Surne Bilbao Basket gets into the table with a victory in Granada (72-84).

These resources responded mainly to the names of Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahman and Tryggvi Hlinason. The American understood why conflict is needed These moments of doubt in the final act and two magnificent breakthroughs gave his team a lot of air. And the Icelandic event was colossal. In those He added six points and grabbed four offensive rebounds in the final five minutes. and threw mud at the attempt to return Andalusia. Early on, star Melvin Pantzar shined (14 points and 27 PIR).

and the feisty Thijs De Ridder, top scorer with 15 goals.

Except for those first five minutes of the last quarter, in which he lost all luck and clarity of thought in attack, when the opponent played everything for everything, That men in black They have demonstrated that they have much better weapons and structure. With 57% two-point shots, winning the rebounding battle (34-25), without scoring a single point on the second chance and with a noticeable level of success from three-point range in the first three acts (6 of 12), although spoiled in the last (0 of 6), Ponsarnau’s men changed the situation because they added excellent defensive work to all this, while Pablo Pin’s men played awkwardly. and depending on individual inspiration from Scott Bamforth or Amin Nouah.

GREAT START

The match started like a dream for the guests, as after just two and a half minutes of play the scoreboard showed 0:10. on shots and two triples from De Ridder and Zoran Dragic. Wicked, Pin stopped the match in the middle of the first act with a score of 2-14. and his call to order had an impact on his team, which retooled with a more aggressive defense with Jonathan Roussel as the vanguard, forcing his opponent to play much further from the basket. The Biscay team clutched turnovers – six in the first quarter – and the locals were able to run and find easy points. restore almost all lost positions, although a pair of free throws from Pantsar and a triple from Javi Rabaseda allowed men in black finish the first ten minutes with an advantage (18-22).

Those from Jaume Ponsarnau They regained their strength and with a very well-armed rearguard. and the choir game was launched into attack another score 20-31 7:22 before the break

. Pin stopped the fight again, but this time the Biscay team did not allow itself to be surprised. Moving to the free throw line regularly and with great confidence thanks to his good defensive work, They achieved an excellent result of 22-37 in 4:34 from the middle of the tournament, which, however, they failed to increase, creating a carousel of bad attacks. which contributed to the survival of Granada, which, without making anything of this world, saw how its rival saved its life and He managed to get through the locker room without completely passing out from the fight: 28-39.

RISE AND PROBLEMS

After the resumption, the duel entered a phase of compromise. If Jacob Wylie was the one who did his part to help the hosts keep dreaming, then elsewhere it was De Ridder who maintained Bilbao’s lead. Once again Pin had to call his team back midway through the third quarter when Abdur-Rakman made it 36-51 on the counter-attack. Ponsarnau’s defensive cushion increased to twenty points (42-62) after two free throws from Marvin Jones and a triple from Christian Kullamae, followed by five straight points from Harald Frey. and the 18-point lead with which the final ten minutes were reached (48-66) left the road to success well paved and marked out.

But Surne Bilbao Basket insisted on making life difficult for themselves. He lost his compass in the attack with a couple of losses, allowed Granada to rise thanks to points from Bamforth and Noua, Kullamae missed two technical free throws to Agustin Ubal and Pin… Disaster which resulted in income of just eight points (60-68) with less than four minutes played in the final quarter. Ponsarnau looked upset and the hosts upped the ante after De Ridder’s unsportsmanlike behavior. threat level up to 62-69.

But with Hlinason’s points and offensive rebounds and a couple of Abdur-Rahman breaks they managed to keep the Bilbao ship afloat at 64-75 with just over three minutes to go at the final horn. Both made it possible for there to be no shipwreck, and also poured ice on the Andalusian crew, who were eventually forced to surrender to the evidence and show the white flag. His attempted rebellion was worthy, but insufficient against an opponent with far greater resources.