the 23rd minute. Trailing 52-55 at the TV timeout in the 26th minute after Gordon and Deniz’s points, Anadolu Efes made it 54-58 with Stephens’s spectacular slam dunk at 26.30. While the score was tied at 58 with 2.30 left to the end of the quarter after Bjelica and Doğuş’s field goals, Anadolu Efes had a scoring run of 8-2 with Stephens, Doğuş, Cedi and Bjelica, and was leading 66-60 at the start of the last 10 minutes.

Getting two consecutive field goals in the paint in the final quarter, Cedi increased the lead to 10 points in the 31st minute: 70-60. Leading 74-64 in the 35th minute with Doğuş and Bjelica’s points, the team made it 77-67 in the 36th minute with Cedi’s three-pointer. Keeping the lead in the final moments of the match, Anadolu Efes got a slam dunk by Deniz and left the court victorious 79-72.