An impressive Alba swept Villeurbanne 88-63 at the ‘LDLC’ in the back-to-back derby of EuroLeague Round 21 with the two teams sitting at 4-17 in the bottom of the standings, simply aiming for as many wins as possible in the regular season.
The “albatross” reached +12 at the end of the third period and with several runs at +24 in the fourth period before the final victory.
The leaders of the winners were Brown, Wetzel with 13 and Prosinda, Tiemann with 12 points. For the French, Lee and Caudy stood out with 12 points.
The match
Led by Coumaji, Alba maintained a +1 to +3 inside the French racket at the start of the match. With a personal 5-0 run by Braun, the Germans reached 5-13. An 8-0 Villeurbanne run led by Louvavoux-Cambaro in the German racket brought +1 for the “albatross” and, with the lead constantly changing, the first quarter ended at 20-19.
A 4-0 run by Alba at the start of the second period made it 24-21 for the Germans, but Prosinda with a personal 6-0 run made it 24-27 for the players of Gondaleth. A new 6-0 run made it 29-35 for the Germans and Brown +5. Alba continued the streak and with a 6-0 reached 35-41 with many solutions inside the opponent’s racket, with Loverne ending the half at 37-41. Villeurbanne had 1/11 three-pointers and 15/21 two-pointers, while Alba had 13/25 two-pointers, 6/10 shots and 20 rebounds.
Thomas’ three-pointer made it 38-46 for Alba at the start of the third period and kept the Germans +7 to +9 at that time. Thiemann brought +12 for the Berliners and Vetzel +14 to the French’s poor defense on all sides of the floor and the many rebounds of the Alba players that allowed quick attacks for the visitors, with +13 to +15 consistently in that time and just Bean’s three-pointer to end the quarter at 50-62.
Alba took advantage of the failure of the French and brought +16 at the start of the fourth period, Bean brought it 52-70. Snyder made it 55-75 in Villeurbanne’s “hole” defense and Procida’s three-pointer made it 55-78. Wetzel made it 57-81 in a now wide open game and Alba’s 5-0 run made it 59-86, at which point the match ended at 63-88.
The quarters: 20-19, 37-41, 50-62, 63-88
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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