The 24/25 European season started at the Buesa Arena for the Baskonia in a match in which they faced a Partizan from Belgrade star-studded it was yet to Vitoria lands to try to win a victory that They ended up getting Pablo Laso’s with a final score of 88-82.
A match with many incentives that He did not have a clear dominator until the fourth. Two teams full of new signings They gave us a crazy match in which two of the best coaches in Europe dueled. Pablo Lasonow on the Barcelona bench he saw faces with the Europe’s most successful coach, Zeljko Obradovicwho chose to give prominence to a Marinkovic who returned for the first time to Zurbano and the Jones coupleCarlik and Tairique, who, together with Davies they were fundamental in the Serbian party plan.
Partizan guard Sterling Brown plays a ball against Baskonia’s Chima Moneke
A crazy start
Knowing the intensity and difficulty of the confrontation, Pablo Laso he chose to leave his star Markus Howard on the benchchoosing a quintet more physical start which gave him an initial lead of six points (9-3) thanks to some excellent first minutes of Thimothe Luwawu-Cabarrotcon 6 points and 3-4 in field goalsa reason that led Obradovic to stop the match.
The time-out was very effective and Those from Belgrade endorsed a partial 0-10 start with 5 consecutive points from Marinkovic to Baskonia who saw how they fell behind on the scoreboard. From that moment on, the party became a very physical street runnerwith a first quarter that ended with a triple on Kamar Baldwin’s horn debutant in an official match with the Vitorians, who left one point below on the scoreboard (16-17).
A monster called Davies
Thus, in the second quarter, the Belgrade team managed greater offensive capacity thanks to a few very good minutes of Brandon ‘Rambo’ Davies which Baskonia was able to neutralize thanks to the success of its leading scorer at half-time, Markus Howard. And, along with two points from Jaramaz from medium distance, it was the baskets from the American outside that allowed Laso’s team stay in the game momentarily.
A timeout in the middle of the quarter returned parity in the game to a match that, as happened in the first quarter, did not have a clear dominator until uIsaac Bonga’s triple, Davies’ dominance and Baskonista chaos In attack, they slightly tipped the score in favor of Obradovic’s menwho left six points up on the scoreboard at half-time (32-38) before a Baskonia null from beyond 6.75 (27.3% correct).
Partizan’s American center Tyrique Jones dunks against Khalifa Diop
The key inner game
started very good the third of the fourth is the Vitoria team, with very good points of Chima Moneke, Sedekerskis y Hallwhich allowed reduce the lead to four points difference in half a quarter (50-54). They couldn’t cut it further because Tyrique Jones was imperial in the painting (9 points in the fourth) y Lundberg He brought out his wrist from medium and long distance.
A few very good minutes of Luwawu Cabarrot y Baldwin they got equalize the contest momentarily with three minutes left (54-54). However, a new push by the Serbs led to a new six-point lead that ended up being seen reduced to just one point before going to the battle of the last challenge (59-60).
Partizan’s American guard Sterling Brown tries to overcome Baskonia’s French forward Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
The strength of the team above all
It came out. The Buesa factor was noticed in the last quarter of the game, and the passion and joy of the stands spread to the field, where Chima Moneke (13 points) finished bringing out his offensive arsenal, counteracting the great inner duo of the game, that of Jones and Davies, who provided much of the offensive contribution of the Serbs.
The turning point came with just over five minutes remaining, when a triple from Forrest (who had 1/7 in triples since his arrival), put Baskonia ahead on the scoreboard (73-72). At that moment the claw of Luwawu-Cabarrot who took the team on his back in defense. A key triple The former ASVEL player put the ball in the middle with two minutes remaining with a four point income in favor of Laso’s men (78-74), so that right after a wonderful choral defense ended with a block of Hall, which turned out to be key with a layup that ended up tipping the balance towards Baskonia (88-82)which thus achieves its first victory of the season against all Partizan Belgrade
