Baskonia loses against Red Star (86-83) and concedes its eighth consecutive loss

Bitci Baskonia lost against Red Star (86-83) this Thursday in Belgrade the match corresponding to the 28th day of the Euroleague and fitted his eighth consecutive loss in this competition.

The start of the match was very good for Baskonia, who managed to score eight points in a row (0-8). Then came the response from the local team (9-14), although the team from Vitoria once again proved superior to the rival and finished the first ten minutes with a favorable result of (13-26).

The Red Star increased its intensity, began to score and became stronger defensively. In this way, the locals came within four points (26-30). Later, the Baskonia reaction came (31-37), but the minutes before the break were even and the two teams went to the changing rooms with a tie on the scoreboard (41-41).

After the break, Red Star was superior and opened the gap (50-41). It was difficult for Baskonia to close the gap, but they succeeded, and went ahead on the scoreboard (52-53) with one minute and 19 seconds remaining in the match. In that time he maintained the advantage and entered the last quarter with a point advantage (55-56).

Things went wrong for the team led by Spahija at the start of the fourth quarter. The Red Star hurt them with triples and the advantage that the locals achieved in the opening minutes of the fourth (70-61) was insurmountable for the team from Vitoria-Gasteiz, since every time they reduced the disadvantage, the local team He gave a claw and returned to distance himself on the scoreboard. Baskonia moved within four points (82-78) with 33 seconds remaining in the game. The Alava team also came within three points (84-81), had possession to equalize or reduce the deficit to one, but did not manage it well, and a Red Star basket sealed the game. In the end, there was no miracle, and Bitci Baskonia lost again (86-83).

Data sheet:

86 – Red Star (13+28+14+31): Wolters (17), Hollins (12), Kalinic (11), White (8) and Kuzmic (-) -starting five-, Lazarevic (x), Davidovac (5), Lazic (3), Mitrovic (18), Simonovic (-), Ivanovic (5) and Dobric (7).

83 – Bitci Baskonia (26+15+15+27): Baldwin (18), Marinkovic (-), Giedraitis (6), Fontecchio (19) and Costello (14) -initial five-, Raieste (-), Enoch (6), Granger (15), Peters (5) and Kurucs (-).

Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy), Ioannis Foufis (Greece) and Robert Vyklicky (Czech Republic). Without eliminated.