San Pablo Burgos lets go of a match they had won against Baskonia

San Pablo Burgos let a game slip away against Baskonia that they had in their hands for a good part of the second half in which the people from Burgos reacted after an irregular start, led by 12 points in the last quarter (93-81) and faced the last minutes with an advantage, but the Vitorian team came back in the final stretch to win 97 to 98.

With 13 seconds left, DJ Steward had the last chancebut his shot did not find the rim and the victory went to the visitors.

Doumbouya opened the scoring, but Duarte and Tadas Sedekerskis punished the Burgos team to make it 4-11 and, although Koprivica and Rubén Guerrero held the local team, the Vitorian team maintained control until closing the first quarter with an eight-point lead (22-30).

Baskonia struck again at the beginning of the second period with a triple from Stewart and found one of its main offensive arguments in Frisch.

The difference reached 11 points (30-41)forcing Porfi Fisac ​​to look for solutions and San Pablo reacted with character and found greater fluidity in attack.

Doumbouya took center stage, while Dani Díez and Ziga Samar brought the Burgos team closer to within four (39-43).

The exchange of baskets kept the distance during the last minutes, but Samar appeared again to further reduce the disadvantage that allowed San Pablo to reach halftime with only four points (45-49), after having been down eleven.

San Pablo Burgos turned the game around in a high-level third quarter. Taboada and Koprivica equalized the score (49-49) and, after a few minutes of exchange, Chase Audige took center stage to put the Burgos team ahead with a triple (57-55).

From there, the local team accelerated and chained a partial that allowed them to open a gap of eleven points (68-57), with Samar, Lobaco and DJ Steward as the protagonists while Baskonia tried to react, but San Pablo maintained control and reached the last quarter with a ten-point advantage (75-65).

San Pablo Burgos let a game that they had controlled slip away in the last quarter, although they maintained a lead of close to ten points for much of the period and reached 93-84 with just over two minutes remaining.

However, Baskonia reacted with a spectacular quarter led by Lawson, who chained several actions to tie the match at 93 with two minutes remaining.

Steward returned the lead to San Pablo (96-93), but Simmons and Baugh once again put the Vitorians ahead (97-98) and with 13 seconds left, Steward had the last possession to win, but his shot did not go in and the victory escaped the Coliseum.