Alba Berlin beat Villeurbanne 82-80 in Lyon in one of the indifferent matches of the 27th game of the Euroleague and went to the 9-16 record, leaving the French champions at 9-17, with both of them almost eliminated from the top eight.
The match was a derby in the first half, the Germans with a series of 9-0 reached +9, Villeurbanne responded with a 12-0 series for +1 and from that time until the end of the match we had many alternations and at 80-82 Jones missed a three-pointer to give his team the victory.
Leading for the “albatross” were Smith with 16, Matisek with 13 and Lo with 12 points.
For the hosts, Jones stood out with 22, Lacombe with 18 and Knight with 11 points.
Matisek, Lo took the offensive initiatives in the first period, but Villeurbanne’s 8/12 two-pointers brought the 21-21 to the end of the first period.
Both teams kept pace in the score in the second period, with Blatt bringing 40-43 at the end of the half, thanks to the dominance of the “albatross” in rebounds.
Lacombe brought 55-54 for the French in the third period, but Alba’s 5-0 series brought 55-60 at the end of the thirty minutes.
In the fourth period, Gist reduced to 70-71 at 36′.14 ”, but the Germans made it 9-2 for 72-80 at 56 “before the end. The French tried and reduced with Lo to 78- 81 to 8 “and Lacombe reduced to 80-81 to 5”. There, Gist fouled Sikma and he only scored on the second shot for 80-82. In the last attack, Jones missed the last shot after blocked by Smith.
THE TEN MINUTES: 21-21, 40-43, 55-60, 80-82
VILLARBAN (Parker): Webaniama 5 (0/3 3-pointers, 4 rebounds), Jones 22 (5/9 2-pointers, 2/3 3-pointers, 6/7 shots, 5 assists), County, Lacombe 18 (2), Dio 6 (2), Knight 11 (5/9 two points, 1/2 shots, 6 rebounds), Gist 3 (1/8 shot, 1/2 shots), Fal 4, Osetkowski, Howard 4, Strazel 7 (1)
BERLIN ALBA (Gonthaleth): Lo 12 (1/5 3-pointers, 5 assists), Da Silva 4, Smith 16 (4/8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Dilow 3 (1/4 shot, 6 rebounds), Matisek 13 (3/4 3-pointers), Snyder 3, Koumanji 2, Teiman 10 (1 three points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists), Shikma 8 (1), Blatt 5 (1/4 three points), Lammers 6 (6 rebounds)
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