Surne Bilbao Basket loses to Unicaja and runs out of European options
Euskaraz irakurri: Surne Bilbao Basket Europarako txartelik gabe geratu da, Unicaja Malagarekin galduta (71-103)
Resounding defeat of Surne Bilbao Basket against Unicaja Málaga in Miribilla, by 71-103, for which the Biscayan team has been left without the prize of playing in European competition.
The Unicaja’s victory was unquestionable and huge in a second half in which Ibon Navarro’s men imposed their physique on both sides of the field, the depth of their squad and the good moment they are in, with ten wins in the last eleven league games.
Surne, greatly depleted by losses in the outside positions, competed until the break because it was until Adam Smith got gasoline (15, 6 assists and 189, the only reliable scoring source with the game alive due to the mistake under the rival basket especially from the inside players.With the match lost, Alex Reyes (19) also appeared.
Despite the defeat, and how forceful it was, the Bilbao public rewarded their team with an ovation for a season above initial expectations.
Surne started better, taking a 4-0 lead with two baskets from Radicevic and Withey. Unicaja responded with three three-pointers from Ejim (6-9, 12-12) while Smith was boiling, who with 8 points gave his team the last lead in the first quarter (14-12).
With Smith sitting down, the visitors took advantage of the opportunity and with a 0-9 in two and a half minutes they went ahead 16-21.
In the second quarter, Surne tied at 26 but Unicaja reacted and went into the break with an 18-point lead: 41-49.
In the third quarter, the Costa del Sol team increased the distance by the end of the third quarter and was winning by an incontestable 52-71. The die was cast and the people of Biscay already saw how the European possibilities were slipping away.
In the end, victory for the Andalusians by a forceful 71-103.
Data sheet:
71 – Surne Bilbao Basket (16+25+11+19): Radicevic (7), Smith (15), Andrsson, Sulejmanovic (3) and Withey (11) -starting five-; Llorente (2), Álex Reyes (19), Rabaseda, Kyser (4), Tsalmpouris (8), Rosa (2) and Barandalla.
103 – Unicaja (21+28+22+32): Perry (10), Brizuela (5), Ejim (9), Thomas (2) and Kravish (10) -starting five-, Carter (21), Kalinoski (12), Djedovic (14), Osetkowski (13), Sima (2) and Saint-Supery (5).
Partial: 16-21, 41-49 (rest); 52-71 and 71-103 (end).
Referees: Luis Miguel Castillo, Francisco Araña and Roberto Lucas. They eliminated Rabaseda (m.35) due to fouls.
Source: Eitb
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