Larkin, Micic, Beaubois, Singleton, and Pleiss were the starting five of our team, and we were ahead 9-4 in the second minute with the three-pointers from Pleiss, Beaubois, and Micic. After Larkin's first field goal, Beaubois scored two more three-pointers and we made the score 17-8 in the fifth minute. We found points with Larkin, Pleiss, and Singleton in the second five-minute part of the quarter and finished the first 10 minutes of the game 23-16 ahead. We started the second period with Dunston's basket and we were leading 25-21 in the 11th minute. With Larkin's six points, the score was 31-31 at 15:30. Pleiss and Micic's under-the-rim hits were also contributed by Larkin with three three-pointers, and we get the lead with 44-41 in the 19th minute. In the last minute of the half, neither team could score, and at the end of the first half, we went to the locker room, leading 44-41.

In the first 4:30 minutes of the second half, we could not find a score and at 24:30 the score came to 44-59. Larkin hit our first basket at 25:30 and the score was 46-59. When Beaubois turned Larkin's defensive rebound into a three-pointer, we made the score 49-59 in the 26th minute. Simon responded to the opposing team's three-pointer in the same way, and the 27th minute was entered with a score of 52-62. We scored four points with Dunston and one point with Singleton in the remainder of the period, trailing 57-64 in the last 10 minutes of the game. We started the final period with Micic's three-pointer and brought the score to 60-64 as we entered the 31st minute. Lowering the gap to two points with Dunston's dunk, our team turned Micic's defensive rebound into Larkin's three-pointer and we took the lead at 31:30: 65-64. Micic's three-pointer brought the score to 68-69 in the 33rd minute, while we took the lead again in the 34th minute with Moerman's two-pointer: 74-73. Beaubois hit the three-point shot after Dunston's two hits from the foul line, bringing the score to 79-77 in the 37th minute. Dunston also scored a stylish dunk, and we were leading 81-79 in the last 2:30 minutes of the game. We made the score 84-82 in the last 27 seconds with Micic's two and Moerman's single accurate free throws. CSKA found 4 points in an and-one position, and we were behind 84-86 in the last 12 seconds of the game. Micic, who found the layup in the last 0.8 seconds, equalized the score and the regular time of the match ended with 86-86.

We started the overtime period with Micic's one-hit free throw and it was 87-88 in the 41st minute. Beaubois responded in the same way to the opposing team's three-pointer, and the score was 90-91 in the 42nd minute. Stopped by a foul after Pleiss' defensive rebound, Larkin hit twice from the foul line and took the lead again in the 43rd minute: 92-91. The score was re-equalized in the final 1:20 minutes after Pleiss hit the basket: 94-94. With Beaubois' three-pointer, we took the lead 97-94 in the last 50 seconds of the game. Simon, who took the defensive rebound and was stopped by a foul, came to the free-throw line and hit a single shot, bringing the score to 98-94 in the final 38 seconds. The score was 98-97 after the opposing team's three-pointer, while Moerman took the defensive rebound in the last 2.1 seconds of the match and was stopped by an unsportsmanlike foul. Although Moerman was unable to score the free throws, we started the game from the sideline and this time Beaubois was fouled with 0.7 seconds left. Beaubois hit from the free-throw line and we won the game 99-97.