Markus Howard scores 15 points in 8 minutes, Baskonia ease past Unicaja / News - Basketnews.com

Baskonia and Valencia started the new ACB League season grabbing wins against Unicaja and Real Betis, respectively.

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Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz started their new ACB League season on a high note by defeating Unicaja Malaga, 103-89 (22-35, 37-12, 25-13, 19-29).

Baskonia's newbies were leading the show. Former NBAer Markus Howard was super efficient, scoring 15 points (4/4 2PT, 2/5 3PT, 1/1 FT) in just 8 playing minutes.

Darius Thompson had 20 points (5/7 2PT, 3/5 3PT, 1/1 FT), 3 rebounds, 5 assists, and 24 PIR.

Baskonia: Darius Thompson 20 (5 AST), Markus Howard 15, Arturs Kurucs 12, Vanja Marinkovic 12, Tadas Sedekerskis 12, Rokas Giedraitis 11.

Unicaja: Nihad Dedovic 20, Dario Brizuela 10, David Kravish 10.

In the other game, another Spanish EuroLeague team grabbed its first ACB victory.

Valencia Basket overcame Real Betis' efforts with a final score of 83-78 (21-19, 21-14, 25-24, 16-21).

Oranges' marquee summer signing, Chris Jones, was the top performer for the winning squad. He finished the match with 17 points (5/10 2PT, 1/2 3PT, 4/5 FT), 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 19 PIR.

Valencia: Chris Jones 17, Jasiel Rivero 16, Klemen Prepelic 10, Sam Van Rossom 10.

Betis: Volodymyr Gerun 11, Amar Sylla 11.

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