Zaporozhye started the game very aggressively and with 2 minutes to go in the 1st quarter, had already built up a 13 point lead (21:8). The key to this jump start was a very active performance of Oxana Pys'mennyk.
As soon as the French head coach took a time-out, his players' game changed to the best, and very soon they reduced the gap to only 6 points (21:15).