Newsroom 05 Jan 2025

Heading to the 3 Wish Men Night with victory at the Coliseum of A Coruña (91-99)

Valencia Basket knew how to overcome its bad day in the outside throw to add the 91-99 victory on the court of a Leyma Coruña that fought until the end despite its complications to maintain the leadership and take an important step towards leading status as standard in the Copa del Rey draw. In the first half of a lot of pace and exchange of points in which the taronja team did not have good efficiency percentages but in which they took advantage of the moments in which they found success to be able to leave with a small advantage at halftime. Chris Jones led a good second half start for a 2-13 run but the A Coruña team, spurred on by their fans, had mental strength to push again despite the absences that shortened their rotation. Although the local team managed to tie it, when the draw was tighter and the A Coruña pavilion was tighter, Badio and Reuvers appeared to give a little air to Valencia Basket, which was key to containing the local reaction and going ahead at the decisive moment, in the that Costello's points were the main offensive support to ensure the twelfth victory in the Endesa League.