Cedi Osman, Furkan Korkmaz and Dario Saric, playing at the European Basketball Championship with their national teams, Doğuş Balbay, who was injured during training with the Turkish National Team before the European Championship, Ahmet Düverioğlu, who sprained his ankle this week, and Nenad Krstic, out with an injury, did not play in the match.

Starting the match with Heurtel, Okben, Diebler, Brown and Dunston, Anadolu Efes got the first field goal of the match by Dunston. Leading 5-0 with Diebler’s three, Efes got scoring by Dunston, Brown and Heurtel, increasing the lead at 4.30 to 10 points: 13-3. Dominating the opponent in the paint, Efes got points by Dunston, Brown and Tyus, leading 24-19 after the first 10 minutes of the game. Getting points by Granger and Tyus in the first part of the second quarter, Efes increased the lead to 10 points in the 14th minute: 35-25. With the opponent bringing it down to 35-30 in the 15th minute, Efes got three pointers by Granger, Emircan and Diebler, leading 44-32 through the 17th minute. Brown and Heurtel’s four points in the remaining duration helped Anadolu Efes towards a halftime score of 48-34.

Opening the score sheet in the second half with a three pointer, Birkan increased the lead to 15 points: 51-36. Brown and Granger’s points in the paint followed by Heurtel and Granger’s three pointers helped Efes lead 61-47 in the 25th minute. Scoring by Granger and Birkan in the last minutes of the quarter helped Anadolu Efes to maintain the lead as the score was 72-54 at the end of the third quarter. Starting the final quarter with Birkan’s points, Efes was ahead 74-55 in the 31st minute. Ahead 77-61 with Okben at 32.30, Efes got a slam dunk by Emircan, leading 79-64 with five minutes to play in the game. Keeping ahead in the remaining duration, Anadolu Efes got points by Heurtel, Dunston, Brown and Tyus, and left the court victorious 96-70.