Baskonia pay dearly for their bad start to the game

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Cazoo Baskonia It showed itself powerless against Asvel Villeurbanne Y lost 87-61 in a match that began to slip away five minutes from the start and he was unable to turn it around against the solidity of the Gallic team.

Was the second consecutive loss for the Vitorians in the Euroleaguewho came face to face with a more physical team.

Rokas Giedraitis was the Baskonia player who was saved with 18 PIR credits, while five French players scored more than ten points in a squad that dominated from start to finish.

It was a start with too many offensive errors from both teams. Baskonia’s first three-pointer came after six minutes to equalize a match in which the azulgranas gave too much.

Five points from point guard Nando De Colo propelled Asvel towards the first gap in his favor, which managed to extend the lead to 24-10and took advantage of a very bad start by Baskonia that was not even fine in the free throws.

Joan Peñarroya tried it through timeouts and with the entry of Pierrià Henry and Markus Howard.

The bench did not respond either and the partial continued to grow until the 20-0 at the start of the second round. From a tie at 10, it became a worrying 30-10 that left Baskonia knocked out.

Lithuanian Rokas Giedraitis was the first to react to try to close the gap, but he needed support.

The Baskonia 53% of success in the free throw and 27% from the triple penalized him in his comeback purpose and everything was left pending for the second half with a 48-30.

The exchange of baskets did not favor the Basques, but they found a way to close the gap until they were within thirteen points.

To this difference was added Nando De Colo at the controls of a match that entered the last quarter with a 73-52 in favor.

The last assault served to confirm Baskonia’s poor game and the solidity of an Asvel that increased the lead to 25 points, 79-54 seven minutes from the end.

The Baskonia did not have the day and ended up kneeling for a bulky 87-61.

Data sheet

87 – Asvel Villeurbanne (24+24+25+14): Jackson-Cartwright (2), Mathews (13), Noua (9), Lighty (11) and Fall (11) -five starters- Polite (-), Obasohan (13), Kahudi (6), De Colo (7 ), Risacher (5) and Pons (10).

61 – Baskonia Pot (10+20+22+9): Thompson (11), Marinkovic (-), Giedraitis (14), Hommes (4) and Kotsar (8) -starting five-, Howard (5), Raieste (-), Henry (5), Sedekerskis (6), Diez (-) Kurucs (x) and Costello (8).

referees: Borys Ryzhyk (Ukraine), Seffi Shemmesh (Israel) and Ioannis Foufis (Greece). Without eliminated.