The big difference in rebounds (21 - 41) can help to explain the clear victory of Baltiyskaya Zwezda over C.A.B. Madeira on Wednesday evening.

Since the first minute, the Russian team proved to have better arguments to win this match. Moving the ball very fast, with a good variation between inside and outside game (Ioulia Mironova made 3/3 from three points line), the Baltiyskaya Zwezda soon took the lead in the scoreboard, shown at the score of 18-36 after the first quarter.