Vitoria, Dec 9 (EFE) .- Bitci Baskonia sentenced Asvel Villeurbanne, 91-66 on Thursday, in an overwhelming third quarter that allowed them to break the match and confirm on the fourteenth day of the Euroleague that the victory in the Endesa League against FC Barcelona was not a flower of a day.
The rhythm that Neven Spahija’s team set and the quality of their defense after the break was decisive in recovering the honeys of victory in a difficult continental competition against a revelation team that had fallen short in the last month.
The Catalans were able to stop Chris Jones’ scoring ability in the first half and up to five Baskonistas surpassed ten points.
The intelligence of Matt Costello (16 valuation credits) or the radical change of Wade Baldwin (19) were two of the many positive notes of a team in which several players such as Simone Fontecchio and Rokas Giedraitis stood out.
The duel started a lot of speed and very electric actions from which the French team took the most advantage, led by an inspired Chris Jones, author of ten points in the first quarter. Both were more comfortable in the open field, where they deployed their entire arsenal.
In the five against five the attacks of the two squads were heavier and were resolved with direct blocks or talent plays by Gauls and Basques who maintained equality during the first act, 19-19.
Baskonia reacted to the great start of Asvel’s period, which managed to print speed, climb defensive lines and go out at speed to punish the locals. Matt Costello started producing as soon as he jumped onto the pitch and the Catalans took the lead again.
TJ Parker responded by placing the young Victor Wembanyama and Youssoupha Fall on the track, his two tallest men -220 centimeters-, but it did not have the expected result and he resorted to the creativity of Elie Okobo and Chris Jones to solve his attacks and be able to close the gap more. match, 45-44.
The scoring rhythm grew after passing through the changing rooms. Steven Enoch and Simone Fontecchio acted as offensive stilettos for their team and Baskonia took an income of 14 points, thanks to a 14-2 run, also the result of good defenses. In fact, on up to four occasions the Asvel’s possession of the clock ran out in the third round.
The last quarter started with a 69-55 that marked the way to the triumph of the Baskonians, ready to finish a match that cost them to break, but riding the wave of good play that they displayed at the Palau Blaugrana, the Vitorians confirmed their improvement and they won 91-66.
– Data sheet:
91 – Bitci Baskonia (19 + 26 + 24 + 22): Granger (7), Baldwin (13), Giedraitis (15), Sedekerskis (2) and Enoch (14) -starting five-, Lamar Peters (5), Fontecchio (15), Marinkovic (-), Costello (13) and Nnoko (7).
66 – Asvel Villeurbanne (19 + 25 + 11 + 11): Okobo (7), Jones (17), Knight (4), Wembanyama (10) and Gist (8) -starting five-, Lacombe (5), Kahudi ( 6), Fall (6), Howard (3) and Strazel (-).
Referees: Mateu Boltauzer (Slovenia), Michele Rossi (Italy) and Uros Obrknezevic (Serbia). Without eliminated.
Incidents: match corresponding to the fourteenth day of the Euroleague played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria before 5,426 spectators.
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