MADRID, 9 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Unicaja de Málaga won 65-76 on their visit to Río Breogán during matchday 24 of the Endesa League, which this Saturday also saw Dreamland Gran Canaria’s comfortable victory against Casademont Zaragoza (111-85), the comeback ‘in extremis’ of BAXI Manresa on the Joventut court (81-83) and the away defeat of Bàsquet Girona against UCAM Murcia (81-73).
At the Pazo dos Deportes in Lugo, the 17 points and 24 rating credits of German power forward Dylan Osetkowski guided Unicaja to take off on the scoreboard after the break. This victory put the Malaga team in the provisional leadership, with a balance of 20-4 in its pursuit of Real Madrid (20-3); Meanwhile, Breogán lost its fifth game in a row and remained in relegation with a record of 6-18.
At the Palau Olímpic in Badalona, the tachycardic outcome smiled on the visiting team. Although ‘Penya’ neutralized a deficit that had reached 22 points in the third period, they let a 79-75 lead slip away in the final minutes. The Latvian power forward Marcis Steinbergs, cornered, scored the winning triple at the buzzer for a BAXI Manresa that is ninth (13-11); just above is Joventut, with a balance of 14-10.
Furthermore, Dylan Ennis celebrated his recent renewal at UCAM with a great night at the Palacio de Deportes de Murcia. His 12 points, along with another 12 from Marko Todorovic, spurred the local team to beat Girona, whose ranks included Gyorgy Goloman and Kenny Chery. The victory placed the university team in fifth place in the league, with a balance of 15-9; For their part, the record of the people from Girona is 9-15.
Finally, at the Gran Canaria Arena, the hosts forgot their goodbye to the Eurocup. After losing last Wednesday against Besiktas, the ‘pio-pio’ team was eliminated in the round of 16 of a tournament where they were defending their title. And perhaps with that in mind, Jaka Lakovic’s students raised their spirits to finish 20 of 40 in triples and beat Zaragoza. The final score allowed ‘Granca’ to retain fourth place (16-9) and prolonged the bad streak of the team, installed in the middle zone (9-15).