It was not easy for the company for Baskonia, hit by the six-month low of Jayson Granger and the shortest of Nik Stauskas, the number eight of the 2014 Draft called to lead the team's outside scoring this season, and debuting on stage as rough as Kaunas. Important difficulties for a complex Euroleague start, with three straight games outside the Buesa Arena, which did not invite precisely optimism. However, the Vitorian team left the Zalgiris in 58 points and managed to add his first win in his continental locker (58-70). [Narration and statistics]
They speak for themselves the points embedded about the great defensive work done by Velimir Perasovic's men to sign his successful debut in this Euroleague. With the exception of the first quarter, in which the Zalgiris managed to catch up, Baskonia imposed its dominance throughout the match, drying out the dangerous Jasikevicius shooters and dominating the rebound. All this, added to the 19 points of Shields and the leadership of Shengelia and Vildoza in the important moments, served to make the night successful for the Catalan team.
Written left, the first ten minutes were the exception to the rule. Baskonia conceded too many free throws (although the Zalgiris only scored half of them, four of eight) and suffered greatly in the rebound, allowing his rival five defensive captures, for a total balance of nine others by four of his own. The eight points of Shields allowed the first quarter to finish balanced (19-19), good news is looked where you look.
Partial 0-7
Aware that he had to stop the bleeding in the rebound, Perasovic gave Youssoupha Fall a reel in the second set, a 2.21 center quite limited in attack but decisive in defense because of his height and intimidation ability. With him the Pierria Henry base also grew in dark work, limiting the Lithuanian flow in that second act to 11 points, nine of them from triple, while Baskonia scored with some ease, especially in the second half of the quarter, for a scoreboard from 30-37 to rest.
By then, the Vitorian team had already regained dominance in the rebound, the key to the rest of the game being relatively shot. He was always ahead in the final 20 minutes, with a minimum difference in his favor of four points, while Jasikevicius was disheartened in his technical zone, noting that his players lacked suitable weapons to turn around the crash.
After a third quarter of alternating blows, the Zalgiris woke up in the last quarter threatening three almost consecutive triples for a 55-59 that at times put fear in the body to the Spanish team. It was then, at seven in the end, when Shengelia and Vildoza took charge of the situation. With a partial of 0-7, Baskonia returned the waters to its channel and it was predisposed for a calm end of the match that certified its first victory in this Euroleague.
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