By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Fernando San Emeterio scored 19 points and dished out 4 assists, Pierre Oriola added 18 points along with 4 rebounds as Valencia beat Baskonia 85 – 77 in the fourth Spanish League semifinals to make the 3-1 in a series they lacked home court advantage.
This marks the second Liga Endesa Finals presence in the history of the franchise. The previous one was in 2003 when Valencia lost 3-0 to Barcelona.
The “Taronja” will face Real Madrid that comes to the title series from a 3-0 sweep over Unicaja Malaga.
Pedro Martinez’s players got off to a 15-4 start in the first five minutes and proceeded to control most aspects of the match from start to finish, never feeling seriously threatened by their opponents.
Baskonia didn’t manage to recover and was trailing with a deficit around double-digits for the vast majority of the match, despite the 19 points by Shane Larkin and the 17 plus 5 assists courtesy of Ricky Ledo.