Baskonia crushes Barça

He Baskonia crushed Barça, 94-71, in an almost perfect match for the Basques against an unknown Catalan team that barely had lucidity in the third act to try to overcome a broken game in the first half, which marked the path to victory for the locals in a duel corresponding to the eighth day of the Euroleague.

The culés reaped their second European defeat against an imposing team that managed great percentages and climbed on the back of Codi Miller-McIntyre, the best of the Blaugranas with 20 points, 7 assists and 29 rating credits.

Baskonia, undefeated in Euroleague since the arrival of Dusko Ivanovic, It also featured the scoring streaks of Markus Howard, the game’s top scorer with 26 points.

Barça, for its part, did not find its place except for the appearances of Oscar Da Silva in the first round and Nico Laprovittola in the third quarter.

The match began with a lot of rhythm and scoring, especially by the locals, who were more inspired from the three-point line to take the first lead, after six minutes, 21-12, against an opponent that stayed in the game thanks to Oscar Da Silva’s ten points.

Markus Howard and Codi Miller-McIntyre were close to blowing up the duel with high percentages, but Willy Hernangomez gave more balance to the culés, to counter a Baskonia that went ahead, 26-18, after the first ten minutes.

Barça did not use fouls against the Baskonista attacks and opted to enter the offensive melee, although he failed to score the free throws, while Roger Grimau was looking for his ideal quintet.

A triple by Tadas Sedekerskis, the eighth for the Basques, made it 47-27 and set off the alarm for the Blaugranas, who couldn’t find a leader to follow. Only Oscar Da Silva was saved, but there was no response from the Roger Grimau, against a good local defense.

Nonetheless, Baskonia did not lift its foot and went to half-time with the maximum difference in the first half to score, 55-29, with nine triples and 29 points in the second quarter, the same as Barça in the entire first half.

A 0-7 for the culés after passing through the locker room changed the pace of the game. The Blaugranas toughened their defense and Baskonia began to lower its percentages. Nico Laprovittola began to come into play and Barça lowered the lead to 16 points in just five minutes.

The blaugranas cushioned the blow with patience and defensive disposition, despite the efforts of the Argentine point guard, who took many more shots and the duel entered the last round with a score of 70-53 for the Basques.

A 4-0 start marked an epilogue with Baskonian overtones, in which several sparks from Markus Howard once again opened a gap above 20 points, insurmountable for Barcelona.

The bet It also served for Dusko Ivanovic to test Khalifa Diop after several weeks absent due to a back injury. The interior was able to play the last minutes in which Barcelona was able to make up the final result, 94-71.

Datasheet:

94 – Baskonia (26+29+15+24): Miller-McIntyre (20), Howard (26), Díez (5), Sedekerskis (9) and Costello (5) -starting five-, Raieste (-), Chiozza (4), Kotsar (6) and Moneke (19).

71 – Barcelona (18+11+24+18): Satoransky (6), Laprovittola (14), Kalinic (6), Da Silva (12) and Vesely (2) -starting five-, Hernangómez (7), Jokubaitis ( 8), Brizuela (2), Parra (-), Parker (2), Abrines (9) and Nnaji (-).

Referees: Emin Mogulkoc (Turkey), Saso Petek (Slovenia) and Maxime Boubert (France). No eliminated. They pointed out a technical foul against the visiting coach, Roger Grimau (min.20) and Tomas Satoransky (min.27) and an unsportsmanlike foul against the local Chiozza (min.39).

Incidents: Match corresponding to the eighth day of the Euroleague played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria before 10,033 spectators.

2023-11-15 21:38:37
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