With a superb performance from Jayson Granger, Baskonia defeated Unicaja and snapped a five-game losing streak between local and international tournaments. The Uruguayan broke his record for triples scored in an ACB League match.
By the ninth date of the Endesa League, the faces Baskonia and Unicaja were seen. The former came from falling at home to Real Madrid, while the latter from suffering a away defeat against MoraBanc Andorra. Montenegrin Dusko Ivanovic presented a quintet made up of Jayson Granger, Simone Fontecchio, Rokas Giedraitis, Tadas Sedekerskis and Landry Nnoko. For their part, those led by the Greek Fotios Katsikaris took to the field with Norris Cole, Darío Brizuela, Axel Bouteille, Tim Abromaitis and Michael Eric.
The match played at the Fernando Buesa Arena presented a clearly favorable start to the visiting team, who with a good offensive contribution from their internal game made up of Tim Abromaitis and Michael Eric, managed to open a premature advantage of twelve units. The home team had serious problems on defense, while on the other side of the rectangle it depended purely and exclusively on what Vanja Marinkovic could generate from beyond 6.75 meters. As the minutes went by, the Basques improved their performance considerably, the scoring of Simone Fontecchio and Tadas Sedekerskis being important for this, who were well fed by Jayson Granger. The malagueños began to have problems when scoring, since Jaime Fernández, the team’s main generator, was well controlled.
At the beginning of the second half, the visit was in front of the electronic in figures from 41 to 36. In the first bars of the complement, a balanced process could be observed, in which both teams exchanged attack for attack. Those from Vitoria-Gasteiz hurt with Granger’s perimeter shots, while the Andalusians responded in the same way through Frenchman Alex Bouteille. Between the close of the third period and the start of the last, the homeowner finished matching the shares. In the epilogue, triples were killed, with Barreiro and Granger standing out in that section. A bomb from Lithuanian Giedratis with 48 seconds to go was decisive in tipping the balance in favor of those led by Dusko Ivanovic. Ultimately, Baskonia was left with the victory 92-89 and thus cut a streak of five consecutive defeats between ACB and Euroleague.
The winner was the brilliant performance of the Uruguayan Jayson Granger, who scored 24 points (7/11 triples, 1/3 doubles and 1/2 free), caught 1 rebound, distributed 6 assists and stole 3 balls in 32:22 minutes he stayed on the court, reaching a total valuation of 26. The seven triples are a personal record in the Spanish league.
The one formed in Cordón was well accompanied by the Lithuanian Tadas Sedekerskis, who contributed 22 points and 11 rebounds. On the loser’s side, Axel Bouteille finished as a scorer with 23 points.
The next commitment of our compatriot’s team for the local tournament will be on Saturday, when on the island they have to face Gran Canaria. While the Euroleague will be active again on Thursday, visiting the Football Club Barcelona.
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