Baskonia’s first away win in this Euroleague. The victory at the Mercedes Benz Arena allows him to round off a great week to keep a balance of two wins and two losses. It is true that Alba had five casualties, especially in the interior and ended up paying the fatigue due to the accumulation of games. With 7 minutes remaining, he was winning by 17 points and he was not intimidated by Israel González’s team, who made a devastating partial and came within 4 minutes of difference in the 39th minute. In any case, what a complication life was. Ivanovic was fuming.
The crash started with a very failing Smith from the shot of 3, quite the opposite of Fontecchio who, like Giedraitis, Granger and Nnoko returned to what was their home in the recent past. The former ACB Sikma also uncovered the jar of essences and began to add in all the statistical facets. In the first four minutes of the game, he had already had a PIR of 12. Other than Joined the party was young Da Silva, but Baskonia went ahead at the end of the opening ten minutes (15-21).
Marinkovic he joined the party in the second quarter on triples. Got three in a row and threw his team, who was leading by 24 points at 26-50. Zoosman had to go to the locker room with a cut on his eyebrow after receiving a personal foul in attack from Kurucs. It was not a voluntary action but he raised his elbow too high and made a gap to the Israeli player. Baldwin was denied and was continually whistled for his past at Bayern Munich, Alba’s rival.
The third period was very weak for Ivanovic’s men, who conceded a set against 18-10. And that the German team made unforgivable mistakes under the basket. Baskonia thought too soon about victory and relaxed, a circumstance that made the Montenegrin coach very angry. At the end of the third installment, Alba came closer to 15 points with 47-62. The people from Vitoria played with fire and almost ended up burned. The entrance of Blatt, son of the mythical coach, greatly established the game of the Germans.
Facing the last ten minutes, in any case, with that difference forces the opponent to beat you by 16 points of difference. Without making a good end of the game, Baskonia knew how to react to the local jerks. Israel González’s team came to be 4 points behind (70-74), but it was too late. The Alava who, with long possessions and closing passing lanes and defending, closed the game. With suffering but victory in the end. If Alba had traced the 23 points at half-time, they would have starred in the most important recovery in the history of the competition.