Starting the match with Heurtel, Draper, Perperoglou, Saric and Krstic, Anadolu Efes got its first points by Heurtel and Saric. Ahead 6-2 passing through the second minute, Efes made it 10-4 after points in the paint by Krstic, forcing the home team to call a timeout. After Perperoglou’s three pointer at 4.30 following the timeout, the margin reached nine points: 13-4. As the home team brought the difference down to two points in the following minute, Saric scored our 15th point. Trailing 16-15 with 2.40 left to play in the quarter, Efes scored with Draper, Saric and Cedi, leading 27-21 at the end of the first 10 minutes of the game.

As we got our first field goal by Lasme in the second quarter, Efes was leading 29-26 in the 12th minute. Trailing 30-29 at the TV timeout in the 15th minute after the opponent’s points, Efes hit a free throw with Krstic after the timeout, tying the game in the 16th minute: 30-30. Draper, Heurtel and Perperoglou’s points in the last four minutes helped Anadolu Efes towards a halftime score of 43-39.

As Perperoglou opened the score sheet for Efes in the second half, Draper had three points from an and-one at 21.20, bringing the margin down to one point: 45-44. With Perperoglou adding a mid-range jumper, Bjelica and Lasme got points from the paint, and the score was 52-54 while heading into the 25th minute. As Janning scored our 54th point, Efes grabbed the defensive rebound and scored with Krstic at 27.20, tying the game: 56-56. Following the opponent’s 6-0 scoring run within one and a half minute to make it 56-62, coach Ivkovic called a timeout. Getting one point by Saric from the foul line in the 1.20 minutes after the timeout, Anadolu Efes was trailing 66-57 at the end of the third quarter.

Starting the final quarter with Perperoglou and Janning’s three point field goals, Efes made it 63-68 in the 32nd minute. With Perperoglou’s two accurate free throws at 32.20, Efes brought the lead down to three at 65-68. Trailing 68-70 at 34.30 after Draper’s three pointer, Efes brought the margin back to two points at 36.30 with Saric and Heurtel’s points: 73-75. After the opponent’s scoring run to make it 81-73, Efes scored with Saric, Krstic and Draper, bringing the lead down to three points with 40 seconds left to play in the match. 81-84. Getting a single field goal with Heurtel in the last 40 seconds, Anadolu Efes was unable to catch the opponent and left the court defeated 88-83.