He BAXI Manresa this Tuesday gave the big surprise of the day in the eurocup after storming Istanbul with a great triumph against the second classified in Group A, Bahcesehir, by 92-96.
The bases Retin Obasohan (20) y Ferran Bassas (19), with 39 points between them, were vital for the Catalans to achieve an even victory on the court of one of the candidate teams for win the competition and qualify for a ticket to the Euroleague.
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The match started very even, with both teams making good defensesalthough the people from Manresa were the first to take the lead in the light after a few good minutes from Agustín Ubal (10-12, min.5).
Pierre Oriola, dominant in the area
Equality was maintained in the Sinan Erdem, and Despite the success of the locals, BAXI Manresa continued ahead thanks to the emergence of Pierre Oriola on the court, who did a lot of damage in the inside game (20-22, min.8).
In the end, those of Diego Ocampo They finished the first period with a good 27-28 against one of the best teams in the competition.
In the second quarter, the BAXI Manresa He put sixth gear on the accelerator to surprise the Ottomans and open a gap thanks to the specialist’s triples Álex Reyes (30-38, min.13).
He Bahcesehir did not react and the Catalans took advantage of it to widen the difference through the speed of Ubal (34-45, min.17).
Those from Bages endured their good version and one last basket from Grant Golden He made them go to the locker room tunnel with a 39-52 on the scoreboard that the Turkish fans did not like at all.
Many triples from Manresa
After the resumption, BAXI Manresa continued scoring triplesthis time with an inspired Louis Olindeto go up to 16 points ahead (49-65, min.25).
However, the Bahcesehir tried to trim quickly with a big Tyler Cavanaughand Diego Ocampo had to stop him to avoid scares (53-65, min.28).
The people from Manresa quickly went through the slump and just regained the advantage in the final stretch of the third quarter to end it with a 55-72 that did not sentence the crash, but it did leave it very favorable.
As expected, Bahcesehir’s reaction to attempt the comeback it didn’t take long to arrive, and in the blink of an eye they reduced the difference after a few good minutes of Trevion Williams (67-77, min.34).
Unlike the previous quarters, now the Turks did not let up at any time, and It was more difficult for Manresa to attack, which caused a local partial led by Hunter Hale to put his team within just three points (82-85, min.37).
A triple to win and an unsportsmanlike
The game became even more even in the last minute and Bahcesehir had a triple to winbut Flynn falls and in the subsequent play ubal forced an unsportsmanlike thing to end the match.
Finally, BAXI Manresa won 92-96 on the Bahcesehir court to continue with the good feelings in the Euro Cup and appear at the top of the group A classification.
Technical sheet:
92 – Bahcesehir Istanbul (27+12+16+37): Mitchell (3), Homesley (16), Flynn (21), Cavanaugh (15), Williams (20) -cinco initial-; Ford (2), Koprivica (1), Akpinar (2) and Hale (12).
96 – BAXI Manresa (28+24+20+24): Obedient (20), Ubal (14), Reyes (15), Olide (10), Ibongdu () – five are initially; Gaspà (3), Bass (19), Steinbergs (), Knuden (), Oralen (6), Golden (9) and Fernández (-).
Referees: Mehdi Difallah (FRA), Steve Bittner (ALE) and Vasileios Pitsilkas (GRE). They eliminated the local player Cavanaugh for five personal fouls (min.39).
Incidents: Match corresponding to matchday 14 of the European Basketball Championship played at the Sinan Erdem in Istanbul.
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