Baskonia falls to CSKA (74-80)

The Battles of the Basque Country lost (74-80) this friday at home before him CSKA of Moscow, on day 11 of the Euroleague, despite showing some signs of improvement with his new coach Neven Spahija, like fighting the Russians to the end.

The Basque team had too many comings and goings on the Buesa Arena, and CSKA, with a good game of Will Clyburn, Voigtmann and the former captain of the locals Shengelia, overcame the Basque defense and the already late offensive inspiration. Those of Vitoria, who had ended the bad streak on Tuesday against Red Star, they are left with four wins while the Muscovites add the sixth, also needed to hook the ‘Top 8’.

The Basque team had to deal with a CSKA stung from the defeat against Barça, in fact with a Voigtmann just as plugged in as before the Catalans. His 11 points plus another good contribution from Swedish they left a Russian panorama in the first quarter 8-23, but Baskonia knew how to react in the second, at least in defense.

Those of Spahija they took physical to level the balance, but in attack they did not put one. With a 9 of 34 in field goals at halftime, plus a disconnection on the way to the dressing rooms, the Vitorians were left with the steep slope for the second half (26-35). With very little movement, just Enoch contributed good points and together with Nnoko, bounce.

At least CSKA was much less productive and outmatched on the inside, but Baskonia also needed to score. The reaction showed that there are new forces with the arrival of Spahija. Clyburn He returned to give a lot to the Russians together with Shengelia, While Granger it gave some breathing space to the battered local attack.

The arreón gave the Basques to get 35-38, but without completing a comeback, CSKA left (44-59). The new Baskonia again showed at least that he does not throw in the towel, he improved his percentages with Baldwin, giving samples of the player who shone with Bayern, and a Granger based on triples (65-72). In the final three minutes the triumph danced back and forth to travel to Moscow.

Datasheet:

74 – Battles of the Basque Country (8 + 18 + 15 + 33): Baldwin (18), Granger (12), Giedraitis (11), Sedekerskis (3) and Enoch (14) -starting five-, Lamar Peters (1), Fontecchio (9), Nnoko (3) and Marinkovic (3).

80- CSKA Moscú (23 + 12 + 19 + 26): Shved (6), Lundberg (11), Kurbanov (2), Shengelia (15), Voigtmann (16) -cinco inicial-, Bolomboy (2), Ukhov (2), Hackett (-), Antonov (-), Clyburn (16), Milutinov (3) and Grigonis (7).

Referees: Ilija Belosevic (Serbia), Sreten Radovic (Croatia) and Sergio Silva (Portugal). They eliminated the local Granger for personal fouls (min. 40).

Incidents: match corresponding to the eleventh day of the Euroleague played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria before 8,104 spectators. Before the start of the game, the club from Vitoria paid tribute to former Baskonista Tornike Shengelia, who was visiting the Buesa Arena with an audience for the first time, after six seasons in Vitoria. The sports director of the Basque team Félix Fernández presented the player with a Baskonia shirt with number 23.