Vitorian comeback (84-98) in La Fonteta, with Howard outstanding
MADRID, 1 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Baskonia won this Friday 84-98 on their visit to Valencia Basket, with an outstanding performance by the American point guard Markus Howard, in a match corresponding to matchday 11 of the Regular Phase of the Euroleague, and where the Vitorian team came back in style. fast in the last quarter.
The Fuente de San Luis Pavilion had a strong start, with a +5 advantage (5-0, 8-3) that was soon reduced between Maik Kotsar and Vanja Marinkovic. But the impetus of Boubacar Touré, perhaps motivated by his ownership, joined with the good judgment of Chris Jones to move his team, and this was noticeable with another growth spurt until 19-12.
The ‘taronja’ team had reached that stage thanks to two free throws by Semi Ojeleye, also outstanding. On the visiting side, Tadas Sedekerskis was in charge of the offensive production, and his eight consecutive points tightened the score at the end of the first quarter (21-20).
At the beginning of the next period, Chima Moneke appeared in the scoring aspect, very discreet for what he is used to with Baskon fans. Until then, the Nigerian power forward was repeating his poor performance from last week against AS Monaco, and to make matters worse, Markus Howard was also dry in attack.
Without the inspiration of two of its key men at this start of the basketball season, the team coached by Dusko Ivanovic entrusted its options to Codi Miller-McIntyre in the long shot, Sedekerskis in the ‘paint’ and Matt Costello under the hoops. Of course, they took a while to get going and Valencia took a 12-point lead (42-30) with 2:24 left before halftime.
After Nathan Reuvers’ triple that had put that distance, Howard came to the rescue of the Vitorian team and got along well with Costello. As a result of the insistence of both, the gap remained at 52-44 at the end of the 24th minute. Poor aim from beyond the arc hindered Ivanovic’s team, but that changed after passing through the locker room.
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Not in vain, Howard himself made two triples (52-50) and a little later Marinkovic tied the duel (55-55), with another three-point basket in a nice counterattack. A new game began there, played in fewer minutes and in which Damien Inglis wanted to leave his mark with important points.
Thanks to him and Brandon Davies, the low post worked so that Álex Mumbrú’s plans did not collapse. And it didn’t seem like it after a basket by Jones that made it 66-61 in the La Fonteta light, although the ‘taronja’ advantage was quite short and his opponent did not give up through Moneke, regained spirit for the battle.
This was predicted by the 70-67 score that began the fourth and final period, which paradoxically was the least close of all. Thanks to a triple from Howard, Baskonia took the lead for the first time in the game (70-73) and never left room for a Valencia counterattack.
Moneke let loose, even in a bad way with a couple of encounters with Mumbrú and his bench. Marinkovic and Howard nourished the good visitor dynamic and in a flash the duel was settled with a +16 for Baskonia (79-95). After confirming victory at the final horn, the Basque team stood with a record of 6-5 in this 2023/24 Euroleague; Valencia, on the other hand, prolonged its problems and reached a balance of 5-6.
DATASHEET.
–RESULT: VALENCIA BASKET, 84 – BASKONIA, 98 (52-44, at halftime).
–EQUIPMENT.
VALENCIA BASKET: Jones (13), López-Arostegui (9), Ojeleye (16), Reuvers (5) and Touré (3) –starting quintet–; Claver (4), Harper (12), Puerto (-), Robertson (1), Inglis (8) and Davies (13).
BASCONY: Miller-McIntyre (11), Marinkovic (14), Sedekerskis (9), Ten (3) and Kotsar (9) — starting quintet–; Moneke (19), Chiozza (-), Raieste (-), Costello (9), Mannion (-), Howard (24) and Diop (-).
–PARTIALS: 21-20, 31-24, 18-23 and 14-31.
–REFEREES: Boltauzer, Difallah and Cici. No eliminated.
–PAVILLION: Fuente de San Luis Pavilion, 6,573 spectators.
2023-12-01 21:46:45
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