Baskonia has fun against Asvel (120-100) and will play it on the last day against Olympiacos
Euskaraz irakurri: Baskoniak erakustaldia eman du Asvelen aurka (120-100), eta Olympiakosen etxean izango du play-offa jokoan
He Baskonia bucket has got one crucial victory this thursday night in Vitoria-Gasteiz, against Asvel Villeurbanne, by 120-100on the penultimate day of the regular phase of the euroleague, playing a game that has been very showy and entertaining due to its high scoring. The victory has been extremely important for Joan Peñarroya’s team, which thus reaches the final day of that regular phase depending on himselfbut faced with a challenge that is not easy at all: to secure their place in the play-offsthat is, to guarantee their position within the first eight classifieds, the team from Vitoria he needs to win in Greece, on the Olympiacos courtleader of the competition. If Baskonia lost in Piraeus, they would need Zalgiris Kaunas, who play Bayern Munich in Germany, to also lose.
that will be next Thursday, in a night that promises strong emotions and that Baskonia could have been avoided if, before they began to play their match against Asvel, Maccabi Tel Aviv had won in Kaunas. It has not been like that, Zalgiris has clung to its options, and has prevailed by one point, 68-67, leaving the team from Vitoria in need of winning their last home game in the regular season. And the Basque team has achieved it with a performance that will go down in history, because the 120 points scored is the record for the team from Gasteiz in the continental competition.
Baskonia has scored 32 points in a first quarter who has hardly left a moment of respite. If Peñarroya’s men have been attentive, before the start of their game, to the result of Zalgiris, of course the victory of the Lithuanian team has not thrown the team from Vitoria off center at all, which has jumped onto the field of the Buesa Arena willing not to give truce. Of course, the rival, Asvel, has not lost face in the match, and has scored 24, with which the difference has not exceeded eight points after ten minutes that have flown by.
The truth is that the basket festival has continued in the second bedroom, whose term has been reached with 55-51, after a partial of 23-27; but it seemed that Baskonia was beginning to not be interested in continuing a give and take that gave it an advantage, it is true, and that it was very entertaining to watch and enjoy, but that it was giving Asvel too much life. At halftime, thus, the result was more balanced than might have been expected, given that the need for victory was much greater for the locals.
In it third quarter, Baskonia, without giving up in their scoring ability (they have achieved another 33 points), have known how to push more in defense and put the score much more in their favor. The 88-75 that was registered with the last ten minutes to go seemed more like the end of the game; But the fact is that the Peñarroya ensemble was determined to amuse the more than 11,000 people who have attended the pavilion to the maximum. There was still the last quarter to continue enjoying, and everything indicated that the 100-point barrier was going to be crossed again by the Alava team.
He did it with more than six minutes to go, in an auction that has once again been a party. Baskonia, unleashed in attack, with 17 three-pointers scored and a masterful Thompson, got their fans on their feet on another memorable night. There are seven days left for the appointment in Piraeus and the Basque team will go all out, in search of a feat that is long deserved.
Data sheet
120 – Cazoo Baskonia (32+23+33+32): Thompson (23), Marinkovic (10), Giedraitis (19), Hommes (12) and Kotsar (15) -starting five-, Howard (5), Heidegger (3), Raieste (-), Díez (6), Kurucs (10), Enoch (8) and Costello (9).
100 – Asvel Villeurbanne (24+27+24+25): Bost (12), De Colo (19), Kahudi (11), Lighty (12) and Fall (4) -five starters- Mathews (25), Obasohan (4), Tyus (4) and Pons (9).
Source: Eitb
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