Joventut scores by eliminating Baskonia and waits in front of Madrid.

Olympic, a pressure cooker with nearly 7,000 fans, is once again The tomb of Joan Peñarroya’s runner-up team in the regular leaguer, the people of Vitoria against Joventut in the same setting in February and after they were already out of the Cup in the quarterfinals.

As in February, Penya was especially superior in the second half. A Kyle Guy who shines again with 22 points and is a loyal aide to Guillem Vives (15 points) who knows how to unblock his team on offense with his three-pointer success.

Another key point was the 15 offensive rebounds captured by the green-blacks. An unexpected victory that once again put Carles Duran’s team in the top four in the ACB. Three-pointers were the main offensive argument of both teams in the first twenty minutes, when both teams played with great rhythm, with a score of 7 out of 15 for Joventut and 16 out of 7 for Baskonia.

Kyle Guy (3 out of 4) and Guillem Vives (2 out of 2) were the most successful for locals, while Markus Howard (3 out of 5) was the most successful for the people of Vitoria.The American (13 points) and Rokas Giedraitis (9 points) had their best players. The Lithuanian player also surpassed Joel Parra with zero points in the first half.

Four three-pointers put Joventut ahead at the start of the game (16-11, min. 8). a Baskonia that lacks defense in the periphery and has almost no impact on the inside game. Howard interrupted the green-blacks’ good start at the end of the quarter to solidify the score (21-19).

At the start of the second quarter, offensive centers appeared for both teams, as Ante Tomic found his first basket and Kotsar responded from a free kick. Before the high game rhythm of both teams, the inside players competed fiercely..

Sedekerskis and Howard’s two-pointers put Baskonia back in the lead (26-28, min. 13)however, Joventut began to diversify his offensive play, looking for Birgander near the basket and beating Dominican Andrés Feliz one-on-one to his defenders.

Baskonia could not find a place on the track and Joventut maintained command on the scoreboard held by Guillem Vivego to rest in s light (46-40) after an unsportsmanlike match played by Díez over the green and black quarterback.

Trios success faded in the third quarter, with both teams taking center stage again. Kotsar put Baskonia back in the lead (46-47, min 23), but Joventut reacted thanks to Guy and Vives. to put a new advantage in light (62-54, min. 27).

After failing to stop Kyle Guy, Joan Peñarroya had to send Markus Howard to the bench at 2’28” due to his fourth personal foul, for which up to three Baskonista players turned on his defense before they could stop him.

Without an American on the track, Baskonia was gradually replaced by greens and blacks. Tomic scored and assisted and Kyle Guy made a spectacular three-pointer on the buzzer at the end of the third quarter. who lifted all the fans from their chairs (71-62).

Joventut extended the lead to 15 points (77-62, min. 33) With Feliz and Tomic’s points, Baskonia cannot react. He did so while there was still time to change the direction of the game with Matt Costello’s trio (77-67, min 35).

The green-blacks, who got nervous, took the field for four minutes without scoring a goal, but Baskonia did not know how to evaluate this situation.. With 2’34” remaining, Brodziansky’s basket gave Joventut air and the Vitorialians were in a rush.

He bet everything on the triple and lost everything with this trick. In the second quarter, 4-pointers out of 16 and Parra and Tomic’s offensive rebounds in the final attacks brought Badalona the well-deserved victory.