Huge “double” for her Baskonia!
His team Dusko Ivanovic won with a score of 91-90 Red Star inside the packed ‘Stark Arena’ and climbed to 12-10 in the standings, dropping the Serbians even further out of the top ten, to 9-13!
The match was a complete upset, with the home side putting in an excellent first half to get there up to +12 (52-40). Nevertheless, the Baskonia stayed alive and responded with an epic third period, scoring a single 26-10 causing him to pass forward. In the last quarter, it was the Basques who found themselves at +12, with Red Star to make a final counterattack without finally catching up.
Top of the match was the “hot” Marcus Howard, who scored 32 points on 7/10 3-pointers and was unstoppable offensively. Worthy supporters of Vanja Marinkovic with 18 points and Chima Moneke with 13 points and 12 rebounds, while he helped with 8 points Nikos Rogavopoulos. Among the losers, the terrible stood out with 26 points and 5 assists Yago Dos Santos.
The match
The guests entered better in the first minutes and went ahead 5-8 with two three-pointers Marcus Howard. Gradually, the Red Star began to find a rhythm with the help of a home run that caught fire, leading to an 11-0 scoring run for 16-8 thanks to Dos Santos and Boloboi. Costello and Rogavopoulos had assists to cut it to 16-13, but Mitrovic and Lazic they answered with three pointers for 22-12. The home side’s dominance continued despite Marinkovic’s effort, with the first quarter ending at 30-20.
In the second period, Baskonia began to find some solutions to get closer, with their protagonists Moneke and Rogavopoulos, which they cut to 35-28. THE Costello he made a three-pointer for 37-31 and confirmed the reaction of the Basques, but Hanga started to give solutions to the hosts, who escaped again with 42-33. THE Javode Smard showed his scoring skills with a three-pointer for 45-36, while o Gentraitis signed Red Star’s good finish before the break, with the half ending 52-43.
The third period had a different story than the first two. THE Howard came in… furious and scored 9 straight points with two 3-pointers, while Monk quickly tied the score at 54-54. THE Davidovac gave the hosts a breather with a three-pointer for 57-54, while o Smart and Gentraitis made shots for 60-56. Despite this, the reaction of the guests continued, with Howard to put them ahead with a score of 60-61 thanks to another three-pointer. An excellent third quarter for the Spaniards ended with two more long shots from Howard and Marinkovich for 62-69.
The situation developed even more negatively for them Serbssince with new long shots of Howard and Marinkovichthe difference slipped to 65-77 in her favor Baskonia. The Red Star tried to get back into the game with Dos Santos as the star, who started finding the target from everywhere, reducing to 70-77. THE Marinkovic he answered with a three-pointer for 70-80, but the Brazilian guard with support from Gentraitis continued his… hava, reducing the difference to 78-82. Yes, with a big three-pointer of his Gentraitisthe match was on point (83-84), until o Howard to give two consecutive solutions for 83-88. The formidable Dos Santos made two shots and took advantage of Howard’s mistake to cut it to 87-88. Moneke got a crucial rebound and Baskonia held on to take the win.
The quarters: 30-20, 52-43, 62-69, 90-91
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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