Baskonia fights off Galatasaray for sixth win

Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz protected its home court and improved to a 6-4 record on the season by holding off the visiting Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul 69-62 on Friday night at the Fernando Buesa Arena. Baskonia had a great start to the game behind Johannes Voigtamann, building a 15-point lead, but the visitors got it going, caught the momentum and took the lead 38-40 early in the third quarter. However, Baskonia never stopped playing defense, and offensively got help from Andrea Bargnani and Shane Larkin before a pair of game-sealing driving layups from Rodrigue Beaubois. Voigtmann and Beaubois each scored 13 points. Kim Tillie collected 11 rebounds, and Larkin dished 9 assists. For Galatasaray, whose record dropped to 3-7, Tibor Pleiss amassed 16 points plus 11 rebounds against his former team, and Blake Schilb also scored 16.