He signed the settlement in the Euroleague, and although he stays in Istanbul because he plays Friday against Fenerbahçe, and the Vitorians will have time to visit the Gran Bazar, Santa Sofía, the blue mosque or have a Turkish coffee in the sunset of the Bosphorus, they must start thinking about the ten games that remain in the domestic league, where they do not have it easy to get into the first eight qualification.
In Europe they have already said everything, what was given. The project fell short after the last defeat against Anadolu Efes, which started five days ago from a precarious situation, but has won all the games since then and now occupied, with 17 games won, in the play into which the Baskonia can no longer arrive with the three that remain for playing.
The Vitorian team was missing many things in Istanbul to win the game, especially concentration and rebound. In the first quarter they lost countless balls in attack, which led to the rapid transitions of the Turks, which without striving too much were put with advantage on the scoreboard after equalized initial minutes.
In the fight for loose balls under the basket, Baskonia was not lucid. He took 26 by 41 of the Ephes, and only six in attack. They almost did not get second options, except at the beginning of the third quarter, when Diop appeared, which imposed its size under the boards. It was then that the Laso team turned the score to get 49-52 and force Luca Banchi, the Turkish coach, to stop the game.
But when and Diop lowered the pulsations, the clash returned to what had been in the first part, in which Rodrigue Beaubois had marked territory. Poirier and Larkin appeared to cement the result, which had again leaned towards the local side, and with the passage of the minutes, and when they were without options, the baskonistas became unplugged to reach the end with the 92-76 that reflects more the mood of the two teams than the difference that was on the track.
The Baskonia has three procedures left, first without leaving Turkey, against Fenerbahçe, and then in the Buesa against Asvel Villeurbanne and in Milan, to close the series, against Emporio Armani, but the Euroleague is amortized and what cousin is, and from the Eastern Punt To Breogán, those of Laso will have to change the record to, after running out of Euroleague, or at least for being in the top ten, and not being in the cup, fighting at least the league, because after getting into the top 8, anything can happen anything.
