90-93: Marcus Howard signs great comeback to silence Carpena.

he Baskonia returned to Unicaha Great game by American shooting guard Marcus howardscored 30 points and the game-winning triple on the final play, taking control of the game in the first three quarters and overcoming a Malaga team that led by 17 points before losing.

costner Baskoniahad just lost a hard-fought three-overtime game against Barça in the Euroleague two days earlier, and with only nine players in attendance, the losses were significantly reduced, but they were able to make up for it with a great performance in dominating the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace in extreme conditions.

This highly deserved comeback victory is explained by the 30-point statistics of Baskonia’s outside attacking trio. howard 20 of them were added Timothy Luwawu-Cabarrot and the 18th Kobi Simmons. Marcus Howard’s quality was already starting to prevail in the first quarter, but thanks to the fluidity of Yvon Navarro’s team, they were able to withstand attacks and build up from their speed in the open field with the good touch of center Augustin. ruby And Dominican national team forward Chris Duarte.

After a 25-23 first quarter that perfectly expressed the equality between the teams, Unicaja dominated in the second quarter, reaching an eight-point lead (40-32), with offensive rebounds as a weapon and tenacious defense as a lesson.

technical sheet

90- Unicaha (25+26+25+14): Perry (4), Kalinoski (7), Barreiro (8), Webb III (5), Barcelowski (6) -Starting Quintet- Diaz (5), Tillie (12), Suleimanovic (3), Duarte (23), Audigier (2), Luvitt (9), Tyson Perez (6).

93- costner baskonia (23+20+22+28): Villar (4), Simmons (18), Lazevicius (0), Frisch (7), Diop (5) -Starting Quintet- Howard (30), Diakite (7), Omoruyi (2), Luwawu-Cabarrot (20).

referee: Carlos Peruga, Carlos Cortes, Fabio Fernandes. Olek Barcelowski of Unicaja and Gitis Lazevicius of Baskonia were eliminated due to fouls.

incident: A match corresponding to Round 11 of the Endesa League. It took place in front of a crowd of 9,522 at the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace.

Thus, even in the most intense action, the versatility and success of Unicaja’s interior Tyson Perez go back ruby Additionally, Jonathan Barreiro is very damaging with his triples and Chris Duartethe best local player with 23 points and enjoying each action (51-43). Timothy tried to lead Luwaw Cabarotbut his team accompanied the burst and continued to watch the small ring from the outside. When the Malaga team left the locker room with a partial score of 9-2, the gap (57-43) with the deadly Duarte widened.

Baskonia, Kobi Simmons Already looking strong, he managed to respond before the end of the third act and closed the gap down to under 10 points down the stretch, but after three straight triples early in the final quarter, he only scored two points (76-74). aggressive electricity howard His talent seemed to have settled the game when the scoreboard showed a two-goal lead in favor of Unica with a minute and a half remaining.

bass composer Kendrick perry He had a triple that would have been called, but after the error, howard He made a spectacular 2-plus-1 against Perry while lying on the hardwood, giving Vitorian an 86-87 lead with a minute left. He then scored another goal and, after getting up from a fall and freezing Martin, he hit the final triple to be crowned. Carpena.