With an 11-0 run in the fourth period, Valencia “cleaned” Alba 79-71 in Levante for the sixth matchday of the EuroLeague and reached 5-1 and second place in the standings, awaiting the result at Barcelona-Olympiacos on Friday and leaving the German champions at 1-5 and joint last with Villeurbanne.
Gondaleth’s players were ahead for most of the match, but the counterattack of the “bats” in the fourth period and the new 5-0 run brought +10 to the final victory.
The protagonists of the winners were Otzelege with 19, Davis with 14 and Harper with 11 points. For the “albatross”, Brown stood out with 19 and Thomas with 16 points.
The match
The two teams were finding solutions in the opposing baskets and neither could escape the score at the beginning of the match. Ojeleghe’s three-pointer made it 8-4 for the Levantines, but Olinde’s 5-0 run made it +1 for the Albatross and the lead changed again, with Jones making it 15-14 at the end of the first. ten minutes.
The same pattern continued in the first five minutes of the second quarter, with the many attacking solutions of both making the match a derby. A 6-0 by Valencia brought them to +5 with Davis and Harper and a 4-0 by the German champions brought them to 31-33. The two consecutive three-pointers of the “bats” kept them at +1 to +2 and Jones finished the half at 41-39.
The two consecutive 3-pointers by the Germans brought an 8-0 run at the start of the third period and the +4 of the Gondaleth players. Valencia responded with a multi-scoring 9-0 run for the Spaniards 52-47 and Harper’s three-pointer made it +6. Prosida helped a 5-0 run for -1 and Jovic’s shot made it 56-54 at the end of the quarter.
A 4-0 run at the start of the fourth quarter made it 56-59 for the Germans who held the mini lead with back-to-back 3-pointers and a 5-0 run. Brown’s 3-pointer made it 63-67. There, an 11-0 run by Valencia made it 74-67 on long shots by the Americans. A new 5-0 run by the Levantines made it 79-69 and the match ended at 79-71.
The quarters: 15-14, 41-39, 56-54, 79-71
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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