Harper and Jones sign the eleventh of Valencia

Valencia Basket is on a roll. In Berlin he got his sixth win in a row (fourth in Euroleague) that catapulted him directly to the positions of playoff at the expense of what the day ends on Friday. not even the absence of Dubljevic He diminished the taronjas who knew how to better manage the game in the decisive minutes. The two American bases, Jones Y Harpers, were decisive at the moment of truth. Jones (16 points and 6 assists for a PIR of 20) and Harper (20 points) also scored the decisive free kicks in the last seconds.

Dubi’s loss was well covered by Pradillawho acted in many minutes of five and above all Alexander (14 points and 4 rebounds) that has awakened at a fundamental moment of the season. The center played above the basket in attack and defense nullified both the giant Koumadje like the rest of the more mobile pivots.

Alba Berlin rested on two pillars: Maodo Loexcellent in scoring (25 points for a PIR of 20) and Thiemann (17 points and 5 rebounds). However, they fell short. He finished it exhausted and struck and he missed a key free kick that gave the taronjas the initiative.

Alba-Valencia had two first quarters that were a neutral viewer’s delight. From the outset, all the attacks end in a basket, especially Maodo Lo and Port for each of the sides. Until the first German loss, with only two and a half minutes played, the score was 10-13. It was a carousel of points. An ode to the elaborate attacks and success in the shot. Until five triples Valencia scored in the first act. Yet another three-of-a-kind pitch blatt left the advantage at 25-24, at the end of the first quarter.

In the second act, mumbrú he gave the address to Harper and he responded by scoring and assisting: 10 points from the American who these games at full speed they fit like a glove. A three-pointer from the point guard and a basket from Pradilla put Valencia’s best up to then (35-42, min. 15) now with Jones on court. It was Maodo Lo’s turn, who with seven points in a row washed away the taronja advantage (44-46). From there to the end, free carousel. Jones and Webb scored all four and Thiemann scored three and missed one (47-50)before the break.

After passing through the changing rooms, the success of the teams decreased. In the Dawn only Maodo Lo seemed to be right. A triple of radebaugh I put the +7 again but at that moment Valencia suffered a mini blackout that they paid for with a 8-0 partial that put Alba aheade (62-61) after a long time. Alexander rescued Valencia from nowhere but a triple by Blatt, after an offensive rebound, left him in 68-67with a room to play.

The Germans entered the last quarter badly. In the first five minutes they only scored a triple of Blatt. Valencia, without being a machine gun, was adding, with Harper in ‘yo-yo’ mode. A layup from the base put a threatening 73-79 for Alba. zoosman He scored five points in a row to tighten everything again. The advantage for Valencia was that it was already in bonuses.

And from the free line he was adding. Meanwhile, Alba did not reach it. A foul by Lo added to a technique gave the taronjas the key advantage (83-88) with three libes scored (Jones and Radebaugh). From there, Valencia added in each attack from the free range, except in a triple missed by arostegui. But the Basque and Harper no longer failed and Valencia added the eleventh.