He did a subversive in Bilbao and remained undefeated the pigeon

With terrible Harris and Nichols in the fourth period, Peristeri won 84-81 in Bilbao the holder of the FIBA ​​Europe Cup at the premiere of the second organizing of the European Federation and made a qualifying step in the ’16s through the first position of the group and against the big groove.

The Basque even arrived at +16 in the first half and started the fourth period with +11, but the epic counterattack of the “blue” initially with Harris and then with Nichols’ 9 consecutive points brought several 5-0 and 4-0 and +6 in the last seconds.

The top winners were Cardenas with 22, Nichols with 21 and thanks to 18 points.

For the Basque, the thousands of 17, Yavorski with 12 and Norman with 11 points, stood out.

The match

The Basque three -pointers at the start of their match brought +3 to +4 at that time. The consecutive shots outside 6.75 brought +6 for the institution holders in the bad regional defense of Vassilis Xanthopoulos. With Cardenna’s 4-0 personal series, Peristeri reduced 14-12 and with a new 4-0 equalized to 16-16. There, the Spaniards found aggressive polyphony and with a 7-0 series reached 23-16 in the end of the first quarter with very good three-point rates.

Bilbao reached 6 points at the beginning of the second period and the difference reached +11. Peristeri found the solutions in the opposing racket and reduced to -5 with a 6-0 run. Bilbao responded with a 5-0 run for +10 starring Silas. New Basque 7-0 series with “crescendo” from the three-pointers brought +15 and then +16 for Bilbao with 8/15 from 6.75 and Holinson +18. Nichols’ three-pointer reduced 48-33 to the half-time completion, with 10/18 three-pointers of the home side standing out.

The Basque also had 6/14 two -pointers, 6/7 shots and 17 rebounds. The “blue” had 1/8 three -pointers, 14/18 two -pointers, 2/4 shots and 19 rebounds.

Cardenas’ personal series reduced 50-37 in the first two minutes of the third period, while the Basque had begun to fail in the three-pointers they were attempting, except for Krambeli that made it 53-39. Jankovic and Cardenna took the situation into their hands and made a 7-0 series for 53-46. The Thousand and Klinson maintained the double-digit difference for Bilbao in a counterattack effort by Nichols for the “blue”, reducing to 65-57 in the completion of the thirty minutes.

Normanda’s three-pointer brought 68-57 at the start of the fourth period, but Harris took action there with a personal series of 5-0 for -5 of Vasilis Xanthopoulos’s players. The two consecutive three-pointers of Peristeri reduced to 2, but the home team of the home side brought 75-69. Nichols and Cardenas reduced twice to the-3s for the “blue”. Nichols reduced 78-77 to 2’20 ” and Norma failed in a three-point one and a half minutes before the end. Nichols scored in a three-point 78-80 at 1’07 ”, Petrasek missed a three-point lead and Nichols made it 78-82 at 19 ” before the end. The players of Peristeri stole the ball, Nichols won a foul and with two shots in the 11 ” made it 78-84. Yavorski’s three-pointer at 3 ” reduced 81-84. Van Tubingue missed the last shot of the guests saying unbeaten this season.

The quarters: 23-16, 48-33, 65-57, 81-84

The statistics