The two sides of the coin

With a lapidary partial of 22-6 in the last quarter, Lenovo Tenerife defeated Baskonia for the Spanish ACB League. In the Uruguayan duel, Bruno Fitipaldo clearly beat Jayson Granger.

By the sixth date of the Endesa League, the faces Baskonia and Lenovo Tenerife were seen. The former came from defeating Obradoiro at home, while the latter came from beating Zaragoza at home. Those led by Dusko Ivanovic took to the field with Jayson Granger, Simone Fontecchio, Rokas Giedraitis, Matt Costello and Landry Nnoko from Cameroon. For their part, those led by Txus Vidorreta began with Bruno Fitipaldo, Joan Sastre, Aaron Doornekamp, ​​Kyle Wiltjer and Fran Guerra.

The match held at the Fernando Buesa Arena presented a favorable start to the visiting team, who with a good contribution from the perimeter of Canadians Kyle Wiltjer and Aaron Doornekamp, ​​managed to open a premature advantage of nine units (2-11). Little by little, the local cast was improving in defense, while on the other side they found the outside scoring of Simone Fontecchio and Rokas Giedraitis. However, in the second period, those of the island returned to take control of the actions, being important for this the figure of the Uruguayan Bruno Fitipaldo, who added to what Wiltjer continued to do. In the epilogue of the initial stage, by the hand of an inspired Matt Costello, those of Vitoria-Gasteiz placed a resounding 16-2 partial, which gave them the possibility of going ahead in the score.

At the beginning of the second half, the homeowner was at the forefront in the electronic in figures from 38 to 37. In the first bars of the complement, the best version of the team led by Montenegrin Dusko Ivanovic could be observed, which was clearly superior to his rival, having the Lithuanians Sedekerskis and Giedraitis as the main offensive exponents. At the end of the third quarter, the Basques had an income of ten points in their favor (59-49). Averaging the last period, those commanded by Txus Vidorreta began a reaction with Salin and Fitipaldo as standard bearers. In the absence of 55 seconds for the closing, with a pump from the former Malvín, the Tenerife people managed to get three units apart. In the reload, Fontecchio could not score and in the next attack, a triple by Wiltjer ended up tilting the balance in favor of the visit. Finally, Lenovo Tenerife was left with the victory by 71-65 and thus remains one of the guards with a 4-2 record.

In the winner, the figure of Canadian Kyle Wiltjer stood out, who converted 19 points and grabbed 4 rebounds. On the loser’s side, Rokas Giedraitis finished as top scorer with 17 points.

Uruguayan point guard Bruno Fitipaldo scored 15 points (5/8 triples and 0/1 doubles), captured 3 rebounds, distributed 7 assists and recovered 2 balls in the 27:15 minutes that he remained on the court, reaching a rating of 22, the most high of the game.

For his part, Jayson Granger spent 22:15 minutes in the rectangle, in which he contributed 2 units (0/4 triples and 1/1 doubles), 1 rebound, 3 assists and 1 steal, for a total value of -1.

The next commitment of the Granger team will be on Friday, when they have to host Monaco of France at home for the Euroleague. While the Fitipaldo team will be active again on Saturday, facing the local tournament against Joventut de Badalona in Canarian territory.