Euskaraz irakurri: Baskoniak galdu egin du Zalgirisen aurka (79-75)
He Baskonia bucket added a new setback in the euroleague when falling this Friday in the day 24 by 79-75 in the visit to the Zalgirio Arena, home of Zalgiris Kaunasafter a required match against the Lithuanians against whom he showed his current doubts.
The baskonistas put their position in the ‘playoffs’ at risk. Neither could he achieve the objective of getting a victory again as a visitor, which he does not do in the Euroleague since last December 16 when they beat Fenerbahce. Although markus howard (15 points) and Rokas Giedraitis (11 and 6) tried to throw the team on their backs, as happened last Friday at the Fernando Buesa Arena in the victory against Panathinaikos, this time it did not work in the final minutes.
Thus, the high scoring rhythm imposed by Baskonia dominated at times the first moments of a game that did not find a clear dominator. The battle between Giedraitis and Byrutis left the best actions of an even first quarter, although with a slight advantage from Zalgiris that prevented the Basques from bringing out their potential abroad (20-18).
Somewhat thick in attack, Joan Peñarroya’s men did not come out into the second quarter with the scoring success that characterizes the people from Vitoria. In addition, the lack of reliability in defensive rebounding did not help the visitors to get away on the scoreboard, reaching the break with a slight advantage (38-42).
With everything to be decided, the third quarter began with an exchange of blows. Even so, the little success from the line of three that Baskonia continued to show ended up giving wings to a local team that did not hesitate to make blood. Those from Peñarroya rearmed themselves in defense to equalize the match again and reach the end alive (61-60).
Thus, the visitors planted themselves in the last quarter with clear ideas. However, Smits’ success continued to wreak havoc on a Basque defense that did not know how to stop him (79-75).
Source: Eitb
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