In addition to McCollum, who spoke to the star of the team, Fenerbahçe, the fans who filled the hall in Karşıyaka, where Webb, Jefferson and Boutsiele left, gave great support to the players and tried to instill morale throughout the match. Before the match, the people of Karşıyaka called the team, especially captain Kenan Sipahi and Muhsin Yaşar, to the stands and applauded. Kenan and Muhsin, whose conditions were not known until the match day in Kaf-Kaf, played at the last minute. Russell’s 40-point performance was not enough for the green-red team, which had 2 foreigners left in the squad. The fans applauded their team at the end of the match despite the defeat. With this score, Fenerbahçe maintained its place at the top with its 12th victory in 13 matches. Karşıyaka, which suffered its second defeat in a row after losing the away match against Anadolu Efes in the last moments, remained with 8 wins.
Karşıyaka started the match with a 5-0 run with points from Russell and Muhsin. The green-red team, which was effective with Muhsin from under the basket in the first episode, was ahead 12-4 in the 4-minute period. Fenerbahçe responded to Karşıyaka with three points by team captain Melih and found balance in the game. The yellow-dark blue team brought the score to 18-18 with Melli’s three-pointer, 1 minute and 20 seconds before the end of the period. The first period ended 21-18 with a three-pointer from the hosts Russell. Fenerbahçe took the lead 23-21 for the first time with Biberovic’s three-pointer at the beginning of the second period. In this episode, Karşıyaka tried to prevent its opponent from widening the gap with Russell’s scoring game. Taking advantage of the green-red team’s lack of a squad, Fenerbahçe increased the difference to 10 points with its superiority under the basket. The first half ended 39-47. Fenerbahçe increased the difference to 20 points in the third period against Karşıyaka, which was tired with a narrow rotation. It started 60-80 in the last 10 minutes. The yellow-dark blue team played comfortably in the last period and left the hall with the victory: 90-101.