Hosting Russia’s Zenit St Petersburg team in the 8th-week match of Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Anadolu Efes won the game 90-88. Starting the match that was played in Sinan Erdem Sports Arena with Doğuş, Micic, Beaubois, Singleton, and Pleiss, Anadolu Efes’s first points were scored by Pleiss and Singleton duo and our team set the score table to 7-2 at the 4th minute of the match. After Beaubois’s point and Micic’s 2 three-pointers set the score table to 15-11 at the 8th minute, then Anderson scored 2 points from the free-throw line and our team was 17-13 ahead at the 9th minute. Continuing to lead the score table, after Sertaç and Micic scored 2 points Anadolu Efes was 21-14 ahead at the end of the first quarter. Starting the second quarter with Larkin’s 8 points, our team raised the score difference to 10 points at the 13th minute of the match: 29-19. After Larkin’s three-pointer, Sertaç scored and raised the score difference to 15 points: 38-23. Remaining duration Beaubois and Sertaç continued to score and our team head into the changing rooms 42-30 ahead.

Starting the second half with Larkin’s basket, Anadolu Efes was 44-30 ahead at the 21st minute. After the points of Pleiss and Micic, our team was 48-35 ahead at the 23rd minute, then Larkin, Singleton, and Anderson scored and raised the score difference to 21 points: 58-37. After Micic, Larkin, and Peters scored, Anadolu Efes raised the score difference to 19 points and set the score of the third quarter: 69-50. Starting the final quarter with Peters’s layup, our team set the score table to 71-50. After Sertaç’s three points, our team was 74-57 ahead at the 32nd minute, then Micic scored 7 consecutive points and set the score table to 81-69 at the 35th minute. After Micic’s points, the rival team scored and set the score table to 83-78, then Larkin’s 2 points from the free-throw line set the score table to 85-78 in the last 1:30 minutes of the match. Within the last 23 seconds of the match, our team was 85-83 ahead, then within the last 14 seconds of the match, Pleiss scored 3 points and-one and set the score table to 88-83. Remaining duration Micic scored 2 more points from the free-throw line and Anadolu Efes won the match 90-88.