93-100: Valencia Basket takes a hard-fought victory in Burgos

Valencia Basket closed a positive week of results after beating Recoletas Salud Saint Paul Burgos by 93-100. It was the fifth victory for the Taronja in the Endesa League, despite Nikola’s losses MiroticNate Reuvers and Mo Gueye.

After a few first minutes of equality, the San Pablo Burgos He was the one who took the initiative. No T.J. Shorts on track, Valencia Basket once again lost direction and intention in attack. Thanks to the good work of the people of Burgos, led by Doumbouya and Koprivica In the paint, the locals had an 11-0 run that allowed them to reach a surprising advantage of eight points (27-19). Xavi Albert had to stop the game to make adjustments, and a triple by Omari Moore They closed the period with a score of 27-22.

In the next quarter Chase appeared again Audigewho, although he had already scored eight points in the first, added another ten to reach the break with 18. With his drive and the success of Raúl Lobaco, Saint Pablo Burgos was imposing itself in almost all facets of the game against a Valencia Basket that was very poor in its shooting percentages.

With out-of-tune wrists, the taronja reaction had to start from defense and achieving easy baskets through simple actions. And so it was, with a partial start of 2-12 in just two minutes. Please Fisacdissatisfied, stopped the game to try to prevent all the good work of the first half from being wasted (52-48).

The local team was able to cushion the Valencian blows and stay ahead. Christian Sengfelder He was one of the protagonists in the final minutes of the quarter, with three consecutive triples. He Valencia He was on the rise, he found better situations in transition and began to regain the accuracy of his shots. In this section, Armoni Brooks and dylan Osetkowski They scored two triples that left the game completely open heading into the final period (72-71). Brooksin particular, once again experienced one of those moments of incandescence and went up to 11 points in that quarter.

The start of the last period served to Valencia Basket took the lead for the first time since the first quarter. A mate from Gonzalo Corbalan It made it 72-72 with eight minutes left. In the midst of a constant exchange of stocks and baskets, Koprivica He committed his second flagrant foul and was expelled from the game.

With eight points behind on the scoreboard with one minute left, after the third triple of Osetkowski, Saint Paul Burgos continued to breathe thanks to an immeasurable Audigewho nailed another triple to make it 91-96. However, time was not enough to counteract Valencia Basket’s great second half.