The Euroleague, the most important basketball tournament in Europe at club level, has kicked off its 2020/21 season. On Thursday, a total of five matches belonging to the first date of the competition have been played, but none was played by an Argentine. We review the results of each of them.
Barcelona was one of the two teams that could count on the presence of a player from our country on the court. However, Saras Jasikevicius gave Leandro Bolmaro no minutes in the 76-66 victory over CKSA Moscow. Brandon Davies was the figure of the match for the Blaugranas, with 18 points. Nikola Mirotic contributed 17 and Alex Abrines 13.
The other club with that characteristic was Zalgiris Kaunas, but Patricio Garino has not yet made his official debut with the Lithuanian institution. In their first appearance in this edition of the Euroleague, the forward’s team beat Olympiacos of Greece 68-67. Marius Grigonis scored 15 points.
Anadolu Efes, an organization that had finished in the first placement of the table in the campaign that was canceled due to the impact of the Coronavirus in the Old Continent, started with the left foot: Zenit defeated it 73-69, thanks to Kevin’s 23 units Pangos.
On the other hand, Maccabi Tel Aviv did the same by beating Alba Berlin 80-73 with 18 points from Angelo Caloiaro. Valencia Basket beat ASVEL Villeurbanne in a hard-fought duel: it went 65-63 with 15 goals from Derrick Williams. Tomorrow they will play Khimki-Panathinaikos, Real Madrid-Baskonia, Fenerbahce-Red Star and Bayern Munich-Olimpia Milano.
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