Euskaraz irakurri: Baskoniak lehen porrota jaso du Euroligan Olinpiakosen aurka (92-97)
The Olympiacos has broken the streak of victories that the Cazoo Baskonia at his grand start Euroleague to win the duel at the Buesa Arena for 92-97a result that leaves the Vitorians fourth.
In this way, the Basque team suffered the first defeat of the European season despite the numbers of the Lithuanian Tadas Sedekerskis, who was key in the reaction from Vitoria and closed the duel with 18 points, and the Estonian Maik Kotsar, who went to the 19 points.
The Hellenes entered the game with much more rhythm and Joan Peñarroya was forced to stop the duel due to the concessions they made to his rival, who in the first five minutes was already in charge 4-18.
The azulgranas failed in the defensive balance and in the one-on-one defense. The triple, the best ally of the locals, did not work and they suffered to add in attack until the 16-32.
The entry of Tadas Sedekerskis to the court improved the performance of the Baskonia players, who took a step forward to cushion the rival’s punch.
A partial of 19-2, with Darius Thompson as master of ceremonies and Tadas Sedekerskis as executing arm, turned the duel and put a 47-42 at break time.
Around the corner, four local triples made the difference. A distant triple by Darius Thompson put the maximum for the locals (67-57), but again Sasha Vezenkov was in charge of keeping his team in the game with two consecutive triples. Vanja Marinkovic unblocked Baskonia in attack, with problems when their starting point guard was missing, and the last assault began with a 74-65.
A 0-14 run led by Kostas Sloukas in the first two minutes of the period restored the lead to Olympiacos.
A triple by Markus Howard gave the locals hope in a final stretch in which the visiting team was finer than the Baskonistas and won the duel.
The bad news of the match came when, 22 seconds from the end, Markus Howard retired to the locker room in the silence of the Buesa Arena with significant signs of pain in his left knee.
Data sheet
92 – Cazoo Baskonia (16+31+27+18): Thompson (9), Marinkovic (12), Giedraitis (7), Hommes (12) and Kotsar (16) -five starting-, Raieste (4), Howard (11), Sedekerskis (15), Costello (6), and Kurucs (-).
97 – Olympiacos (32+10+23+32): Walkup (8), Canaan (5), McKissic (12), Vezenkov (26) and Fall (6), -starting five-, Sloukas (20), Lountzis (-), Larentzakis (11), Bolomboy (2) , Peters (3) and Black (4).
referees: Matej Boltauzer (Slovenia), Joseph Bissang (France) and Marcin Kowalski (Poland). They signaled a technical foul to the visiting bench (min.25). Without eliminated.
Source: Eitb
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