He Asisa Joventut forced the third game of the quarterfinal tie against the Kosner Baskonia after beating the Basques by 82-63 in a clash dominated from start to finish by those of Dani Miret.
The escort Cameron Huntwith 27 points noted, was the figure that left the people of Vitoria completely without ideas.
The Badaloneses started the second game of the series with sixth gear on the accelerator thanks to a very successful Cameron Hunt from medium and long distance (14-5, min. 5).
He Kosner Baskonia little by little he improved his offensive performance, especially thanks to the young man’s self-confidence. Matteo Spagnolowho made several positive plays to bring his team a little closer (17-10, min. 8).
However, the Asisa Joventut he did not lower his level of success and finished the first quarter with a 25-14 that brought the present fans to their feet at the Olympic.
The game script did not change in the second period, and the Penya It went further with the appearance on the track of AdamHangawho with several consecutive penetrations put the score at +14 (29-15, min. 13).
The Baskonistas did not react and the locals took advantage of it to further widen the advantage after a triple from Michael Ruzic which caused the timeout of PaoloGalbiati (34-17, min. 15).
And after going down 22 points, now the Kosner Baskonia improved on both sides of the court, and with a final partial of 0-9 led by Trent Forrestthey managed to reach the break with a 44-31, a score still quite favorable for the Catalans.
At the restart, both teams exchanged blows, although the Asisa Joventut quickly took a big advantage again thanks to the umpteenth positive action in attack by hunting (53-37, min. 25).
The locals had options to go beyond the 20-point advantage, but they failed in unusual situations and in the Kosner Baskonia started to carbure Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot to reduce the disadvantage a little (56-41, min. 28).
A visitor reaction that did not last long, and once again huntingwith one of his triples, put his team up 62-43 at the end of the third quarter.
And how did the last period start? With two more triples of his own huntingwhich made it 68-50 with six minutes left to put the ball in the middle Olympic.
The American shooting guard, far from slowing down his scoring pace, continued scoring well-defended triples and definitively sealed the game with Kosner Baskonia missing. (77-58, min. 38).
In the end, the Asisa Jovenut won 82-63 to force the third and final match of the series that will be this Sunday (7:00 p.m.) in it Fernando Buesa Arena. The winner of said match will be measured in the semifinals at Valencia Basket.
Technical sheet
82. Asisa Joventut (25+19+18+20): Rubio (10), Hunt (27), Kraag (4), Parker (7), Ruzic (4) -starting five-; Drell (2), Hakanson (2), Vives (-), Morin (9), Birgander (6) and Hanga (11).
63. Kosner Baskonia (14+17+12+20): Villar (-), Forrest (15), Kurucs (2), Radzevicius (2), Edwards (1) -starting five-; Diakite (13), Simmons (7), Omoruyi (2), Sedekerskis (-), Luwawu-Cabarrot (9) and Spagnolo (12).
Referees: Carlos Cortés, Luis Miguel Castillo and Raúl Zamorano. No eliminated.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the quarterfinals of the Endesa Basketball League played at the Palau Municipal d’Esports in Badalona in front of 7,587 spectators.
