He returned when Baskonia was in 16th place in the Euroleague with one win and four losses - a little less than half a year later the Basque club is in the playoffs of the strongest European competition.
Duško Ivanovic also made his fourth visit to Vitoria magical - his Baskonia defeated Virtus (89:77) in the decisive match of the play-offs on their home floor, advanced to the quarterfinals of the playoffs and now awaits a spectacular duel with Real Madrid.
Although he had to be without Cima Moneke tonight, the Montenegrin expert prepared the game well, and after an even first half, Baskonia overcame the club from Bologna in the third half and deservedly goes to the playoffs.
When Marcus Howard has his night, teams much stronger than Virtus hardly have a chance against Baskonia - the phenomenal American scored 28 points and was by far the best player of the match in Vitoria.
He was followed by Matthew Costello with 19, Tadas Sedekerskis with 16 points... On the other side, Tornike Šengelija scored 16 points.
A few days ago in Belgrade, Baskonia was convincingly defeated by Maccabi in the first play-off match, but it is obvious that the Basques were waiting for a real chance in front of their fans in "Buesa Arena".
The match between Real and Baskonia will be one of the two that will open the playoff series - on Tuesday at 21:19.30 in Madrid. Panathinaikos and Maccabi will play a little earlier that day (XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.).
After that, the other pairs of the quarterfinals will play their first matches on Wednesday: Monaco - Fenerbahce and Barcelona - Olympiakos.
QUARTERFINALS, 1st matches
Tuesday
19.30 Panathinaikos - Maccabi
21.00 Real - Baskonia
Wednesday
19.00:XNUMX p.m. Monaco - Fenerbahce
21.00 Barcelona - Olympiakos
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