Valencia overcome strong Baldwin's performance to take down Baskonia / News - Basketnews.com

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Xabi Lopez-Arostegui had an efficient night and helped Valencia Basket (19-10) overcome a solid performance from Wade Baldwin to beat Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (16-13) 78-71 (20-11, 25-23, 11-24, 22-13) in the Spanish ACB League.

Xavi Lopez-Arostegui

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The first quarter was better for Valencia as the team took a quick early lead with under 5 minutes to go (13-6). The guests continued to play better throughout the first 10 minutes and had themselves a comfortable 9-point lead after the first quarter (20-11).

Valencia's dominance continued in the second quarter. The EuroCup team created an impressive 17-point advantage after a Jasiel Rivero two-pointer with four minutes left to play in the first half. Baskonia narrowed the lead a little bit, and the teams headed into the locker rooms with Valencia leading by 11 (45-34).

The third quarter was a different story. Although the teams traded baskets throughout the majority of the quarter, the Basques went on a dominant 12-0 run to end it already leading by 2 - 58-56.

Although Baskonia held a slim lead throughout the most part of the last 10 minutes, Valencia went on a 9-2 run to finish the last 4 minutes of the match and capture the victory.

Baskonia: Wade Baldwin IV 15 (5/8 2PT, 6 REB, 5 AST, 2 BLK, 21 PIR), Alec Peters 13 (2/8 3PT, 14 REB), Simone Fontecchio 12 (2/7 3PT), Rokas Giedraitis 12 (2/6 3PT).

Valencia: Xabi Lopez-Arostegui 20 (4/6 2PT, 3/4 3PT, 24 PIR), Martin Germannsson 15 (6/8 2PT, 6 AST), Jasiel Rivero 12 (4/7 2PT, 6 REB), Bojan Dubljevic 11 (6 REB, 4 AST).

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