Bilbao Basket must win in Istanbul to continue depending on itself

Euskaraz irakurri: Bilbao Basketek Istanbulen irabazi behar du, aukerak izaten jarraitzeko

He Surne Bilbao Basket visit this tuesday Darussafaka Lassa turkish in the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul (6:00 p.m.) with the obligation to win in order to continue depending on himself in the fight to qualify for the quarterfinals of the FIBA Champions League.

The Biscayan team has reached this penultimate day of the FIBA BCL Top16 in an almost limit situation and forced to rush some options that are not too many and that depend on other results after the last one defeat in Miribilla last week against the leader and reigning champion lenovo tenerife.

Two days before the end of the phase of the 16 best, the set of james ponsarnau adds only one victory, precisely in Bilbao against his rival this Tuesday (85-75)and, in principle, you must consider not only winning, but also going back to the UCAM the 18 points for which he fell in Murcia (90-72).

A challenge that could be softened if imposed on the Darussafaka and that Murcia lose at home with him Tenerife in a game that will be played on Wednesday (8:30 p.m.) and already knowing the result of istanbul.

If you lose in Turkey and the UCAM beats the Lenovohe Bilbao Basket would be already deleted one day from the bottom of the Top 16.

In addition, Tuesday’s game is more difficult for the Bilbao team due to the victory of Darussafaka in the previous day before the Murciawhom they beat after two overtimes and after coming back from 17 points in the last quarter (105-104).

In the first round in the Bilbao ArenaIn the first day of this third phase, the ‘men in black’ prevailed with some authority over a very tough opponent in the game whom they had to overcome in the second half.

Regarding the state of the Bilbao squad for this match, the power forward is still in doubt Denzel Andersondropped in the last three games of his team due to low back pain, and it will also be necessary to see how the most relevant players in the rotation of ponsarnauthe ‘handlers’ Ludde Hakanson and Adam Smithwho played depleted this Sunday against Real Madrid at the WiZink Center.