Baskonia did not get out of the slump against Olympiacos and suffered another tough defeat, 92-69, in a clash in which the locals took a significant lead in the first quarter and gave the Basque team no option, which has accumulated five setbacks consecutive in the Euroleague.
In total it was the eighth defeat in nine games, in a new duel in which the seams were once again seen for an indolent Baskonia, who suffered in defense in the first half and recorded a poor 3 of 21 in triples.
The Baskonistas had a timid reaction after the break, but when Laso again took his tall men off the court, Olympiacos turned on an imperial Nikola Milutinov who conditioned Baskonia’s defense and opened more holes.
Pablo Laso even tried it with Markus Howard as a base, to seek a reaction from his team, which suffered in many aspects and did not find the necessary offensive fluidity in a duel that had already gone uphill too quickly.
The Greeks failed too much and gave Baskonia several opportunities to get back into the game, but the old ghosts reappeared in the Spanish team’s squad, which had no answers in attack and was surpassed by a clear 92-69.
