Azu Muguruza: "He caught us in a strange moment, because the dynamics of the results are not good."
Despite seven consecutive defeats, the IDK Euskotren team has managed to qualify for the Queen's Basketball Cup.
Despite seven consecutive defeats, the IDK Euskotren team has managed to qualify for the Queen's Basketball Cup.
The club has specified that the side "has a moderate 2nd sprain", but the note does not specify the time the Serb will have to stay off the courts.
Paolo Galbiati's team was unable to win on the Bayern Munich court on Wednesday, and now his goal is to continue his good streak in the Buesa Arena, rival to the French team.
Surne Bilbao, with its victory on the Basket Girona track (89-93), puts an end to a bad streak of more than a year of 16 defeats and no home wins.
Kosner Baskonia beat Morabanc Andorra by triples (17 out of 38) and prevented his opponent from climbing back after winning 99-92 in the Buesa Arena.
IDK coach Euskotren has been very critical of the game he saw in the final minutes of the derbi against Kutxabank Araski.
The Turkish team's external baskets have thwarted the wishes of the Vitorians, who have not been able to respond to their opponent in the final phase of a 10-point duel.
The Valencia Basket sent in Miribilla in the second half and pulled the Surne Bilbao out of the game. The team came alive to rest but lost to the leader of the Euroleague (72-116).
The Frenchman has scored 24 points, averaging 23 rebounds, 3.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 ball recoveries, and has led his teammates in three consecutive Kosner Baskonia victories.
Surne Bilbao has done a good job in defense, but it has not been right in attack, and in the end it has lost 66-71 to Barcelona in Miribilla, so it has fitted its first defeat of the season at home.
Kosner Baskonia won a comfortable victory over the Recoletas Salud San Pablo Burgos (89-77) on Saturday, despite the opponent's effort to the end.
Taking advantage of Christmas, Baskonia has conducted a special training today: the doors have been open. The initiative has aroused great expectation and more than a thousand people have approached the Buesa Arena to follow the working session on the spot.
Paolo Galbiati, coach of the Vitoria team, celebrated the agreement: "He is an important player, on the court and in the locker room."
Galbiati's team made a bad first part and the Valencia team left on the scoreboard. After the break, the Alavés team was better, but it was not enough to go back to the meeting.
Baskonia has turned the matchagainst Unicaja into a huge game of the American escort Markus Howard. The player has scored 30 points and scored a triple that has served to win in the last play, allowing him to go back 17 points (90-93).
With two free shots scored by the American Keandre Cook, the Rio Breogán has defeated the Surne Bilbao Basket (100-99) , seconds earlier with a spectacular triple by Darrun Hilliard, when he nurtured his dream of getting the ticket to the King's Cup.
IDK Euskotren has lost in Ibaeta to the Innova-TSN Leganés (60-73), the Lointek Gernika Bizkaia has lost to the Spar Gran Canaria (87-74) and the Kutxabank Araski has lost by a single point to the Movistar Estudiantes (75-76).
Paolo Galbiati's team will face Barcelona, who have won ten of the eleven matches they have played since the dismissal of Joan Peñarroya, while the Basque team will seek their first visitor victory in the Euroleague.
The French team is the current champion and the main candidate to win again. The one-way match will be played on Thursday 15 January in Maloste and the return on Thursday 22 in France.