The home team started the match well with the baskets made by Usher and Simonovic from the painted area, and gained a 6-2 advantage in the 3rd minute. Responding to its opponent with Şehmus Hazer, Dozier and Dessert, Anadolu Efes brought the score to 14-8 in the 5th minute. In the remaining part of the quarter, Türk Telekom took the lead again by scoring inside shots with Alexander and Doğuş Özdemiroğlu and outside shots with Smith, and finished the first period with a 22-18 lead.
While the first part of the second quarter was a head-to-head game, the guest team equalized 29-29 in the 16th minute with Şehmus Hazer’s productivity in outside shots. Continuing its high performance in outside shots with Cordinier, Anadolu Efes was ahead 36-31 in the 18th minute. Although the Ankara representative reduced the difference to 2 with points by Doğuş Özdemiroğlu and Devoe, 20 seconds before the end of the half, Anadolu Efes went to the locker room ahead 38-36.
The guest team started the third period very well and reached an 8-point difference in the 22nd minute with the points they scored from under the basket: 36-44. Recovering with the support of its audience, the capital representative achieved equality at 44-44 in the 25th minute with Alexander’s points. Türk Telekom managed to take the lead once again in the 26th minute of the match with Doğuş Özdemiroğlu’s basket after their opponent lost the ball: 48-47. Anadolu Efes responded to its opponent with David Mutaf and Şehmus Hazer and regained the lead in the score and entered the last quarter ahead 59-54.
At the beginning of the fourth period, both teams increased their defensive intensity. Türk Telekom managed to take the lead 69-66 with 3 minutes left in the match, with the points scored from under the basket by Simonovic and from outside shots by Smith. Türk Telekom, which maintained its score superiority and made no mistakes at the free throw line in the final episode where great competition took place, left the arena victorious 75-70.
With this result, Türk Telekom won its 8th consecutive match in the league. In Ankara representative, Smith was the top scorer of the match with 22 points.
Anadolu Efes suffered its 6th defeat in the last 7 matches in the league.
Türk Telekom: 75 – Anadolu Efes: 70
Hall: Ankara
Referees: Emin Moğulkoç, Fatih Arslanoğlu, Murat Ciner
Türk Telekom: Devoe 12, Alexander 7, Usher 8, Simonovic 6, Doğuş Özdemiroğlu 10, Smith 22, Berkan Durmaz 5, Trifunovic 4, Bankston 1
Anadolu Efes: Beaubois 5, Şehmus Hazer 21, Smits, Dessert 2, Dozier 6, David Mutaf 11, Ercan Osmani 4, Cordinier 12, Poirier 4, Erkan Yılmaz 2, Swider 3
1st Period: 22-18
Half time: 36-38
3rd Period: 54-59
