After him Olympic in SEF, Baskonia she showed her teeth AND at Barcelona beating her comfortably in Vitoria with 94-71 for the 8th matchday of the Euroleague. Dusko Ivanovic’s team was stormy in the first half reaching +26, and then they managed the lead without much stress since the visitors were… unrecognizable and did not avoid their second defeat by flirting and dragging, after the difference reached the +30.
Marcus Howard with 26, Cody Miller McIntyre with 20 and Chima Moneke with 19 points were the trio of fire for the hosts. Nicolas Laprovitola with 14 and Oscar Da Silva with 14 points were rescued from the heartbreaking “Barca”.
The match
Baskonia led Barcelona into their rhythm from the start. Howard and McIntyre were “bombing” in every way and the hosts were outscored 26-16, while Da Silva with 10 points in the quarter tried to keep the “Blaugrana” upright. With Moneke added to the equation, the Basques continued their dominance and blew the lead to 15 (38-23) and shortly after to 26 (55-29), against the Catalans who were out of place and time closing the half with 12 /37 shots and 7 errors.
With a partial 15-5 in the first half of the third period, “Barca” showed signs of life approaching 16 (60-44) thanks to the awakening of Nicolas Laprovitola. However, the counterattack did not continue, as Baskonia closed the quarter in the safety of +17, 70-53. Any chance quickly evaporated in the final period, with Ivanovic’s men trailing +28 (89-61) with five minutes to go. The difference even reached thirty (!), 94-64, with Barcelona’s torment never ending.
Ten minutes: 26-18, 55-29, 70-53, 94-71
See here the statistics of the match
Source: Sport Fm
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