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Rokas Giedraitis scored 17 points until the decisive quarter, Tadas Sedekerskis, who spoke at a critical moment, added 8, but the efforts of the Lithuanian Baskonists did not save Vitorija “Baskonia” (18-16) in the survival match.
Man of the match
Duškas Ivanovičius’ students in the Euroleague duel in Valencia 81:86 (21:25, 23:14, 15:21, 22:26) after a tenacious fight, they landed for the Valencia Basket team (19-15), which remained in the battle for the round of 16 with this victory.
Their only rival is Zenit Saint Petersburg, represented by Artūras Gudaitis (18-14).
The Russian club has two home games left due to the mixed COVID-19 schedule: Friday with Maccabi of Tel Aviv and Monday with Panathinaikos of Athens.
After Zenit stumble at least once, the Valencian team will advance to the playoffs due to their mutual advantage over the Russian team.
At the start of the last minute of the match, Derrick Williams noticed both penalties and the hosts went ahead 83:77.
In the next attack, Aleco Peters’ shot was blocked, but Williams made a mistake and the ball went to the guests. After a minute of rest, Alec Peters made a double shot on goal, but in the end he scored 79:83.
Pierria Henry fouled the Valencia basketball players by Nikola Kaliničius to pass the ball, but then Williams blocked Peters’ shot. Vanja Marinkovičius immediately lost the ball, which after Henry’s transfer found itself under the basket in the hands of the remaining Sedekerskis.
The Lithuanian tried to score points from below the basket, but Williams reprimanded him for committing a personal foul. Sedekersky was not wrong on the free throw line and approached Baskonia by two points: 81:83.
Giedraitis then fouled Williams, who fired a single shot from the free throw line and gave the Basques hope: 81:84.
However, the Valencia basketball players did not let Henry into their side and fouled before crossing the center line. The Baskonia player missed the first penalty, and on the second attempt he simply rubbed the ball on the backboard and broke the rules.
Once again Williams, who was sent to the free throw line, never hit, but the ball was bounced by Bojanas Dubljevičius, who scored two points from the basket – 86:81.
Sedekerskis played the most players in Vitorija – 31 minutes. He accounted for 2 shots out of 7 of the game, added 3 accurate penalties out of 4 and scored 8 points and 11 utility points.
In 30 minutes, Giedraitis made 1 of 3 colonies, 4 of 6 three points, 3 of 3 penalties and recorded a profit of 16 points.
Baskonia finished 10th in the Euroleague season. Down – Kaunas “Žalgiris” (17-17), who scored less than one win.
Valencia: Derrick Williams 16 (8/11 penalty), Klemen Prepeličius 14, Mike Tobey 13, Nikola Kaliničius 12, Bojanas Dubljevičius 11 (7th rep, 5 res.)
Baskonia: Pierria Henry 19 (7/17 pitches, 7 res.), Rokas Giedraitis 17 (4/6 trit.), Achille Polonara 16, Zoranas Dragičius 10.
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