Baskonia loses against Barça and chains four consecutive defeats in Europe (78-85)

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Barça hit Cazoo Baskonia this Thursday (78-85) in a game that he dominated practically from start to finish and in which he punished his rival on the offensive rebound.

Baskonia could not adjust their defense and suffered again with another poor staging in terms of intensity.

The locals relied on a great Tadas Sedekerskiswho was very successful in attack with eight points in a first round in which Baskonia took a long time to enter, but a partial 11-2 in his favor he flipped the scoreboard in a matter of seconds. The forces were equalized and after the first ten minutes the score reflected a tie at 28.

The visitors went up one point plus a defense and began to open an important gap on the scoreboard again, 32-40 (min.15).

Joan Peñarroya detected his team’s offensive problems and put Markus Howard and Darius Thompsonwith the risk that the game director could commit his third personal foul, a penalty that came at the edge of the break, when the locals got 40-47.

Barça endured the exchange of blows after passing through the locker room thanks to their offensive rebound and maintained the difference by punishing the defensive errors of the locals.

The free kicks gave Baskonia the opportunity to get closer and lengthen the possessions until the end of the third act with everything open, 63-64.

Barça blocked the locals from getting back a ten-point cushion five minutes from the end, 67-77.

Two local three-pointers tightened the clash, but Barça controlled their defense and won the duel, 78-85.

Data sheet

78 – Cazoo Baskonia (28+12+23+15): Thompson (10), Giedraitis (11), Sedekerskis (16), Díez (-) and Kotsar (10) -starting five-, Howard (7), Raieste (-), Marinkovic (6), Hommes (12), Enoch (6), Costello (-) and Kurucs (-).

85 – Barcelona (28+19+17+21): Satoransky (11), Laprovittola (6), Kalinic (9), Mirotic (15) and Tobey (3) -starting five-, Da Silva (7), Higgins (6), Abrines (3), Sanli (8) , Kuric (-), Jokubaitis (13) and Nnaji (4).

referees: Sasa Pukl (SVN), Robert Lottermoser (DEU) and Jurgis Laurinavicius (LTU). Howard was eliminated due to personal fouls (min.40). They pointed out a technical foul to the local coach Joan Peñarroya (min.19) and to the visitor Jasikevicius (min.35).