Chris Duarte carried Baskonia's scoring load in a 92–84 home loss to Besiktas, finishing with 23 points on an efficient 15-of-15 from the free-throw line. The Colombian guard found his rhythm at the stripe even as his two-point range stalled—he made just three of seven field goals overall, including two of four threes—and it was not enough to prevent the eight-point defeat. Duarte's 26 minutes yielded 5 rebounds and 2 steals to go with his scoring, a line that reflected Baskonia's desperation to close a gap that grew throughout the contest. The hosts could not manufacture enough support around him; the free throws kept pace, but the baseline efficiency gap told the story. Besiktas' depth proved decisive where a single high-volume scorer, however hot from the line, could not. A strong individual effort in a losing effort—the mark of a night where one player's execution, however sharp, ran into the wall of a team that could not match their opponent's collective output.