Baskonia crashes against Red Star (74-63)
Euskaraz irakurri: Baskoniak ezin izan du Izar Gorriaren blokeoa gainditu (74-63)
He Baskonia bucket was blocked this Thursday before the Red Star (74-63) in a duel of euroleague basketball in which he was once again wrong from the outside line and found no answer from a second quarter that marked the rest of the game.
Only six triples were scored by the team from Vitoria and, despite a great start to the game, the Catalans could not withstand the defensive pressure from the Balkans.
The mistakes made by the locals gave hope to the Basques, who were close on the scoreboard, but with bad feelings in attack, since they chained 10 minutes with only three points between the second and third quarters.
Darius Thompson He was the best on his team, which suffered with 19 turnovers.
The azulgranas started with a solid 0-7, which the local team countered with the Campazzo-Martin connection and a devilish rhythm that both teams infected.
The free throws and the outside shot kept Dusko Ivanovic’s men in the game, who increased their defensive aggressiveness to close the first act, 21-26.
Red Star did not hit the mark with the released shots and Baskonia took advantage of it to open the first important hole at the start of the second round, 23-35.
Facundo Campazzo and Luca Vildoza were unable to attack, although their intensity in defense prevented the Catalans from gaining greater advantages.
The people from Vitoria went 7 minutes without scoring, the result of pressure from the Serbs, who defended to the limit against a headless Baskonia without Darius Thompson.
A triple of markus howard broke the scoring drought for the azulgranas and Dobric responded with a basket on the buzzer that sent the game to half-time with a minimal income for the Balkans, 39-38.
Barca’s gunpowder did not dry up after passing through the changing rooms, Baskonia took more than three minutes to make their debut in the second half and received an 11-2 start.
Two Baskonista three-pointers made up for lost ground, but Red Star made up for it successfully in the second half and faced the last period ahead and with better feelings, 57-49.
It was a clash riddled with errors, with the least misguided team taking the greatest advantage.
Vanja Marinkovic and Darius Thompson resisted and Baskonia re-engaged. Although two local triples reopened an insurmountable gap and controlled by the Red Star that put more energy than the people from Vitoria to win the duel, 74-63.
Data sheet
74 – Red Star (21+18+18+17): Campazzo (3), Vildoza (3), Lazarevic (-), Bentil (12) and Martin (10) -starting five-, Dobric (11), Mitrovic (8), Markovic (3), Nedovic (20) and Petrusev (4).
63 – Cazoo Baskonia (26+12+11+14): Thompson (15), Howard (3), Giedraitis (10), Costello (6) and Kotsar (9) -starting five-, Heidegger (2), Raieste (3), Marinkovic (7), Díez (.), Hommes (6), Enoch (2) and Kurucs (-).
referees: Mehdi Difallah (France), Fernando Rocha (Portugal) and Anne Panther (Germany). They indicated technique to the coach Peñarroya (min.37).
Source: Eitb
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