We were guests of Darüşşafaka Lassa in the second match of the Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Super League Play-off Quarter-Finals and we won the game 86-84. We finished the first half of the match played at Volkswagen Arena 39-44 behind.
After this score, we brought the situation to 2-0 in the series and advanced to the semi-finals. We will face Fenerbahçe Beko in the semi-finals to advance to the final.
Our team went into the game with Larkin, Beaubois, Elijah, Clyburn, and Zizic starting five, and we were ahead 7-2 in the second minute with the points of Larin and Beaubois. With the hits of Elijah and Beaubois, the fifth minute was passed with a score of 11-12. Our 13th point came from Zizic, and the score was 15-19 in the eighth minute with Micic's layup. In the remaining time, we scored two points with Clyburn and three points with Erten, and we were behind 20-24 in the first 10 minutes of the game. We started the second period with Zizic's hit: 22-26. After this score, Micic scored seven points in a row and put our team ahead in the 14th minute: 29-28. With the hits of Elijah and Larkin, the 18th minute was tied 36-36, and after three points from Furkan in the remaining two minutes, we finished the first half of the game behind 39-44.
Our first points in the second half came from the duo of Micic and Clyburn, and the 23rd minute was passed with a score of 41-53. We brought the score 49-55 in the 26th minute with Larkin's two-pointer. After Beaubois and Zizic's points, Egehan scored three points and brought the score to 57-63 in the 28th minute. After Micic's only hit from the foul line, Larkin scored a three-pointer and we were down 61-63 in the last 10 minutes of the game. Our first basket in the final period came from Zizic: 63-65. After Micic's two hits from the foul line, we took the lead again at 33:30 with Beaubois' five points: 70-68. After Beaubois's one-hit free throw, Micic's five points made the score 76-78 in the 37th minute. While Larkin also hit the foul line, Micic's three-pointer scored 80-82 in the last 30 seconds of the game. In the last 20 seconds, Elijah also scored a three-pointer and we narrowed the lead to one point: 83-84. In the last position, Beaubois also got a three-pointer and we won the match 86-84 and advanced to the semi-finals.
