96-91: Brussino spreads his wings to Casademont

He Casademont Zaragoza defeated Unicaja Málaga by 96-91 thanks to the idyll that Nico lives Brussino with the triple and takes another firm step in a league start, the second best in its history in the Endesa League, which fuels the enthusiasm of the red tide with five victories in seven games.

The Aragonese team added a new victory, after a very close match, to their good start to the season and linked their second consecutive victory, a trajectory that has only been stopped by Valencia Basket and the Barcelona and that finds in Prince Felipe fertile ground to become strong and continue growing.

He Unicaja He imposed his law from the beginning of the match with an Amine Noua very plugged in, scoring eight points in less than three minutes and with a Casademont very lacking in exterior success (9-14).

The Zaragoza team was not intimidated and responded well to the serious start proposed by the Malaga team with Laurynas Biruts taking advantage of defensive gaps, but debutant Kevin Knoxnumber 9 in the draft in 2018, gave an advantage to Unicaja showing off his elegance at the close of the first quarter. (17-20)

The second quarter began with a nice duel between Kendrick Perry and Guillem You live and the game regained speed, although it was very even (29-29).

Sergi Garcia gave air to the Zaragozaans with two triples and Amine Nouawho put on his boots, responded to keep Unicaja close on the scoreboard, but Nico Brussino with a triple and Trae Bell Haynes with several quality plays they ended up giving the advantage to Casademont with a partial 7-0 (43-38).

Technical sheet

Casademont, 96 – Unicaja, 91

96 – Casademont Zaragoza (17+26+24+29): Gabriel Olaseni (12), Trae Bell-Haynes (10), Robert Blumbergs (2), Miguel González (2), Justin Jaworski (11) -starting five-, Birutis (21), Vives (5), Brussino (25), Fernández (2) and García (6).

91 – Unicaja Málaga (20+18+26+27): Tyler Kalinoski (3), David Kravish (2), Simonas Lukosius (3), Amine Noua (17), Kendrick Perry (20) -starting five- Knox (17), Brazdeikis (2), Hernangómez (7), Hunt (15) and Pantzar (5).

Referees: Jordi Aliaga Solé, Francisco José Araña Santana and Carlos Merino Campos.

Incidents: Match corresponding to the seventh day of the Endesa League played at the Príncipe Felipe Pavilion in Zaragoza.

After passing through the locker room, Cameron hunting,Tyler Kalinoski and Perry They turned the game around with a 0-11 run in just over two minutes in a disastrous start to the third quarter by the skilled team.

However, the Casademont he shielded himself in Birutistheir most successful player and who had an exceptional quarter, to close the gap and after several exchanges of baskets a triple by Brussino closed the third quarter in a big way for the locals (67-64).

Brussino He continued to do his thing in the outside launch and was Knox the only one capable of keeping up with him, with Justin Jaworski who seemed to want to get hooked on the game, very even in the last quarter (81-80)

Unicaja continued adding thanks to the success of Perry and the Casademont for the idyll that lives Brussino with the triple, but the game was decided in favor of the locals due to the final errors of the Malaga team and the effort that the skilled team put into it, boosted by the red tide of the Prince Philip (96-91).