83-75: Surne Bilbao overcomes the ‘average’ to Alba and takes the lead

He Surne Bilbao has added a hard-fought victory in Miribilla in front of Dawn Berlin, by a result of 83-75, with which they overcome the ‘average’ with the German team, placed themselves as leaders of their group in the Champions League (BCL) and depends on himself to directly access the round of 16.

The Bilbao team fulfilled its objective of recovering the three points disadvantage with which it returned from Germany after letting a favorable lead of eleven points slip away in the last quarter and resolving the game in the last two minutes, driven by the success of Somogyi and Hilliard.

The American, with 17 points, was the locals’ top scorer, although the Hungarian point guard (9 points and 6 assists) and the French center Bastien Vautier (16 points and 9 rebounds) were also decisive in the decisive moments.

With the sensitive loss of Harald freyruled out due to physical problems, Jaume’s team Ponsarnau knew how to overcome Alba’s good start to take the lead for the first time after three minutes (8-5), with a 2+1 of Somogyi. From there, the locals gained confidence until reaching a maximum advantage of eight points (18-10, m.7), driven by the energy of Krampelj.

He Surne resisted the German team’s attempts to close the gap in a second quarter marked by equality, in which they maintained control of the score thanks, in large part, to a solid defense that constantly bothered the Berliners’ offensive play.

Hilliard began to find the rim with a couple of triples, while Kayil and bean They kept Alba in the game. The exchange of baskets allowed the Bilbao team to maintain their eight-point lead (36-28 and 43-35), which led Pedro Streets to request two time-outs to stop the local push. At rest, the Surne maintained an income of six points (45-39).

The dynamic continued at the beginning of the third quarter. Bilbao’s mastery of painting, with Vautier as the main offensive reference, allowed those of Ponsarnau control the match and, with a good final stretch, extend their advantage to eleven points (64-53) before the last period.

However, that income quickly evaporated with a devastating partial 1-10 of the Dawn. He Surne got stuck in attack and the German team found in Angeldespite being conditioned by his four personal fouls, a new scoring avenue to get fully into the game.

Vautier He then became the main offensive support of the locals, but the Dawn He used quality and courage to change the dynamic and take the lead (72-75) with 2.22 remaining, a score that seriously complicated Bilbao’s chances of a comeback.

At the most delicate moment they appeared Somogyi and Hilliard. Two consecutive triples from both revitalized the Surne and they touched a Dawn that no longer found an offensive response or arguments to stop the local push. The men in black thus closed a victory of enormous value, both for the leadership of the group and for the recovery of their particular ‘average’.