After adding the last eleven points of Valencia basketball and blowing the horn with a triple Al Panathinaikos, Chris Jones He led his team to victory again this Sunday and scored his last nine points to come back against a great canaria who dominated for much of the game, but eventually saw them break their four-game winning streak in the Liga Endesa final against rivals tied back for the playoff zone Cup.
The big canaria started more focused and intense than that Valencia and the first round performance of Olek Balzerowski. He found the offensive balance he needed by starting more accurately from the 3-point line than close to the basket. Mobility, but also the strength of the Polish interior and to a lesser extent Damien Inglis, gave importance to Jaka Lakovic’s good ball movement and brought the Valencian defense into trouble.
Until they managed to link up their defenses, the cariocas survived thanks to a few gusts of wind, the first by Jonah Radebaugh and the second by Jaime Pradilla. Alex Mumbru He had to pressure his team to close the paths to his basket and force his rival into an extra pass he couldn’t always land, an improvement he made with the resurgence Bojan Dubljevic even put him on a few occasions ahead.
But the lack of control on the rebound, with Nico Brusino leading the visitors in this area, forced Valencia to refine their goal from the three-point line to minimize the damage caused by not controlling the game at half-time (39 -40, m20).
The guests started the second part better again. Three triples almost followed by Andreas Albicy allow the big canaria to open the gap and although Chris Jones and Victor Klaver They put the “wound” in charge of the scoreboard, and the initiative of the game remained with the visitor (50- 56 , m.27).
Local pressure was already building with several steals Ferran Bassas al Victor Benite. It was much harder for them to get the visitors to attack from second, despite some shots from range. But when the locals tied again, some offensive rebounds were their corresponding baskets and two threes, one low and the other Michael saved to fatten the yellow mattress again.
The local pressure didn’t let up and triple jones put his team ahead and tested the mental strength of the guests. failed shurna and the American point guard scored again. Albicy missed one of his free throws and Jones responded with another impossible basket on the horn.
with four down, Butcher missed a free kick and bottomed out a trio that almost lost the match, great canaria and valencia. He went through the “basket average” after losing six on the island. Jones scored his ninth straight run to tie the score. Butcher Lost the ball early on and although Valencia couldn’t finish the afternoon, he took the win and ended the run of two consecutive losses in the ACB and neutralized the special ‘basket average’.
data sheet
Valencia v Gran Canaria, 82-76
82 – Valencia Basket (16+23+17+26): Jones (21), Radebaugh (7), Puerto (3), Claver (5), Alexander (-) – from five – Harper (3), Prepelic (5 ), Pradilla (9), López-Arostegui (9), Evans (10), Dubljevic (5) and Rivero (5).
76 – Gran Canaria (22+18+19+17): Albicy (13), Benite (10), Brussino (5), Shurna (5), Diop (4) – five starters – Inglis (10), Balcerowski (12 ) ), Slaughter (11), Bassas (3) and Salve (3).
Referees: Hierrezuelo, Araña and Martínez Silla. Not excluded.
Incidents: Before the start of the clashes, a minute of silence was observed for the victims of the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. The Valencia team played with a white bag with red trim, an almost exact replica of the bag they wore 25 years ago when they won the Copa del Rey in 1998.
Source: La Neta Neta
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