78-83: A good third quarter drives Baskonia in Istanbul

A great third quarter gave Cazoo wings this Wednesday basconia against the defending champion euroleague basketball, anadolu Ephesusfinished with a solid finish adding to his second win, by 78-83 victory.

A 12-28 run in the third round put the Catalans fully in the match. Ephesus Who came back 10 points in the final stretch.

19 points for Marcus howard -16 in the first half- and 18 in Vanja Marinkovic Key to addressing all scoring routes for the Turkish side, hit by Vasilje’s slump Microphone During a duel.

The first exchange of baskets went in favor of the local team led by Vasilije. Microphone From the first attack when it comes to scoring and finding teammates.

Darius Thompson 8 consecutive points against Serbian point guard, no mistakes basconia in a match.

Rodrigue’s defensive action Beaubois allowed Ephesus It brought the first serious income to the 21-13 Turk, who took advantage of the Catalan’s open shot error.

Two triples by Vanja Marinkovic They tightened the duel which ended with a score of 23-21 after the first round.

The second was more of a dead end.Marcus howard With Pieria absent, he took the reins from the base position with Vanja Marinkovic HenryHowever basconia It was difficult for him to score.

Elgin’s ataman They chained up some aggressive action and came back to mark the distance.39-24. Three points from Vasconistas in the first five of the quarter was huge for João Peñaroya’s team. It was slab.

After Darius’ third foul Thompsonintention Cliburn and Vassilier Microphone They punished Barca’s hoops in turn, and Amas Mbaye’s third three-pointer was followed by Marcus Howard’s score that brought Basconia closer to rivals 46-36 with 16 points at half time, Vitoria’s. Stopped reacting from death.

Vanja’s second consecutive triple Marinkovic The Vitorian people struggled 1-1 but started the second half.

Darius’ fourth foul Thompson complicated the rotation of the people of Vitoria in response to the leadership of Microphone With 11 minutes remaining, they turned the match around by scoring four goals from Thadas Sedekerskis.

The Turks didn’t hit the mark with their open shots, and Basconia took advantage, going into the final act with a score of 58-64 after a 12-28 run in the third quarter.

Basque extended their lead to 10 points with a superb performance from Vanja Marinkovic, who took over from Markus. howard.

intention Cliburn With seven consecutive points in the lead, Efes tied the match (70-70) with a 12-2 run with 4:40 remaining.

4 mic points Kotzal In the final stretch, an impossible triple by Rokas Giedraitis paved the way for a solid Baskonia victory over Efes 78-83.

data sheet

Anadolu Efes, 78 – Kazoo Baskonia, 83

78 – Anadolu Ephesus (23+23+12+20): Mythic (17), Beaubois (10), Bryant (5), Polonara (3), Price (6) -Starting Five-, Cliburn (15) ), Taylor (2), M’Baye (16), Zizic (4), Dunston (-).

83 – Kazoo Basconia (21+15+28+19): Thompson (8), Howard (19), Guedraitis (11), Omus (5), Kotzal (6) – Starting Five -, Laieste (-) , Marinkovic (18), Sedekelskis (6), Enoch (4), Costello (6), Crux (-).

Referees: Ilya Velosevic (SRB), Saso Petek (SVN), Amit Barak (ISR). Eliminated Mick with a personal foul (40 minutes). They called Peñaroya a technical foul on him (23rd minute).

Incident: Match corresponding to Day 13 of the Euroleague in front of 16,000 spectators at Sinan Erdem in Istanbul.