The Euroleague calendar does not stop and two days of the regular phase of the competition will be played this week. Baskonia opens fire by hosting Efes this Tuesday, the day in which Madrid also faces Virtus at home. Barcelona, for its part, travels to Serbia, where it faces Partizan in Belgrade on Wednesday. The Spanish teams need victory to establish their qualification options.
At the Buesa Arena, Baskonia fell, after a very close match, against Anadolu Efes (84-89). In the last play they had the option of reaching overtime, but the referees saw a foul in attack by Moneke, with just six seconds remaining, and the Turkish team sentenced from the free throw line.
Real Madrid started in the third quarter, put their game into a higher gear and got rid of Virtus de Bologna without too many problems (98-86). The defense, which had been very cheerful in the first half, leaving many options for the Bolognese team, became a little more serious, although not too serious in the continuation, and that was enough for them to win without problems.
When they had everything done, Barça short-circuited in a bad way, basketball in rags, capital guirigay, resounding slap and blushing at the push of Partizan (and its effervescent fans), which lost 20 points to get within one with one goal left. minute and a half. But when everyone’s wrists were shaking (apart from a Punter who doesn’t understand pressure), Abrines scored a triple that was as vitamin-filled as it was redeeming, a basket that deactivated the rival and freed his teammates to close the victory and the lead in the Euroleague .
The rest of the ninth day
Fenerbahçe-Bayern; Monaco-Red Star; Olympiacos-Asvel; Alba Berlin-Milan; Panathinakos-Maccabi and Paris-Zalgiris.
