Hosting the Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketball team in the 24th-week match of ING Basketball Super League and winning the game 102-63, Anadolu Efes head coach Ergin Ataman stated his thoughts post-game:
"We played a good match against a team like Empera Halı Gaziantep Basketball that fights for the playoffs in the league and won with a point difference. Our players those play in Euroleague had the chance to rest in this match. After playing against Maccabi Tel Aviv in an away match on Tuesday, we have an important away match against Bayern Munich on Friday. We were able to both win this match and rest our players. All my players who played today performed amazingly…”