Bitci Baskonia beat Asvel Villeurbanne 69-72 the match corresponding to 29th day of the Euroleague which he played in France this Thursday, March 10, and linked his second win in a row in this competition.
Both teams struggled to score in the opening minutes and made numerous mistakes against their rival’s aggressive defenses. In fact, Baskonia struggled to overcome the French team’s substitution defense and it was Wade Baldwin with two triples who managed to unclog his team’s attack, which got better as the minutes went by and achieved a four-point lead (14-18) at the end of the first quarter.
Baskonia lost offensive fluidity at the beginning of the second quarter and the local team tied the match (22-22). However, the Vitoria-Gasteiz team reacted with the entry of Arturs Kurucs and prevented Asvel from turning the score around. Neven Spahija’s men went into the break with a favorable score of 30-33.
After the restart, the Basque team started with more rhythm and success. He scored from the three-point line and took a nine-point lead, but Asvel toughened up his defense, was able to put speed into his game and managed to tighten the result. The free throws gave Baskonia air, and the Alava team arrived with four points of rent (47-51) to the last room.
Baskonia did not start well in the final quarter and Asvel Villeurbanne took the lead in the electronics. The locals took a five-point lead, but Baskonia reacted to haunt the Gauls again and regain control of the game, 64-65, with 1:35 remaining. A triple by Rokas Giedraitis opened a fundamental gap in the final stretch of the clash (64-68) and the Baskonia players certified a new victory from the free throw (69-72) in the Euroleague.
Data sheet:
69 – Asvel Villeurbanne (14+16+17+22): Strazel (x), Knight (2), Lighty (11), Wembanyama (9) and Gist (6) -initial five-, Lacombe (16), Diot (5), Howard (-), Osetkowski (3) Antetokounmpo ( 8) and Strazel (9).
72 – Bitci Baskonia (18+15+18+21): Baldwin (14), Giedraitis (4), Fontecchio (12), Peters (17) and Costello (13) -five starting-, Raieste (2), Sedekerskis (-), Marinkovic (5), Enoch (5) and Kurucs (4).
Referees: Mateu Boltauzer (Slovenia), Tomislav Hordov (Croatia) and Uros Obrknezevic (Serbia). Peters was eliminated for personal fouls.
Source: Eitb
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