Société Générale-SES won a game that turned sharply in the last period, 88-78, after trailing for most of the first 30 minutes.
Eurobasket started better and built the first rhythm. After SOG had moved ahead 4-3, the home side answered with an 8-0 run and finished the opening quarter in front, 18-14. The second quarter stayed tight, but Eurobasket still controlled the pace and went to halftime with a 30-25 lead.
The third quarter was the key turning point in terms of intensity. Eurobasket scored 37 points in that period and reached its highest lead at 65-53. Olivier Maillet (EUR) was central to that phase with 20 points, while Rimgaudas Greicius (EUR) added 17 and Laurent Olislager (EUR) 15. Valentin Mitov (EUR) also gave important support with 13, including two three-pointers in a row late in the third quarter.
SOG, however, never lost contact. Djehonek Henok Affa (SOG) kept them alive all game and finished with 35 points. Raimondas Sasnauskas (SOG) added 16, Mohamed Hakim Hammami (SOG) 10 and George Schneider (SOG) 10.
The game changed fully after Eurobasket lost Maillet to a game disqualification in the third quarter. Foul trouble then became heavier for the home team, with Greicius and Domas Savickas fouling out. SOG used that moment well. From 74-69 down in the fourth quarter, the visitors produced 14 unanswered points to move to 83-74. Affa was on a major roll in that stretch, scoring repeatedly inside, from the line and from three-point range.
SOG closed the night with a dominant 28-11 fourth quarter and a 35-13 finish from the moment Eurobasket led by 12. In a close game for three quarters, the winner was clearly Société Générale-SES because of that late control.
(AI generated)