We started the game with Larkin, Loyd, Dozier, Ercan and Poirier. Our first points came from Ercan and we trailed 5-2 in the second minute. With baskets from Poirier and Larkin, the score became 9-12 in the fourth minute. Dozier also contributed in this stretch and when the score reached 16-23 in the seventh minute, our head coach Pablo Laso called a timeout. After the timeout, points from Poirier and Dozier made it 21-26 in the eighth minute. In the remaining part of the quarter, Loyd scored five points and Dozier added three and we finished the first 10 minutes trailing 31-29. We opened the second quarter with a three-pointer from Şehmus, making it 32-33 in the 11th minute. With a spectacular dunk by Jones, we took the lead for the first time in the 12th minute: 34-33. Following that, we scored consecutively through Beaubois, Erkan and Şehmus to make it 47-41 in the 16th minute. With four points from Larkin, we pushed the lead into double digits at 17:30: 51-41. In the final minute of the half, Loyd and Poirier added two points each and we went into halftime leading 55-48.

We began the second half with points from Poirier and Ercan, extending the score to 62-51 in the 22nd minute. Larkin and Jones also contributed in this stretch and we held a 68-57 advantage in the 25th minute. After five points from Ercan and six from Loyd, we increased the margin to 16 at 79-63 with 1:30 left in the quarter, prompting a timeout by the visitors. We couldn’t score in the remaining 1:30, but still entered the final 10 minutes ahead 79-67. Our first basket of the final quarter came from Smits, making it 81-70 in the 31st minute. In this period, we converted from the free-throw line with Jones, Poirier and Larkin, reaching 88-77 in the 34th minute. With baskets from Dozier and Larkin, we maintained a 95-84 lead in the 38th minute. We preserved our advantage in the remaining time and following more points from Larkin, secured a 101-91 victory.