The team from Vitoria made good the defeats of Madrid and Barça in their respective league duels
An energetic Robinson fought a nice internal battle with Enoch until 107-92 but it was not enough
Cazoo Baskonia took advantage of the Euroleague effect in which the Spanish teams participating in the continental competition fell, and became the sole leader after beating Baxi Manresa 107-92, in a victory that confirmed the blaugranas’ place in the playoffs by title.
DATA SHEET
Endesa League
BASE
BAX
LINEUPS
baskonia
(27+26+29+25): Heidegger (22), Howard (5), Raieste (5), Dani Díez (6) and Enoch (14) -starting five-, Thompson (6), Marinkovic (9), Giedraitis (9), Kotsar (2), Costello (15) and Kurucs (9).
Baxi Manresa
(23+23+25+21): Dani Pérez (8), Harding (24), Sagnia (4), Robinson (14) and Geben (10) -starting five-, Badio (10), Waczynski (2), Vaulet (8), Jou (3), Dani García (4), Olumuyiwa (2) and Steinbergs (3).
referees
Óscar Perea, Alberto Sánchez Sixto and Fabio Fernández. No deleted. They indicated a technical foul Peñarroya (min.27).
incidents
Match corresponding to the twenty-sixth day of the Endesa League played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria in front of 6,218 spectators.
The people of Vitoria reacted through the triple after a good Catalan start and since then they have not given any advantage on the scoreboard to Pedro Martínez’s team, which, however, held on for 33 minutes.
Max Heidegger and Steven Enoch shone in a match that served as an accolade for both and in which Matt Costello scored the ceiling for Baskonia.
On the visiting side, Jerrick Harding’s streaks were not enough and the group work of the Manresa team was able to hold up the squad in a match that once again surpassed one hundred points for the Basques.
The game began with a lot of rhythm and little defensive intensity from both teams. As a result, the score grew rapidly after the first attacks.
baskonia added three by three with a “five & rdquor; atypical initialwhile Jerrick Harding, author of 12 points in the first quarter, found no defensive opposition every time he faced the basket.
The Manresa team got the most out of exchanging points and opened the first gap after five minutes, 11-17, with a very loose and effective game. The nerve of the new litter of Manresa sought the reaction to the awakening of Vitoria, who began to look at his inner game to balance his offensive actions. But it was the shot from three that once again gave wings to the Basques, that turned the score around and closed the first quarter 27-23.
Matt Costello appeared to offer more arguments in each attack by Joan Peñarroya’s squad, which improved remarkably with Darius Thompson on track. The Catalans adjusted their defense against Jerrick Harding, who had to dance with Sander Raieste and Arturs Kurucs.
Then it was difficult for the Catalans to score until Pedro Fernández came up with a quintet that responded to the local offensive production, embodied in Max Heidegger.
Harding and Robinson multiplied to hook a serious Manresa, who managed to tighten the electronic, 43-42, but a Barça partial of 10-4 returned to stretch the difference at halftime53-46.
Again the success of three points stopped the Manresa reaction after the break. The Catalans entered with a better rhythm and with the clearest ideas, but they failed to get ahead. The endless revisions in the “Instant Replay” they extended a match in which Baskonia could not get off the ground, while Manresa led from behind, between one and six points. But Matt Costello took over the lead, up to 82-71, with ten minutes to go.
The differences were around ten points between the individual flashes of players from Manresa like Brancou Badio. Baskonia did not stop scoring and the duel ended up breaking up. Steven Enoch joined Costello and Heidegger and despite the fact that the Catalans found the answer from an energetic Robinson, who fought a beautiful internal battle with Enoch until the final 107-92, was not enough.