Full of victories for Bilbao Basket, which wins the Paredes Tournament
Surne Bilbao Basket will close their pre-season stay in Paredes with a full win, winning the Portuguese town’s trophy after winning over Porto and Sheffield. To finish, victory against Budivelnyk (67-75) in the best game of the preseason. The men in black entered the match dominating the paint defensively. They only conceded 4 points to Budivelnyk in the first 6 minutes of the match. The triples by Hakanson, Reyes and Rosa gave our team an advantage. A 4-0 run against forced Jaume Ponsarnau to stop the game and the team reacted with a 0-5 start with a triple by Andersson and a basket by Rabaseda. The first quarter ended with a +7 for the MIB (15-22).
There was accuracy, rhythm and very good defense against quality players in one-on-one who had a hard time finding a game. The Ukrainian team came out better in the second quarter, but the MIB were able to maintain the difference on the scoreboard and with two consecutive triples by Andersson they continued with a cushion of +7 (25-32) at 7:04 of the break. Xavi Rabaseda scored 5 consecutive points and the MIB managed to distance themselves even more. The break was reached with 35-48 on the scoreboard.
Going through the changing rooms did not sit too well with Surne Bilbao Basket, who saw how their advantage, which reached up to 16 points (35-51), was cut to a difference of 3 (50-53) with 4:52 to go. by the end of the third quarter. Francis Alonso from the free throw line and Betolaza with an important basket gave the MIB oxygen again. The last 10 minutes came with a +6 for Bilbao Basket (53-59).
There is a lot of collective spirit and that is how bad times are overcome. The Hakanson-Kyser connection gave wings to the MIB at the beginning of the fourth quarter and the bad feelings of the third party turned into points. The advantage did not increase, but neither did it decrease until a good offensive reaction from the Ukrainians left the score at just +4 for the Basques (61-65) with 4:23 remaining. From the speed after securing the rebound, they did damage. Withey made two important free throws after Budivelnyk fell within two points. But a little more than a minute to go, a great basket by Rabaseda closed the match that ended with 67-75. The Andersson and Hakanson duo were the top scorers with 11 points each. Yesterday four players were missing and today Rosa was able to play. Goudelock, Sulejmanovic and Radicevic were not there for different reasons.