Hosting Tofaş team in the 5th-week match of Tahincioğlu Basketball Super League, the normal duration ended with a balanced score 72-72 and Anadolu Efes lost the game with the score of 79-86 in the overtime. Anadolu Efes was trailing with the score of 40-44 at the halftime of the match that has been played at Ülker Sports and Event Hall.
Starting the match with Larkin, Micic, Metecan, Moerman, and Dunston, Anadolu Efes’s first point was scored by Dunston. After Moerman’s three-pointer, Dunston and Micic’s scores set the score table to 9-10 and our team was trailing at the 4th minute. In this part Moerman scored and our team balanced the score heading into the 6th minute: 13-13. While Micic participated in scoring in our team, at the 8th minute the score table was set to 21-24. Remaining duration captain Doğuş scored with a layup and Anadolu Efes finished the first quarter trailing 23-26. Starting the second quarter with Dunston’s basket, our team brought the score to 25-26 at the 11th minute. At the 13th minute the score table was set to 27-34 with Buğrahan’s point, then the score was set to 27-34 in the following 1:30 minute duration and coach Ergin Ataman called a time-out. Returning from the time-out Dunston scored 1 point from the free-throw line, and with Moerman’s fancy dunk at the 15th minute brought the score to 30-36. Our 32nd point was scored by Sertaç, then Beaubois and Larkin’s points at the 18th minute set the score to 36-42. Remaining duration Sertaç and Moerman scored 4 more points and Anadolu Efes finished the first half trailing 40-44.
Starting the second half, both teams couldn’t score within the first 4 minutes, then Larkin scored from the free-throw line: 41-44. After Beaubois’s three-pointer at the 25th minute balanced score and the television time-out is called. Returning from the time-out at the 27th minute the score table was set to 44-52, then Dunston’s 4 points brought the score to 48-53 at the last 2:20 minutes of the quarter. With Beaubois’s three-pointer in the last 1:40 seconds of the third quarter set the score to 51-53, then Micic’s 1 point from the free-throw line brought the score to 52-55 at the 29th minute. In the last-minute Dunston scored and our team finished the third quarter railing 53-57. Starting the final quarter with Moerman’s point at the 31st minute, Beaubois’s mid-range shot balanced the score again: 57-57. With captain Doğuş’s three-pointer at 32:30, our team was ahead: 60-59. At the 34th minute the score table was set to 60-63, then Beaubois’s teardrop brought down the score difference to 1 point at 34:30: 62:63. After Doğuş’s three-pointer at the 36th minute, our team was trailing 65-67, then Dunston’s 3 points from the free-throw line set the score table to 68-69. After Moerman scored 2 more points from the free-throw line, our team lead the score in the last 1:16 minutes of the match with the score 70-69. In the last 19 seconds of the match our team was trailing 70-72, then Larkin’s points from the tactical faul balanced score again: 72-72. Remaining duration both teams couldn’t score and so the normal duration ended with 72-72. The first 1:30 minute duration of the overtime Anadolu Efes was trailing 72-78, then captain Doğuş’s one point from the free-throw set the score to 73-78. Another one point was scored by Larkin from the free-throw line and this point set the score to 73-78, in the last 2:10 minutes the score table was set to 74-79. Moerman’s last three-pointer brought the score to 77-81 in the remaining 1:22 minutes, then Larkin scored with a layup and brought down the score difference to 2 points in the last 47 seconds of the match: 79-81. Remaining duration Anadolu Efes couldn’t get ahead in the score and lost the match with the score of 79-86.