Baskonia loses to Anadolu Efes (76-97), and suffers its third consecutive defeat in the Euroleague
Euskaraz irakurri: Baskoniak Euroligan hirugarren aldiz jarraian galdu du, Anadolu Efes aurkari (76-97)
He Baskonia ha lost before him Anadolu Efes, 76-97in it Buesa Arenathis Thursday night, at the thirty-second day of the regular phase of the Euroleague of the 2023-24 season. In this way, the Vitorian team, with two games remaining until the conclusion of that regular phase, is classified in the ninth positionthat is to say, in “play-in” positionwith 16 winsbut its continuity is complicated in the competition, with a defeat in a match in which, if Baskonia had won, the presence of Dusko Ivanovic’s men in that “play-in” would be a fact.
In the last match of the regular phase of the Euroleague at the Buesa Arena, Baskonia did not start well, and was uncomfortable from the beginning; However, the Basque team managed to stay in the game, since at half-time the score was 45-49, which gave Baskonia options to fight for victory. In that sense, The third quarter was decisive, as Anadolu Efes scored 8-28 that has sentenced the match.
The first quarter closed with a ten-point advantage for the Turkish team (22-32), more successful than a Baskonia team that did not have a good night defensively. In the second quarter, Ivanovic’s men were sharper in attack, and, with a good final reaction, they closed the first half with a disadvantage of only four points. It was not good news, however, that Baskonia had received 49 points by half-time, and it seemed that the key could be there, to see if the Basque team could stop players like Shane Larkin, Will Clyburn or Ercan Osmani, who were doing a lot of damage. Larkin, especially in his return to Buesa, has played an outstanding game.
The third period, however, as has been said, has definitively left Baskonia without a response. The Istanbul team has been much superior, and has established an insurmountable difference for Dusko Ivanovic’s men. The score at 53-77 with the last ten minutes left made it clear that victory was going to fly to Turkey. There remained the possibility of fighting to save the basket average, since Baskonia won by seven in the first round match, but it was not possible; The final 76-97 marks the third consecutive defeat in the Euroleague for Baskonia, which will seek qualification on the fields of Real Madrid and Virtus Bologna.
Data sheet
76 – Baskonia (22+23+8+23): Chiozza (2), Howard (15), Marinkovic (5), Sedekerskis (4) and Kotsar (8) -starting five-, Díez (-), Rogkavopoulos (12), Miller-McIntyre (13), Costello (8) and Moneke (9).
97 – Anadolu Efes (32+17+28+20): Larkin (28), Hollatz (4), Clyburn (20), Osmani (15) and Pleiss (5) -starting five-, Beaubois (5), Jones (8), Oturu (3), Bryant (-), Thompson (7), Willis (2) and Yilmaz (-).
Referees: Sreten Radovic (Croatia), Uros Nikolic (Serbia) and Saso Petek (Slovenia). No eliminated. Dusko Ivanovic was given a technical signal in the 27th minute.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the thirty-second day of the Euroleague, played in the Fernando Buesa Arena pavilion, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, before 10,816 spectators.
Source: Eitb
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