Basketball
Baskonia – Barcelona. Prediction and announcement regarding the Euroleague match
The match between Baskonia and Barcelona will be played in Spain on Wednesday, November 15. The match will start at 21.30 Kyiv time. The match will be broadcast live on Setanta Sports Ukraine TV channel.
The derby series continues in Europe’s strongest club tournament. And today fans will be able to watch the next Spanish, or rather Catalan, derby between Baskonia and the main team of this region, Barcelona.
Baskonia
The club from the city of Vitoria (or Gasteiz in Basque) was one of the discoveries of last year’s Euroleague, showing excellent basketball and falling far short of the play-off stage. In the offseason, the team lost several key players, most notably Darius Thompson, and this is reflected in the unsuccessful start to the current playing year.
In five starting rounds, Baskonia beat their opponents only once, and such an unsuccessful start did not go unnoticed by the club management. The team’s head coach, Joan Penarroya, was dismissed and replaced by Serbian coach Dusko Ivanovic, who started this season with Red Star but was also dismissed. It is worth noting that Dusko Ivanovich’s arrival in Baskonia is the fourth in his career.
Under the leadership of the new former coach, the Catalan club started its journey from the bottom and achieved two wins in two matches, beating the strong Partizan and Olympiacos in a tough competition. This breakthrough lifted the team and after seven rounds, Baskonia shared the 9-13 place with many teams and did not fall behind in the end-of-season struggle.
The full list of Baskonia’s results in the Euroleague is as follows:
6 October. “Basconia” (Spain) – “Truth” (Spain) – 77:79
12 October. “Alba” (Germany) – “Basconia” (Spain) – 86:91
17 October. “Basconia” (Spain) – “Bavaria” (Germany) – 68:76
19 October. “Basconia” (Spain) – “Zalgiris” (Lithuania) – 82:99
27 October. “Panathinaikos” (Greece) – “Basconia” (Spain) – 95:81
3 November. “Basconia” (Spain) – “Partizan” (Serbia) – 84:83
9 November. “Olympiacos” (Greece) – “Basconia” (Spain) – 74:75
After seven games played, the leaders of the Vitoria team were the team’s new player, Nigerian center Chima Moneke (17.7 points + 6.2 rebounds, efficiency – 22.7 points) and Lithuanian forward Tadas Sedekerskis. Baskonia” and has been playing there for the fourth season (average 10 points + 9.3 rebounds per game, efficiency rate – 19.3 points).
barcelona
At the beginning of the season, the club from the capital of Catalonia did not show great and high-quality basketball, and even wins against teams below the league were difficult for the blue garnets. It cannot be said that Barcelona, led by club legend Rocher Grimau, has increased the quality of play much, there is progress towards the better, but they are still far from reaching the capacity they planned. But the team gives the main thing – a successful result. Barça have lost just once in seven weeks in the Euroleague and currently sit second in the standings behind Real Madrid.
Barcelona’s results in Euroleague 2023/2024:
5 October. “Barcelona” (Spain) – “Anadolu Efes” (Türkiye) – 91:74
13 October. “Olympiacos” (Greece) – “Barcelona” (Spain) – 68:77
17 October. “Partizan” (Serbia) – “Barcelona” (Spain) – 83:92
20 October. Barcelona (Spain) – Bayern (Germany) – 98:59
26 October. “Truth” (Spain) – “Barcelona” (Spain) – 65:64
3 November. “Barcelona” (Spain) – “Panathinaikos” (Greece) – 80:72
10 November. “Barcelona” (Spain) – “Crvena Cvezda” (Serbia) – 86:81
Barcelona’s leaders after seven rounds were Czech forward Jan Vesely (12.1 points, efficiency rating – 17 points) and Argentine defender Nicolas Laprovittola (11.8 points + 6.2 assists, efficiency rating – 16.2 points).
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Although the clubs are in different places in the rankings, the Catalan derby promises to be stubborn and principled. After the change of manager, Baskonia has made great progress and is ready to make up for the time lost at the start. However, it will be very difficult for him to compete with Barcelona, because the blue garnets have a much stronger player selection, which has allowed the team to take leading roles in the Euroleague so far.
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