Lorenzo Brown and Wade Baldwin destroyed Baskonia with a 113-85 and the azulgranas will fight for eighth place after a bad game in Belgrade in which they had no options at any time in a game that was sentenced to half-time in favor of the Israelis, who crushed the Vitorians with 19 triples.
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(28+27+31+27): Baldwin IV (26), Brown (29), Colson (14), Cohen (3), Nebo (4) -starting five-, Cleveland (11), Webb III (8) (15+21+25+24): Miller-McIntyre (32), Marinkovic (5), Sedekerskis (11), Moneke, Kotsar (6) -starting five- , Howard (14), Raieste, Chiozza, Theodore (2), Dani Diez and Rogkavopoulos (10).
Dusko Ivanovic’s team The pass to the quarterfinals will be played in the play-off this Friday, against Virtus de Bologna at the Buesa Arena, since the Italians defeated Efes in Istanbul by 64-67. The winner of this match will face Real Madrid in the quarterfinals starting next week.
The crash was a nightmare for a very lost Baskonia who also saw how Chima Moneke was injured in the first half, in addition to making continuous errors in defense and was not able to match the scoring pace of his rival.
Maccabi set the pace from the start and showed much more hunger to take seventh place in the Euroleague thanks to the point guard of the Spanish team Lorenzo Brown who finished with +35 and seven triples along with former basketball player Wade Baldwin with 26 points. On the Baskonista side, only Codi Miller-McIntyre was saved, who had the best game of his career with 45 rating credits.
Two triples by Lorenzo Brown opened a very physical game in which the teams sweated to score their first points. Ball losses hindered the attacks of a Baskonia team that had little fluidity in ball circulation. A new triple from Maccabi made it 19-10 for the locals, who entered the game better than the Barça team.
Wade Baldwin and Lorenzo Brown capitalized on a large part of the points from the first round and the offensive rebound of the yellows excessively punished a Baskonia that gave in in defense and allowed Maccabi to easily score to 28-15 in a very comfortable first act for the Hebrews The two against two was a nightmare for Dusko Ivanovic’s teamwho were not successful in defense.
Wade Baldwin IV is almost unstoppable one on one / EFE
The rhythm of Oded Kattash’s ensemble was much greater and Baldwin (MVP of March) It was indefensible for the Basques, who lost Chima Moneke for a sprained ankle. Baskonia could not find balance or solutions in its game and only the Greek Nikos Rogkavopoulos and Codi Miller-McIntyre were saved in a team forced to defend to begin to reduce a worrying difference.
Lorenzo Brown’s fifth triple increased the difference to over 20 points for a Manabí with much more tension that went into the break 55-36 up. The rain of triples from the Israelis continued in the second half with a great success from a team that played at will and with much less pressure to overcome a disoriented Baskonia in all facets.
The defensive errors of the Basques followed one another and the exchange of baskets did not help them to overcome the 86-61 lead at the end of the third quarter. A great Miller-McIntyre and the sparks of Markus Howard did not prevent new avenues of water with the contribution of Bonzie Colson. Was a painful ending for the Basques, who could not even make up for the final 113-85.
2024-04-17 01:43:47
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