Valencia – Villerban 76-77: triumph with a shot in the final

It wasn’t the game of the day, it wasn’t the game of the evening, but Valencia and Villerban put up a nice, hard-fought battle on Friday (14/10) at the Fondeta, with Jonah Matthews coming home with a 2.8″. the finale. , in an…extreme finale where the referees look for the replay to understand what happened.

The French were leading 1-1 (they had been beaten at home by Armani Milano in the premiere), who were “screaming” for possession (the ball had found the rim and their attack had to be renewed after an offensive rebound). before Valencia took over in the closing stages and Jared Harper was penalized with an offensive foul on a three-point try. This was followed by shots from Matthews, who scored the first goal and missed the second on purpose to prevent the home side from launching an organized attack.

At 0:2 Valencia, who had also lost in the premiere, scored again at home against Baskonia. Hasiel Rivero at 15 and Chris Jones at 13 were Moubru’s team’s top scorers, De Colo at 16, Obasohan at 13 and Fal with a double-double (10 points, 13 rebounds) were the three that stood out from the French.

THE REFEREES: Pukl, Hordow, Radojkovic

THE DECADES: 27-16, 38-42, 59-62, 76-77

VALENTIA (Mubrow): Harper 10 (4/10 shots, 5 assists), Claver 5 (1), Puerto 10 (2/2 2-pointers, 2/2 3-pointers), Prepelic 7 (1/5 2-pointers, 1/3 3-pointers, 2/2 shots), Pradia 2, Webb 3 (1), Jones 13 (5/9 2-pointers, 1/5 3-pointers, 4 assists), Radebo 7 (2/7 shots ). ), Dublievic (0/3 shots, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Alexander 4, Rivero 15 (4/7 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 4/4 shots, 6 rebounds)

Villerban (Parker): Matthews 9 (3/9 shots, 3/4 shots), Noah 2, Cahudi 9 (3/4 3-pointers), Lacombe, Lauverne 9 (3/4 2-pointers, 3/4 shots), Dyot, De Colo 16 (4/6 2-pointers, 2/4 3-pointers, 2/2 shots, 2 rebounds, 4 assists), Fal 10 (5/6 2-pointers, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks), Lighty 9 (3/6 2-pointers, 3/3 shots), Obasohan 13 (3/5 2-pointers, 2/3 3-pointers), Pons

Valencia team stats: 22/41 2-pointers, 7/23 3-pointers, 11/12 shots, 35 rebounds (22 defensive – 13 offensive), 21 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, 10 turnovers

Villeurbannes team statistics: 22/38 2-pointers, 7/15 3-pointers, 12/15 shots, 28 rebounds (23 defensive – 5 offensive), 13 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks, 14 turnovers

The next games of the two teams: In the first devil’s week of the season, Valencia plays at Anadolu Efes (10/18, 8:00 p.m.) and at Fenerbahce (10/20, 8:45 p.m.), while Villerban plays first at Fenerbahce (10/18, 8:45 p.m. 8:45 p.m.) and then after Tel Aviv vs Maccabi (20/10 at 21:05).