Bilbao Basket seeks to lead its group against Balkan Botevgrad
Euskaraz irakurri: Bilbao Basketek taldeko lehen postua ziurtatu nahi du, Balkan Botevgrad taldearen kontrako parten
He Surne Bilbao Basket seeks this Wednesday, February 7, the leadership of group K of the FIBA Europe Cup in the match that will face him Balkan Botevgrad, starting at 7:00 p.m. in Miribilla. With a place in the quarterfinals assured, the men in black will try to finish the phase in first place to have a home field advantage in the quarterfinals.
In the first leg, those of Jaume Ponsarnau they prevailed by a clear 62-94 in Bulgaria, in a match in which the Bulgarian team held on as best they could in the first half and gave in in the second half to the avalanche caused by Adam Smith’s great game (25 points). Right now Balkan occupies the last place in the group, having lost all five games played so far.
He Bilbao Basket, for its part, has 9 points and is the sole leader, after adding four victories and only one defeat in this phase. It was on the fifth day when he managed to ensure his participation in the quarterfinals, by coming back in extra time against a Porto team that made things difficult for him. Not in vain, the Portuguese team dominated the scoreboard for a large part of the match played in Miribilla, but, in the last quarter, the team Ponsarnau managed to claim victory.
Second place in the group is occupied by Port with eight points, while the Göttingen German is third, also with 8 points.
Source: Eitb
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