Joventut de Badalona defeated Baskonia at home for the third day of the ACB League in Spain. Jayson Granger’s team was left undefeated.
In the match corresponding to the third date of the Spanish first division championship, the faces Joventut and Baskonia were seen. The former came from falling to Obradoiro as visitors, while the latter, in their last presentation, had defeated Fuenlabrada at home.
Those led by Carles Durán took to the field with Guillem Vives, Pep Busquets, Albert Ventura, Derek Willis and the Croatian Ante Tomic. For their part, those led by Dusko Ivanovic began with Wade Baldwin IV, Arturs Kurucs, Simone Fontecchio, Tadas Sedekerskis and Landry Nnoko from Cameroon.
The match held at the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona presented a fairly balanced start, in which both teams tried to capture their main offensive attributes in the rectangle. The home team hurt in the painted area with the presence of Derek Willis and Ante Tomic, while the visiting team hurt with the distance shots of Wade Baldwin IV and Tadas Sedekerskis. At the end of the first period, led by an inspired Pep Busquets, the Catalans managed to get an income of nine points, but that was quickly neutralized by their rival. With a good contribution from the bench by Pau Ribas and Vladimir Brodziansky, those from Badalona placed a 15-5 run in the second quarter, which gave them the chance to take control of the shares.
At the beginning of the second half, the owner of the house was in front of the electronic in figures from 35 to 24. In the first bars of the complement, a clearly marked procedure could be observed, in which a team tried to react by all possible means, while the other aimed to maintain the difference generated in the initial stage. Those led by Dusko Ivanovic had an uneven Baldwin in the 1 × 1, well accompanied by Jayson Granger in the playing generation. For their part, those commanded by Carles Durán had as their main attribute what his inmate couple, Willis and Tomic, continued to do. In the final minutes, those from Catalunya dedicated themselves to managing the income and ended up closing the game without major inconveniences. Finally, Joventut was left with the victory by 72 to 61 and thus achieved his second victory in the tournament and took the undefeated from the Basque team.
The winner was the figure of Slovak Vladimir Brodziansky, who scored 17 points and captured 7 rebounds, followed by Ante Tomic with 15 points. On the losing side, Wade Baldwin IV finished as the leading scorer with 23 points.
Uruguayan point guard Jayson Granger spent 23:48 minutes on the court, in which he contributed 6 points (1/3 triples, 1/5 doubles and 1/2 free), 5 assists and 2 steals, for a total valuation of 2.
The next commitment of our compatriot’s team will be on Friday, when in his debut in the Euroleague he will have to visit Olympiacos. While for the local tournament he will be active again in a week, facing Manresa as a visitor.
Photo: Jesús Andrade