Triumph of the team 'taronja' by 81-86 against Zenit
MADRID, Jan. 17 (SportsFinding) –
Valencia Basket won this Friday by 81-86 at Zenit, with 14 points included from Serbian forward Vanja Marinkovic during the 20th day of the Euroleague, showing a choral version in attack to increasingly pursue the playoff positions .
Thus, the team trained by Joan Plaza succumbed to the versatility of the 'taronja' box, long since immersed in the fight to climb positions. His positive harvest in St. Petersburg, achieved by trade, served the pupils of Jaume Ponsarnau to place himself with a balance of 10 wins and 10 losses in the seventh provisional place.
The Sibur Arena shaped a struggle of alternations, where the first period made it clear that the visiting weapon was the union rather than individuality. Jordan Loyd and Vanja Marinkovic himself stood out from their teammates, but with no more brightness than the distant shots of Fernando San Emeterio or the baskets of Maurice Ndour in the 'painting'.
On the local side, Andrew Albicy began to carbure with his triple statistic, which prompted a partial 12-2 (from 4-9 to 16-11) that Valencia Basket responded immediately to go to the first recess with a 16- 20 up. In addition, Brock Motum extended such an advantage with a triple as soon as the second act started.
Albicy emerged then, keeping Zenit in battle thanks to four triples scored in four attempts. The success of the French base, former player of MoraBanc Andorra, allowed the Russian team to raise a 25-32 to get 34-32 and intimidate their opponent.
But Ndour cut the streak with a good offensive rebound, scoring on that throw a shot with board support. This amended a triple failed by Motum from a corner, which had tarnished his good exercise on the track of the Sibur Arena.
This action joined another triple, this time executed by the local power forward Will Thomas, which the 'instant replay' confirmed as a basket out of time and involuntarily spurred the team 'taronja'. From that moment, those of Ponsarnau never let loose the lead on the scoreboard until closing the third period by 51-63.
The defense of the visitors had been paramount, drying Albicy and fitting just nine points in a third act that preceded another of greater swings. With a comeback contract included, a triple of Evgeny Voronov set the 74-74 at 4:16 of the final honk.
There, Ndour became strong under the rival ring to place the 74-76 with another support on the board. To top it all off, Albicy failed just after a seemingly simple insight; and his team then paid him dearly, moving away for the umpteenth time from a Valencia Basket that clenched his teeth to seal a key victory in his aspirations.
DATA SHEET.
– RESULT: ZENIT, 81 – VALENCIA BASKET, 86 (42-46, at rest).
–EQUIPMENT.
ZENIT: Renfroe (5), Hollins (3), Ponitka (5), Zubkov (13) and Ayón (4) – initial quintet–; Albicy (18), Abromaitis (2), Voronov (10), Thomas (4), Iverson (8) and Trushkin (9).
VALENCIA BASKET: Vives (4), San Emeterio (7), Loyd (9), Doornekamp (11) and Ndour (11) – initial quintet–; Abalde (9), Labeyrie (-), Marinkovic (14), Motum (12) and Van Rossom (9).
– PARTIALS: 16-20, 26-26, 9-17 and 30-23.
– ARBITRATORS: Paternico, Difallah and Gkontas. Without eliminated.
– PAVILION: Sibur Arena, 4,733 spectators.