Baskonia threw a party with Armani Milano as a guest. His team Dusko Ivanovic had Howard and Moneke as the main protagonists, destroyed the Italians with a score 88-73 and established itself in its top ten Euroleaguetying for 8th place together with Maccabi Tel Aviv!
With this victory, the team from Vitoria raised their record to 16-13, while Milan fell to 12-17 and the top ten case is difficult.
In the matches, the first period went hand in hand between the two teams and ended with a short header for the hosts (19-18). Despite this, Baskonia started to tighten up their defense afterwards and have a plurality in attack, constantly increasing the lead. Therefore, he closed the half at +14 (48-34) and put the… water in the groove. Armani was trying to keep the score close with only the individual inspirations of Shields and Mirotic. However, they were obviously not enough against the well-worked set of Ivanovic, who completely controlled the score and entered the last quarter, keeping a safe distance (69-55).
The difference opened immediately and by the middle of the fourth period it reached its highest value, at +23 (79-56), with the match having a procedural character until the finale. Somehow, the 88-73 final gave another pink match sheet to the Basques who continue to be on the path to the playoffs.
The quarters: 19-18, 29-16, 21-21, 19-18.
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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