He took the Spanish “civil war” and the difference n Valencia!
His team Alex Moubrough produced an excellent defensive performance throughout the match at the ‘Fernando Buesa Arena’, celebrated a great double with a score 77-62 over Baskonia for the 23rd matchday of the Euroleague!
Holding the Basques 20 points below their tournament average (!), the Bats covered the -14 of the first matchas a result of which they “ride” their opponent to draw (12-11), thus occupying the 9th place in the ranking table!
The first scorer for the winners was Brandon Davis with 19 points, 4 rebounds, as many assists and 2 blocks. Jones (12 points, 5 points) and Otzelege (11 points, 3 points) followed closely behind.
For Baskonia, he stood out Monk with 16 points and 5 rebounds, at the time when the second scorer of the competition, Marcus Howard (19.1 ppg), was 7 tonight on 3/14 shooting!
The match:
THE Valencia entered the match very strongly, imposing its own pace early on and taking the upper hand in the score from the very first possession. With Brandon Davies and Chris Jones starting hot, the visitors led 12-5 in the 6th minute and 16-9 in the 8th minute, before Marinkovic and Moneke reduced the gap for Baskonia to 13-16 of the first period.
With Otzelege entering the equation of the game and helping on the offensive side, the “bats” led 21-13 in the 11th minute, while shortly after, consecutive three-pointers by Arostegi and Jovic, raised the difference to double digits for the first time (17-27). Alex Moubrou’s team continued to play at a high tempo, while Baskonia were unable to find spaces at the front of the floor, with Howard to stay far from his best self, having only 3 points in the first 20 minutes. Somehow, Valencia steadily extended their lead, going into the dressing room with the favor of 45-29!
The reaction of the Basques would come to third period and even through their defense. Dusko Ivanovic’s team managed to keep their opponents to 13 points, as a result they “gnawed away” at the difference and, thanks to Moneke’s excellent quarter, reduced it to 58-48 of the period.
In fact, with a two-pointer from Howard and a three-pointer from Moneke and Theodore, the hosts reduced the difference in 3 (56-59) at its beginnings fourth and last period, re-entering the match dynamically. Nevertheless, Valencia immediately reacted with two “hits” by Anderson and Jones behind the 6.75m. regained safety distance (56-65), while a little later, Davis shot the difference to +15 for 72-57 in 37′! Somewhere there the modest ceremony came to an end, with the Valencians celebrating a great double with final 77-62.
The quarters: 13-16, 29-45, 48-58, 62-77.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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