76-83: ‘Granca’ clinging to European balm

of gran canaria cling to balm euro cup forget the last defeat endesa league and in Hamburg (Germany) he won an important victory over the enemy Veolia Towers (76-83) to reclaim top spot in Group B and wins (7 out of 9) Turkish Telecom Ankara.

Khalifa Senegalese Diop16 points, 6 rebounds, Argentina’s Nico Brucinowith 15 more and three triples, was the standout player for the Spanish team that nullified the American Kendale’s versatility. McCallum (15 goals and 8 assists).

With an even and purely physical start, the Germans and Islanders put all their meat in the area and eroded their rivals’ paint with an early eloquent 8-8.

However Veolia I took a small breath through the notation of Phillips world meissner (13-8), up to Brucino world massacre They started to carburize around them, sealing the first set in favor of yellow (17-25).

Already in the second quarter, the Brazilian Vitol appeared Benite and Khalifa of Senegal DiopThings got even more difficult for the team of hamburger (27-38, 4 minutes remaining), despite Yoeli’s efforts Children and James Woodard on the local side.

After all, the disciples of Jaka Rakovich They knew how to temporarily deal before the German reaction and closed out the electrons with an 11-point (37-48) advantage.

on reboot, three times the Brucino The Argentinian’s own subsequent dunk and Diop Extend the difference to 17 (38-55), Veolia Towers This was also seen on 21 downs (44-65).

Raoul’s men corner seems to have responded to the diversity of McCallumbut Gran Canaria remained solid on the board, gaining dominance in the third quarter as well (20-22) and enjoying an important cushion in the final round (57-70).

But the final stretch painted a different picture. Samar He appeared with penetrations and assists that allowed him to take advantage of the Claretian forward losses and errors to lower the psychological barrier by 10 points (61-70).

Insulars’ new scoring rebound – partial 3-9 – brings Rand back to midfield and young values ​​like Lopez score tier of the tower and Dan Duskaksuccess of meissner Wohlfarth-Bottermann was Veolia’s final try, but it was too late.

Finally, a convincing victory gran canaria (76-83) This will allow him to smile in Europe and wash away the last negative results in the ACB.

Data sheet

Veolia Towers, 76 – Gran Canaria, 83

76 – Veolia Towers Hamburg (17-20-20-19): Phillips (5), Meisner (11), Woodard (8), McCallum (15), Childs (9) -starting squad-; Schoormann (3), Samar (6), Hinrichs (2), Clark (2) and Wohlfarth-Bottermann (15).

83 – Gran Canaria (25+23+22+13): Albisy (2), Benitet (12), Salvo (8), Šurna (6), Diop (16) – early team-; Barcelowski (6), Kulyaic (2), Slaughter (8), Brucino (15), Lopez (3), Duskak (5).

Referees: Piotr Pastusiak (Poland), Jurgis Laurinavicius (Lithuania), Noam Gordon (Israel). No deletion.

Incident: A match corresponding to Day 9 of Group B of the regular phase of the club’s European Championship at the Edel-Optics.de Arena in Hamburg (Germany).