Baskonia clings to Buesa to continue its streak against an old acquaintance: “He helped us a lot last year”
Kosner Baskonia He clings to the Buesa Arena to continue his streak against Besiktas on the third day of the Euroleague, with two teams that arrive with the same balance. The Turkish team, which returns to continental competition 14 years later, does so with a powerful team that already knows what it is to win away from its stadium.
He presents a balance of a triumph, in his visit to the Maccabi Tel-Avivand two defeats, against Barça and Valencia Basketthe same figures as the Baskoniawho comes into this duel after beating Armani Milan and basketball Girona consecutively.
Paolo Galbiati will have to discard one player from the 13 that make up a squad that has changed a lot in the last week, especially after the arrival of Brazilian Márcio Saintswhich has supported Vitoria’s internal game in a notable way.
The experienced Scottie Wilbekin He is the best offensive weapon of the Turkish team, which this summer brought in former Baskonista Eugene Omoruyi, who left a great mark at the Buesa Arena with less than one season as a Barça player.
The balance between inside and outside play, with several threats in different positions, is the hallmark of a team that scores a lot but suffers on the rebound and one of the best weapons of Dusan’s team. Alimpijevic It’s triple.
The two teams that receive the most points in the competition face each other, so the squad that manages to control its rim and lower those numbers will have made a lot of progress towards achieving its second victory of the championship.
There are only two precedents between both teams from the 2012-2013 season. The duels fell in favor of a Baskonia who aspires to become strong in his fiefdom.
“It is a very interesting squad,” warned the Lombard coach, who will meet again with Eugene Omoruyiwith which he lifted the Copa del Rey trophy with Baskonia in the last edition.
“He is a great person, He helped us a lot last year and he will want to play a great game because he has fire“, he expressed Galbiatiwho said he has players to play against him. “We know what the fans want from him and I am happy to face him,” he said.
Regarding the team’s points of improvement, he focused on defense. “I would like to defend with the little ones who are going to press and the big men in the correct position,” analyzed the Baskonista coach, concerned about the defender in the ‘four’ position.
“We have to put pressure on Tadas (Sedekerskis) and Rodi (Kurucs) and take a step forward all in defense”said Galbiati, who was also concerned about the rebound.
