The last quarter condemns Baskonia to start the Euroleague with defeat against Real Madrid (77-79)
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He Baskonia has completed a good game at the start of the Euroleague against him real Madridbut in the end it was not able to debut with victory and has fallen at the Buesa Arena by two points (77-79)although win three of the four quarters.
Chima Moneke and Matt Costello They stood up to the interiors of Chus Mateo and were the best of the Basques, among whom stood out Tadas Sedekerskis with 17 valuation credits and where Nico Mannion took a step forward compared to previous meetings.
The duel began evenly, where Real Madrid achieved the first gains with a 0-6 of partial. Two triples from Matt Costello equalized the forces of a challenge that was picking up pace and speed.
The entry of Nico Mannion gave more rhythm to the Barça team who took a step forward with Chima Moneke and went ahead, 23-19.
Two triples from Llull completed a 4-15 with five consecutive triples for the whites who once again regained the initiative.
The match took on a point of madness that favored the locals, who took advantage from the free throw and the offensive rebound, 47-43.
Real Madrid cooled the duel with a partial 0-10. From there it was a give and take. Every positive action by the Madridistas was responded to by an active Matt Costello.
Mario Hezonja’s fifth foul gave way to the maximum local income, 65-58which remained in a 67-62with a basket by Moneke that closed the third round.
Real Madrid punished the local errors on the counterattack and regained an important advantage, but the Basques reacted in time to maintain the lead. However, the whites equalized a match full of errors in hot moments, 75-75.
Facundo Campazzo came into action with everything to decide and recovered a key ball to put his team ahead. Chus Mateo’s men were unable to close the game against two good Barça defenses, but Markus Howard failed to score the triple to win. 77-79.
Data sheet
77 – Baskonia (23+24+20+10): Miller-McIntyre (-), Howard (10), Sedekerskis (8), Costello (16) and Kotsar (5) -starting five-, Mannion (13), Raieste (-), Rogkavopoulos (4), Marinkovic (- ), Diop (8) and Moneke (13).
79 – Real Madrid (19+24+19+17): Campazzo (2), Causeur (7), Musa (13), Yabusele (18) and Diagne (-) -starting five-, Abalde (-), Hezonja (9), Llull (15), Poirier (10), Rodríguez (5) and Rudy (-).
Referees: Ilija Belosevic (Serbia), Emin Mogulkoc (Turkey) and Saulius Racys (Lithuania). They eliminated Hezonja due to personal fouls (min.27). They signaled a technical foul against the visitor Hezonja (min.16).
Source: Eitb
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