After a successful start to the match after the first 10 minutes, Baskonia had a 13-point advantage (25:12), but in the second half they reached a deep hole and started the third quarter with 5 points behind (35:40).
However, after the break, none of the teams managed to gain a more solid lead, and the fight for the power went on until the last minute. At the start of the last minute of the fourth quarter, the guests took the lead at 73:70, but after R. Giedraitis’ inadvertent throw, Dario Brizuela reduced Baskonia’s lead to a minimum. 4 secs left The Malaga basketball players made a decisive attack, but D. Brizuela did not hit from under the basket and Baskonia celebrated a difficult victory.
Heart attack game! Bitci Baskonia takes the victory by the minimum against Unicaja.
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It is true that Lithuanian basketball players did not shine in this match. R. Giedraitis scored 5 points (1/3 dvit., 1/5 trit.) In 32 minutes, rebounded 4 and took over 2 balls, made a successful pass, made 2 mistakes, provoked a foul, violated the rules twice and scored 3 utility points, and T. Sedekersky did not appear on the parquet.
Simone Fontecchio, who scored 30 points and Steven Enoch added 11 points, was unbeaten in Baskonia.
Unicaja pulled Dario Brizuela to score 21 points, followed by Cameron Oliver (12 rebounds) and Jaime Fernandez.
The victory allowed the Vitoria team to score a three-win gap from UCAM in ninth place. There are three rounds left until the end of the regular Spanish championship season.
After successfully playing the last leg of the season, seventh-place Baskonia can still catch up with Manresos’ Baxi in sixth place (19/13) to avoid a possible collision with Real Madrid in the quarterfinals.
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