Bilbao Basket suffers its first defeat in Germany and postpones its pass to the quarterfinals (82-80)
He Surne Bilbao Basket postponed its qualification to the quarterfinals of the FIBA Europe Cup after losing by 82-80 on the track BG Gottingen German (82-80) and thus suffer the first defeat of the season in continental competition.
A triple almost on the horn Keith Hornsbythe last addition of the ‘men in black’, at least allowed Surne Bilbao to level the average particular with the German team, which had fallen 75-73 in Bilbao.
Melwin Pantzar (19 points), Sacha Killeya-Jones (15) and Hornsby (14) had the best attacking numbers of those of Jaume Ponsarnauwho ended up paying for a terrible first half with painful shooting percentages (4/13 in T3 and 4/11 in T1) in which they reached a maximum disadvantage of -12 (43-31 m.18).
After the break, Surne Bilbao increased the defensive intensity and even managed to turn the score around (59-61, m.29), but a poor start to the last quarter once again gave control to Gottingen who kept the team at bay. of Ponsarnau from the triple to achieve a victory that keeps them alive in the competition.
With this score, Surne Bilbao, with a balance of 3-1, continues to lead the group tied with Porto, who will visit Miribilla on the next matchday. Gottingen is 2-2 and, now without options, the Bulgarians Botevgrad close the classification.
Data sheet:
82 – BG Gottingen (22+23+14+23): Gibson (6), Hume (6), Anticevich (6), Silins (17), Rich (4) -starting five-; Ensminger (9), Zugic (5), Monninghoff (16), Wullner (-), De Julius (13) and Hartwich (-).
80 – Surne Bilbao Basket (18+16+27+19): Pantzar (19), Adam Smith (8), Rabaseda (2), Andersson (2), Killeya-Jones (15) -starting five-; Kullamae (6), Hlinason (8), Hornsby (14), Reyes (1), De Ridder (5) and Rigo (-).
Referees: Dariusz Zapolski (Poland), Franko Gracin (Croatia) and Juozas Barkauskas (Lithuania). No eliminated.
Source: Eitb
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