He Baskonia defeated (94-71) this Wednesday at Barça on the eighth day of the Euroleague to make peace with him Fernando Buesa Arena in his best performance at home this season, fifth game under the orders of Dusko Ivanovic to equalize the European balance.

After two defeats in the ACB League in front of their fans, the Vitoria team recovered their fortress forcefully, in a display of attack and with the defense in place to stop Barça. Three victories in three European games with the Montenegrin coach for Baskonia that is 4-4 in the table, heading towards the play-off zone, while Barça drops its price to 6-2.

The Buesa Arena already had a somewhat unexpected first half, with the worst version of Barça this season and the best of the Vitorian team. At the start without defenses, Baskonia gave rhythm to its offensive game and only found it against the visitors Oscar da Silva, author of 12 points until halftime. The rest of the players Grimau It remained in one basket, while the locals, supported by a good percentage of triple (50%), were increasing their income (26-18 at the end of the first quarter).

Howardwho sprained his ankle at first, but was shocked, Miller-McIntyre and Chima Moneke They brought out the colors of a bad Barça defense, which saw the local maximum gain hopelessly at half-time (55-29). Although it seemed complicated, the Catalan team got worse as the minutes passed and after passing through the locker room they had to try desperately.

Nicolas Laprovittola, 12 points in the third quarter, gave some rhythm to the visiting attack, but Baskonia’s cushion was one of the fat ones. Those of Ivanovic They kept the give and take with Howard and Monek and the twenty did not disappear in the luminous (70-53). There was no response from Willy Hernangomez either Jabari Parkerthe two heavyweights of this Barça, and The Catalan team did not have continuity in that threat of reaction at the restart.

The game was Barça, the Barça of the locals, and at the beginning of the last quarter Sedekerskis and Howard They took care of remembering it. Despite a shorter rotation, with the loss of Marinkovic due to flu, Baskonia did not miss the opportunity to pay tribute and redeem themselves with their fans. The Buesa Arena enjoyed its first big night, with an MVP like Miller-McIntyre (20 points and 29 rating) and Howard and Monek very even, 26 and 19 points.

Data sheet:

94 – Baskonia (26+29+15+24): Miller-McIntyre (20), Howard (26), Díez (5), Sedekerskis (9) and Costello (5) -starting five-, Raieste (-), Chiozza (4), Kotsar (6) and Moneke (19) .

71 – Barcelona (18+11+24+18): Satoransky (6), Laprovittola (14), Kalinic (6), Da Silva (12) and Vesely (2) -starting five-, Hernangómez (7), Jokubaitis (8), Brizuela (2), Parra (-), Parker (2), Abrines (9) and Nnaji (-).

Referees: Emin Mogulkoc (Turkey), Saso Petek (Slovenia) and Maxime Boubert (France). No eliminated. They pointed out a technical foul against the visiting coach, Roger Grimau (min. 20) and Tomas Satoransky (min. 27) and an unsportsmanlike foul against the local Chiozza (min. 39).

Source: Eitb

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