Baskonia achieves a peaceful victory against Alba Berlin (88-71)
Euskaraz irakurri: Baskoniak mendean hartu du Alba Berlin (88-71)
He Baskonia has won this Friday Berlin Dawn by 88-71and thus puts an end to the bad streak that he had in the Euroleague after having suffered four defeats in their previous five games. Despite the difference in the score, Dusko Ivanovic’s team has not offered its best level, although it has been enough to beat the bottom of the standings.
The thirteen points difference what the azulgranas achieved in the first round They were the prelude to a comfortable match in which several defensive actions by the Vitorians were enough to keep away their rival who noticed the absences of Gabriele Procida and Johannes Thiemann.
It was a collective victory for the Baskonistas, who were once again led by Codi Miller-McIntyrewho scored 14 points and distributed 10 assists, although up to five more teammates exceeded ten rating credits.
The locals They didn’t lift their foot in the second act and they kept the distance even though Alba improved with the return to the track of Martin Hermannsson. Then Moneke and Miller-McIntyre got serious with their mid-range shots, so that Baskonia went into the break with a 42-34 in his favor.
Upon returning from the locker room, Vanja Marinkovic and Matt Costello provided scoring relief and the Basque team always had a lead close to ten, and even finished 63-47 up in the third period.
Knowing himself with a comfortable +20 (69-49), after the first triple of Markus Howard On a gray night for him, Dusko Ivanovic’s pupils fell into a brief relaxation that helped the Berlin team to cut the lead (80-71), especially thanks to the insistence of Louis Olinde and Sterling Brown.
However, Baskonia prevented any scare in the final stages by plugging key gaps in defense. This victory places the local team with a balance of 15-13, in the play-in area; For its part, Alba extended another day of its very bad version in this Euroleague, where it remains bottom (5-23).
DATA SHEET
88 – Baskonia: Miller-McIntyre (14), Howard (8), Marinkovic (15), Sedekerskis (9) and Kotsar (9) -starting five-, Moneke (16), Theodore (2), Raieste (-), Costello (8) and Rogkavopoulos (7).
71 – Alba Berlin: Hermannsson (3), Delow (3), Schneider (-), Wetzell (10) and Thomas (12) -starting quintet-, Koumadje (12), Mattisseck (2), Olinde (8), Samar (3), Rapieque (11) and Brown (7).
Partials: 23-10, 19-24, 21-13 and 25-24.
Referees: Radovic, Zamojski, Rossi. No eliminations.
Pavilion: Fernando Buesa Arena, 8,226 spectators.
Source: Eitb
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