Euroleague
day 17
barca
75 83
Finalized
Virtus Bologna
Barcelona's oversight against Scariolo's Virtus during the first quarter of the match at the Palau was decisive for the final outcome (75-83).
Almost nothing worked for the Barça team, which slackened in defense and hit very little in attack, where it had a worrying blackout.
It took him a world to score.
He went into timeout at the end of the quarter with only 15 points (15-26) and that hindrance weighed on him for the remainder of the game.
Barça managed to get close several times on the scoreboard.
Kalinic, with a triple, equalized at 51, but the Italian team played with more sense entrusting themselves to Teodosic, who managed to give the score another boost.
He made it 59-68 with a triple, and every time Barcelona got closer on the scoreboard, he and Ojeleve appeared to put things as they were.
Jasikevicius's team precipitated in the final minutes, two consecutive losses by Laprovittola turned into baskets by Virtus, which put the difference at 10 points with 1m 43s to go.
That's where it all ended.
In Berlin, Baskonia played with fire throughout the game and burned on the last play, when Costello tried to turn the score around with the last shot, and the ball bounced off the ring to give Alba the victory (85-84 ), who started from the last place in the standings and thus managed to break the streak of 12 victories in a row for the team from Vitoria, which was very irregular during the 40 minutes.
Joan Peñarroya's team began too relaxed, as if they could win the game without getting off the bus.
With a very lax defense, he allowed the team led by Israel González, a boy from Torrelavega, to widen the gap until they crossed all the red lines.
Olinde and Sikma took all the rebounds, in defense and attack, and the 27-14 scoreline with a minute to go in the first quarter said it all.
They made up the score between Howard and Sedekerskis, with two triples, although always at the risk of what Alba was proposing.
In the second quarter, Baskonia came out looking different, but the mirage lasted as long as it cost the German team to fix Howard's marking.
Three consecutive triples from Vitoria turned the light around, but Alba got back into the game to go to half-time with a six-point lead, which went to 10 with the second Baskonia crisis.
The last quarter began with that disadvantage, which diminished until Baskonia returned to command with five to go (80-81).
In the final moments, anything could happen.
At 1m 35s, Hommes missed a triple with 85-84 on the scoreboard and nobody scored anymore.
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