Bilbao Basket is surpassed in the second half by a Niners Chemnitz that has won in Miribilla (73-98)
Euskaraz irakurri: Bilbao Basketek ezin izan du bigarren zatian, Miribillan, gehiago izan den Niners Chemnitz aurkari (73-98)
He Surne Bilbao Basket ha lost by 25 points, 73-98before him Niners Chemnitzthis Wednesday, in Miribillain it FIBA Europe Cup semi-final first leg of the 2023-24 season. In this way, the Bilbao team’s rival has achieved an excellent result for the second leg, which will be played next Wednesday, April 3, at 7:00 p.m., in Chemnitz (Germany).
In the match played in Bilbao, there were two clearly differentiated phases. In the first, which lasted until midway through the second quarter, Jaume Ponsarnau’s team played outstandingly, with great success in attack and with great intensity in defense; Thus, Bilbao Basket has very quickly gained an advantage on the scoreboard, and has managed to make that difference wide enough to think of a favorable and hopeful result for the second round, next week. The Basque squad has won up to 14 points on several occasions (23-9, 25-11, 27-13 and, already in the second quarter, 43-29).
But, from there, the German team, which is having a great season and is second in its League, only surpassed by Bayern Munich, has shown a withering reaction. In the last 24 minutes of the game, that is, from minute six of the second quarter, Niners Chemnitz have established a partial of 30-69. The 46-41 score at half-time, with that advantage of five for the Biscayan team, already made it clear that the rival had woken up, and the second half of the match has been, in that sense, hard for Bilbao Basket, which has not been able to respond .
Sacha Killeya-Jones and Kristian Kullamaewith 15 points each, have been Bilbao Basket’s best attacking bastions, and the 11 points and six rebounds of Tryggvi Hlinason. For the Niners Chemnitz, DeAndre Lansdowne scored 22 points in 24 minutes, and Jeffery Garrett, with 14 points and 10 rebounds, dominated in attack and defense.
Data sheet
73 – Surne Bilbao Basket (29+17+12+15): Renfroe (1), Kullamae (15), Reyes (7), Andersson (8) and Killeya-Jones (15) -starting five-; Pantzar (8), Adam Smith (2), Hornsby (6), Rabaseda and Hlinason (11).
98 – Niners Chemnitz (16+25+30+27): Lansdowne (22), Lockhart, Uguak (8), Garrett (14) and Krubally (12) – starting five – Kajami-Keane (10), Van Beck (9), Ongwae (6), Yebo (17) and Richter.
Partials: 29-16, 46-41 (break); 58-71 and 73-98 (final).
Referees: Martin Vulic (Croatia), Gintaras Maciulis (Lithuania) and Péter Praksch (Hungary). The visitor Krubally was eliminated due to fouls (m. 38).
Incidents: First leg of the FIBA ​​Europe Cup semi-finals, played at the Bilbao Arena, in Miribilla, in front of 7,593 spectators.
Source: Eitb
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