Third consecutive victory for Baskonia in the Euroleague after beating Anadolu Efes (78-83)

Euskaraz irakurri: Baskoniak hirugarren garaipena jarraian lortu du Euroligan, Anadolu Efes mendean hartuta (78-83)

Cazoo Baskonia beat Anadolu Efes 78-83 This Wednesday, December 14 in Turkey, the match corresponding to the 13th day of the Euroleague. With this victory, the Vitoria-Gasteiz team is positioned sixth in the standings Y beats the Turkish team.

The Turkish team scored the first basket of the match (2-0), but the Baskonia response was immediate (2-2). Later, after a few minutes of equality, the Turks opened the gap on the scoreboard (16-9). The team from Vitoria went through a bad period, knew how to rebuild itself, and with a triple by Marinkovic in the final stretch of the first quarter, Baskonia came within two points (23-21).

The game was put uphill for Cazoo Baskonia in the second quarter. The local team was superior, and in the 15th minute of the clash they led by 12 points (36-24) in electronics. The superiority of the locals was total, although the men led by Peñarroya were able to close the gap before reaching the break (46-36).

Two consecutive triples by Vanja Marinkovic opened the second half, although the people from Vitoria suffered one on one. The Turks were not successful with their open shots, and Baskonia took advantage of it to enter the last act with a 58-64after a 12-28 run in the third quarter.

At the start of the last quarter, the Basque team extended the lead to ten points (58-68). However, Anadolu Eefes began to reduce their deficit, and tied (70-70) with 4 minutes and 40 seconds to go. Furthermore, 40 seconds later, the local team was ahead on the scoreboard (73-72). Baskonia did not collapse, they kept working, and arrived with five rental points at the final 46 seconds. Anadolu Efes responded with a quick triple (76-78), but Peñarroya’s men knew how to handle the last possessions, and the victory did not escape them (78-83).

Data sheet:

78 – Anadolu Efes (23+23+12+20): Micic (17), Beaubois (10), Bryant (5), Polonara (3) and Pleiss (6) -starting five-, Clyburn (15), Taylor (2), M’Baye (16), Zizic (4) and Dunston (-).

83 – Cazoo Baskonia (21+15+28+19): Thompson (8), Howard (19), Giedraitis (11), Hommes (5) and Kotsar (6) -starting five-, Raieste (-), Marinkovic (18), Sedekerskis (6), Enoch (4), Costello (6) and Kurucs (-).

Referees: Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Saso Petek (SVN), Amit Balak (ISR). They eliminated Micic due to personal fouls (min.40). They called Peñarroya a technical foul (min.23).