BASKETBALL | EUROLAGUE
Valencia Basket said goodbye to the Euroleague. Set orange They knocked down Beretta Famila Schio (87-60) on the last day of the regular league, but Casademont Zaragoza’s victory against Lublin left them without a prize, outside of the first four places that give access to the playoffs. Rubén Burgos’s team played a very serious game with Nadia Fingall in star mode, who reached 22 points. The Taronja team thus closes its participation in the Euroleague with four consecutive victories and a balance of 8-6.
At first it was difficult for the shots to go in, especially from outside, until Valencia Basket made a 10-0 lead that gave them a first lead of 8 points. Guirantes stopped it from the 3-point line but, after a basket by Ouviña, the visiting coach stopped the game. The Italian team reacted, reducing it to 3, and now the time-out belonged to Rubén Burgos. Good response from the defense to make it 10-0 at the end of the quarter, with a triple on Fingall’s horn, and put the score at +13.
Hempe extended the set at the beginning to increase the difference to 15. Again, Guirantes was in charge of stopping it, but her team could not continue it. Fingall, with sky-high confidence, made a particular 5-0, which raised the maximum to 18 points. The player was everywhere in defense and attack. There was visitor time out. Juhasz struck with a 4-0 count from him next. The taronja response was, once again, led by Fingall, who reached 20 points scored in this first half. Valencia Basket went into the break with a huge cushion (51-27).
The first few moments after passing through the locker room was an exchange of points that did little to change the difference on the scoreboard. Valencia Basket adjusted its defense to avoid rival baskets and pressed the accelerator again. On this occasion the partial was 8-0 with +29. The visiting coach called a time-out. Guirantes cut it off, but despite the difference, Rubén Burgos’s team did not stop hitting. It didn’t take long for the income to exceed 30 points. Schio began to defend in the zone and Valencia Basket suffered during some attacks, although Romero finally broke it by three and left the cushion at 30 at the end of the third.
Already in the last quarter with the game on track, Rubén Burgos left only two consecutive baskets from Bestagno to stop the game, even though they were still 26 points away. The Taronja coach wanted to maintain the energy until the end of the game. The team responded in the same way. Once again, Schio made a small comeback attempt, which led them to reduce to 26 points again. This time Fam stopped them. The last period passed slowly, as Schio had quickly gotten into the bonus and Valencia Basket went through the free kick on numerous occasions. Of course, with +30 again and 2 minutes ahead, the victory was in the bag, despite the fact that goodbye to the EuroLeague Women was a fact.