The baskoniawith a big Markus Howard who scored 33 points, offered a show to achieve the second victory against Partizan Belgrade by 103-96in a duel that was resolved in extra time.
The American shooter forced the extra time with a triple over the horn which confirmed the activation of the Vitorians, who ceded the offensive prominence to Markus Howard, author of 8 three-point shots out of 12 attempted.
Matt Costello with 23 credits and Rockas Giedraitis with 21 they seconded Howard in a duel in which the locals were close to bleeding to death with the superb performance of Zach Leday (23 points and 10 rebounds) and Mathias Lessort (19 points and 12 rebounds), in addition to the 26 points of Kevin Punter .
The visitors put the locals in trouble until two three-pointers by Rokas Giedraitis gave Joan Peñarroya’s team oxygen. However, Baskonia’s offensive rebound and counter-attack losses left Partizan ahead with a 14-23.
Three consecutive triples pushed the locals with an initial run of 11-5, which ended up putting Baskonia ahead 36-32.
The Serbs had more problems in the five against five, but recovered sensations after five minutes of lethargy. In spite of everything, the seven triples scored by the Basques in this act left them with an advantage in the rest time, 46-42.
Baskonia grew to 53-46, but Partizan reacted little by little to slip behind the Vitorians to close the third quarter with a 67-68.
Free throws followed one another on both sides and it came with a 86-89. Howard picked up the ball with 8 seconds left and sent the game into overtime with a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
The Baskonia striker scored another five crucial points to put Baskonia ahead after a good Serbian start in extra time and Matt Costello put the finishing touches for Barça’s second victory in the Euroleague, 103-96.
Data sheet
103 – Bitci Baskonia (14+32+21+22+14): Thompson (11), Marinkovcic (4), Giedraitis (13), Hommes (5) and Kotsar (4) -five starting-, Howard (33), Díez (-), Sedekerskis (11), Costello (19) and Kurucs (3).
96 – Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade (23+19+26+21+7): Exum (4), Nunnally (12), Papapetrou (5), Leday (23) and Lessort (19) -five starting-, Vukcevic (3), Koprivica (-), Punter (26), Trifunovic (-), Andjusic (-) and Madar (3).
referees: Robert Lottermoser, Segio Silva and Vassilis Pitsilkas. They eliminated Exum (min.38) and Papapetrou (min.45).
Source: Eitb
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