With 111 points in this match, we broke our score record in the match where we beat Olympiacos 110-59 on the road in the sixth week of the 2004-05 season in Turkish Airlines Euroleague.

Starting the match with Micic, Beaubois, Simon, Singleton, and Sertaç, Anadolu Efes’s first points were scored by Sertaç and our team was 4-3 ahead at the 3rd minute. Simon and Beaubois’s points at the 5th minute set the score table to 9-7, then Sertaç and Micic scored to set the score table to 17-13. In the remaining duration, Simon scored 3 and Singleton scored 2 points, and our team was 22-19 ahead at the end of the first quarter. Starting the second quarter with Micic and Moerman’s points, and our team was 27-19 ahead at the 12th minute. Larkin and Micic scored layups at the 13th minute to raise the score difference to 10 points, so the rival team called a time-out: 31-21. Returning from the time-out Anderson and Micic scored and raised the score difference to 15 points at the 14th minute: 36-21. Moerman scored 4 points at the 16th minute and set the score table to 40-28, then within the remaining 1:30 minutes, the score table was set to 40-34, so coach Ergin Ataman called a time-out. Returning from the time-out Beaubois, Simon and Singleton scored and our team was 46-41 ahead at the end of the second quarter.

Starting the second half with Simon and Sertaç duo’s points, our team was 53-47 ahead at the 23rd minute. After the rival team brought down the score difference to 1 point, Ergin Ataman called another time-out at the 25th minute. Returning from the time-out Sertaç scored 2 points from the free-throw line at 25:20 and set the score table to 55-52. Larkin scored 8 consecutive points at 27:30 and set the score table to 63-57. Singleton’s 2 points from the free-throw line set the score of the third quarter: 65-63. Starting the final quarter with Larkin’s 2 three-pointers, our team was 71-65 ahead at the 32nd minute. Dunston and Simon scored at 33:30 to set the score table to 76-69. After our team was trailing 76-80 at the 36th minute, Simon and Micic scored one three-pointer each at the 37th minute and our team was 82-80 ahead. While our team was trailing 82-85 at the last 2 minutes of the match, Larkin scored a three-pointer and tied the score to 85-85 at the last 1:30 minutes. Larkin responded to the rival team’s points with another three-pointer at the last 50 seconds of the match and our team was 88-87 ahead. After Moerman scored at the last 13 seconds of the match and our team was 90-87 ahead. In the remaining duration, Micic scored 2 points from the free-throw line but the rival team scored a three-pointer and the regular duration ended with a tied score of 92-92.
 

Our team started the overtime duration with Larkin’s 4 points: 96-92. Moerman’s layup at the 41st minute set the score table to 98-92, then Larkin scored a mid-range shot and our team was 100-96 ahead at the last 2 minutes of the match. Moerman’s layup followed by Singleton’s three-pointer at the last 1:30 minutes and our team raised the score difference to 9 points: 105-96. Larkin scored within the last minute and set the score table to 107-96, then Moerman and Micic scored 2 points each from the free-throw line and our team won the match with a score of 111-101.

The next day of the TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz - Anadolu Efes match, Italy’s AX Armani Exchange Milan was defeated by Greece’s Panathinaikos Opap and with that result, our team became eligible for the playoffs as the top four and gained the advantage of becoming one of the hosting teams.