Beşiktaş Men’s Basketball Team lost the first game of the play-off final 73-68 to Efes Pilsen. 

Beşiktaş started the game with a starting line-up of Andrew Ellis, Ratko Varda, Bekir Yarangüme, Khalid El-Amin and Haluk Yıldırım. Efes Pilsen that had been very effective under the rim in the first period made effective attacks also with the contribution of Kaya Peker. On the other hand, Black and Whites struggled to overcome Efes Pilsen’s tough defense. First 5 minutes passed with Efes Pilsen’s 14-7 lead. Beşiktaş that had produced points in the following minutes by Ratko Varda and Andrew Ellis stepping in the game struggled in rebounding. Both teams made mistakes in the last seconds whereas it was Efes Pilsen that had completed first period with a lead of 19-13.
Beşiktaş that had started the second period with Ratko Varda’s point tried to cut the deficit by Nedim Yücel stepping in. On the other hand, Efes Pilsen prevented the deficit to be reduced by producing points by Domercant. There was an Efes Pilsen lead of 30-22 in the first 5 minutes. Black and Whites which displayed a successful performance in defensive rebounds also were effective at the opponent’s basket with fast attacks. The score got leveled at 30-30 on 17th minute with Nedim Yücel’s basket. Beşiktaş went ahead for the first time with a score of 32-32 with 2 minutes 15 seconds remaining in this period. However Efes Pilsen completed this period at which a great competition had been staged in the final seconds up with 1 points and score of 33-32.
Beşiktaş that had gone ahead again with a score of 34-33 at the start of the 3rd period with Ratko Varda’s basket shook off Efes Pilsen attacks with its successful defense. Kaya Peker having increased his foul number to 3 after Solomon and Prkacin troubled Efes Pilsen. First 5 minutes of the 3rd period advanced with Black and Whites’ lead of 41-38 whereas Khalid El-Amin’s foul number also totaled to 3. Beşiktaş produced points with Ratko Varda and Nedim Yücel whereas Efes Pilsen did with Domercant. The score leveled at 43-43 with 3 minutes 15 seconds remaining in this period. Both teams made mistakes in the final seconds; however it was Beşiktaş which entered the final quarter with a lead of 48-45.
Beşiktaş that started the 4th period with Khalid El-Amin and Haluk Yıldırım’s magnificent baskets well could not prevent Solomon’s 2 successive 3-pointers. The score got tied at 58-58 with 6 minutes remaining in the competition. Beşiktaş took the lead back again by Khalid El-Amin stepping in, whereas lost Ratko Varda of whose foul number totaled to 5 with 4 minutes remaining in the game. Efes Pilsen went ahead again with a score of 66-64 with 2 minutes 45 seconds remaining in the game due to Beşiktaş having committed successive turnovers. Efes Pilsen won the competition 73-68 after having displayed a successful performance both in defense and offense in the final seconds.
Efes Pilsen went 2-0 up in the series following this result.