Party in style in a packed Buesa Arena with five hours of activities. All sold out and concerts during and after the crash. Light bracelets, circus performances, trial bikes and jugglers, as well as a very impressive basketball game between a Cazoo Baskonia with Joan Peñarroya on the bench and a Unicaja from Málaga with Ibón Navarro from Vitoria at the helm.
But the Andalusians insisted on spoiling the party for the Vitorians with an excellent first quarter. The first gap in favor of the people of Malaga came with 5-10 in minute 3. There were 5 missing to the end of the first installment and the light signaled a humiliating 8-20. In their first 9 minutes, Ibón Navarro’s men signed an impressive 5/5 in shots of 2, 7/7 in triples for a total of 12/12 in field goals. The first ten minutes of the game ended with a resounding 22-35 in favor of those from the Costa del Sol. In fact, that digit of 35 was an ACB record for Unicaja.
But that game dynamic had to change because it was unreal and Baskonia began to get closer (30-35, min. 12). Those from Peñarroya signed the first hug, at 35, in the 14th minute and their The first lead in the match came 3 minutes later at 46-42. At the break he had already closed the wound and had opened it on his rival (59-47). The partial of the second installment of the commitment was 37-12. The fighter who had taken blows to his jaw began to slash immediately. It was an exchange of phases of kissing the canvas.
The top strikers from Vitoria, at the break, were Howard (15 points), Marinkovic (12) and Sedekerskis (10). In the Malaga team, Djedovic, with 13. El Cazoo got a definitive boost in the third quarter (73-55, min. 26). At the end of the third period, he was already 24 points up and dominating almost all facets of the game. The last one was left over because everything had already been decided and the only doubt that hovered over the crowded stands was whether the team from Vitoria would be able to overcome the hundred, which in the end happened. It was an amazing way to start. For him initial slap and by the wild reaction.
Darius Thompson let his hair down in the second half of the match and left with 20 points and a PIR of 24. At Unicaja, which went into depression from the 11th minute, Djedovic continued to do his thing (20 points too) while the European champions were a little more discreet. Darío Brizuela left with 12 and Alberto Díaz with 5 points. It was not a night to show off defensively because receiving 103 points is not the best calling card. With no time to celebrate, the two teams are now preparing for matchday two.