Of the two Estonians, this time Raieste was part of the starting quintet. Unfortunately he sinned with two false passes, after which the larvae baskets were immediately born, and after less than four minutes of play, Baskonia coach Duško Ivanovic put Raieste on the bench. For a while he came back from there at the end of the third quarter, so he ended up having four and a half minutes of play. During this period he did not throw any pitches and his efficiency indicator (PIR) eventually turned out to be negative, i.e. minus three.
Kotsar took the field for the first time with 6:42 left in the second quarter. With the arrival of the Estonian center, Baskonia’s defensive play has significantly improved, and this is also demonstrated by the fact that he made a total of four interceptions, which marks his new record in the Euroleague. In total, Kotsar was on the court for 16 and a half minutes and, in addition to four interceptions, he also scored seven points (3/7 in doubles, 1/2 in free throws), got one rebound, provided one assist and blocked an opponent’s shot. Kotsar’s efficiency indicator was seven.
Baskonia lost the first half 42:47, but the second quarter was won with 11 points and that’s how they took the lead. In the fourth quarter, the difference was briefly reduced to 11 points, but with Baskonia leading 74:68, with just under seven minutes left in regulation, Ivanovic decided to bench Kotsari. However, Matthew Costello, who replaced him, was clearly in trouble under the basket against Barcelona superstar Jan Vesely, and the home team managed to get back into the game.
With two minutes remaining, Barcelona took the lead for a while after Vesely’s brace (84:82) and never gave up. After Vesely’s free throws, they brought the difference to plus four with 22 seconds left, Markus Howard was able to respond four seconds later with a triple, but that was all, and Vesely’s free throw five seconds before the final siren sounded Barcelona wins 89:85.
Vesely became the best of the winners with 23 points, Howard scored 21 points.
While Barcelona (13 wins, 6 losses) is third in the table, Baskonia (10-9) shares 8th-11th place with Monaco, Partizan and Valencia. From. In the next round, Baskonia will visit Munich on January 9th.
Real Madrid and Anadolu Efes of Istanbul, champions of recent seasons, offered an extraordinary show to the crowd, who held off four extra periods, and in the end the home team prevailed with a score of 130:126. Never before has the Euroleague seen more than two overtimes, and the total of 256 points scored after two halves is also the highest in history.
The hero of the match was Džanan Musa, who scored 40 points and eight assists in 45 minutes. Shane Larkin, the Anadolu Efese defender, spent the most time on the court, collecting 32 points and nine assists in 53 minutes and 11 seconds.
2024-01-05 21:54:00
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