Euskaraz irakurri: Baskonia bigarren zatian suspertu da Fenerbahce mendean hartzeko (92-69)

Vanja Marinkovicwith 35 points, ignited this Friday the spark of the Baskonia bucket against Fenerbahcein a match loaded with intensity in which the Catalans reacted in time to beat the Turkish team 92-69in the almost perfect final fifteen minutes of the Basque team.

Vanja Marinkovic starred in the beginning of the meeting with eight points without failure that helped Baskonia to keep up with the Turkish team that took advantage of the locals’ mistakes to punish the counterattack with easy baskets.

Dimitris Itoudis’ men took the lead in a tight score after the first round, which closed with 25-27 and in which Markus Howard retired injured.

The second act was more complicated in attack for both teams. They no longer scored with the clarity of the previous period and each basket made them sweat more. The pressure was constant from both teams for the referees in a locked clash, with a lot of contact and few penalties.

He Markus Howard’s return to the track he relieved a Buesa Arena dedicated to his team, who was not served by exchanging baskets in a clash that was decided in favor of Fenerbahce at halftime, 38-44.

The Ottomans increased their defensive intensity and with five points they put Baskonia on the ropes. The people from Vitoria changed the game with a 15-4 run to close the quarter, 60-58.

The Turks forgave from the free kick and only had the inspiration of Jonathan Motley to add, although Vanja Marinkovic was in charge of blowing up a game that became completely Barça three minutes from the end until the final one 92-69.

Data sheet

92 – Cazoo Baskonia (25+13+22+32): Thompson (13), Marinkovic (35), Giedraitis (12), Hommes (12) and Kotsar (8) -starting five-, Raieste (-), Howard (5), Enoch (2), Costello (5) and Kurucs (-).

69 – Fenerbahce Beko (27+17+14+11): Calathes (9), Guduric (3), Dorsey (-), Hayes-Davis (7) and Motley (18) -starting five-, Biberovic (10), Bjelica (4), Edwards (16), Antetokounmpo (- ) and Jekiri (2).

referees: Matej Boltauzer (Slovenia), Milivoje Jovcic (Serbia) and Amit Balak (Israel). They eliminated the visitor Hayes-Davis (min.36) due to personal fouls.

Source: Eitb

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