Khalifa Diop, Ousmane Ndiaye and Pavel Savkov played important roles in Baskonia's win
Young Baskonia trio did what was asked of them
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz remained perfect at home, edging EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 88-83 to register its fourth win in as many home games this season.
The hero of the nigh was Trent Forrest who strung together 12 points in the final 5 minutes and 30 seconds of the game, outscoring the visitors 12-9 over that span and securing Baskonia's victory.
He finished with a game-high 22 points and earned praise from his coach Pablo Laso: "This is Trent's first year in Europe, and he has to read the situations where he has more space because they are defending other guys," Laso said.
Forrest's performance was that much more needed because Markus Howard was held to 9 points, as stopping him was clearly Milan's focus.
"They did a great job on Markus, but he is always a threat and we take a lot of advantage of them trying to defend Markus", Laso said. "They are overplaying Markus like crazy. Perfect. That's what we want. You want to stop Markus Howard, very good. But I want Baskonia to win, I don't want Markus Howard to score 50 points and we lose."
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Baskonia’s Markus Howard wins the 2023-24 Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy
And while Forrest was Baskonia's offensive spark, it was the team's youngsters who stepped up.
"We had a good team effort, everybody helped us win tonight," Forrest pointed out. "We had a lot of energy, and everybody came to play for us. I feel Ousmane and Khalifa both gave us good energy, especially in the second half."
The 22-year-old Khalifa Diop came up huge in the paint with 9 points and 11 rebounds, including 7 on the offensive end. The 20-year-old Ousmane Ndiaye just had 1 dunk, missing the other four shots from the field, but pulled down 5 rebounds, including 3 on the offensive glass.
"I am very happy because they are guys that have to help us", Laso said.
"Pavel [Savkov] played great", Laso said about the team's 22-year-old forward who missed all of his 4 shots in 10 minutes on the floor.
"He missed jumpers, so what!? Ousmane missed jumpers, so what!? They played with energy. They were able to defend, they were able to rebound, they were able to fight. This is something we are going to ask every night from them. If they make shots, great. But for me basketball is more than making shots. I am very happy with their performance, and in the team you need guys that are able to this job. And Pavel and Ousmane did a great job today," Laso concluded.