Surne Bilbao maintained their run with a hard-fought victory over Joventut Badalona in Miribilla, an 80-76 victory that represents the seventh consecutive victory for Jaume Ponsanau's team, five of them in the Liga Endesa. The Biscay team was ahead throughout the game, with the exception of occasional draws, but in the end they had to respond to the visitor's attempted comeback in the last two minutes. In them, the 'giant' Triggvi Hlinason (9 rebounds and 18 appreciation) was capital with three rebounds, two in defense and one in attack, which stopped the green and black desires, today the whites. Also crucial were the last five points from Darrun Hilliard (15), a triple and the two decisive free throws, when those now in blue seemed unable to score for almost the entire final quarter. Also a good game from Harald Frey (14), who led his team in important matches of the clash, and Martin Krampelj (11), full of energy, in a fundamentally choral work from Bilbao. Also read In Dani Miret's team, where Sam Dekker again did not play, everything was also very distributed, with Cameron Hunt as the top scorer and ranked (14 and 13). With this victory, Surne reaches Joventut in the table, although it remains ninth due to the worst differential, and takes sporting revenge for the 101-69 in the first round, one of the most painful defeats for the 'men in black' of the entire season. A basket from Frey made what would be the first half of the match a little faster, dominating the scoreboard for the locals (10-4, 17-12, 22-17) and highlighting the Norwegian point guard. Although the 'men in black' were always ahead, Bilbao's advantages did not go very far, as indicated by the 22-20 at the end of the first quarter and the 43-39 at half-time. The greatest distance on the scoreboard was seven points twice (38-31, 40-33), the first after equaling Penya at 31 with a 7-0 choir, like the game, Biscayan. Frey, Bagayoko and Hilliard pulled Surne and Tomic and the worthy Drell and Ruiz pulled Joventut. Technical sheet Surne Bilbao-Joventut, 80-76 80 - Surne Bilbao (22+21+27+10): Frey (14), Normantas (3), Hilliard (15), Krampelj (11) and Hlinason (6) -starting five-; Pantzar (9), Jaworski (5), Font (8), Petrasek (5) and Bagayoko (4).76 - Joventut Badalona (20+19+28+9): Rubio (8), Hunt (14), Kraag (8), Ruzic (7) and Tomic (10) -five starters-; Hakanson (9), Vives (2), Hanga (6), Drell (10) and Birgander (2).Referees. Carlos Peruga, Javier Torres and Ariadna Chueca. Local Krampelj was eliminated due to fouls (m.38).Incidents: Matchday 18 of the Liga Endesa played at the Bilbao Arena, in Miribilla, in front of 9,106 spectators. Official data. As in all ACB fields on this day, at the Bilbao Arena the two teams and the referees wore a green ribbon with the aim of giving visibility and space to the needs of people with cancer and their families, an initiative under the motto 'The symbol that unites us'. No one faces cancer alone', explained a banner carried by the players.The match went from being out of control at times to scoring fluidity, from both teams but with more success from Jaume Ponsarnau's team. The dynamics of the confrontation did not change much upon returning from the locker room, as the locals once again tried to take the lead to eight points (47-39), with Hilliard and Krampelj advancing for a few good minutes, but Dani Miret's team responded, driven by Kraag (51-51, 54-54). The locals were not intimidated and, led by Pantzar and with 5 consecutive points from Font, they extended their maximum advantage again to increase it to nine points (66-57, 68-59, 70-51), and then La Penya also responded, with the arrival of Hanga on the scene, to leave the match alive for the last quarter (70-67) despite the bad news of Ricky's fourth foul. Two consecutive baskets from Frey opened the gap to seven points for the locals again (74-67), Hakanson reduced it to five with two free throws (74-69) and the match went into confusion for a few minutes that was removed by a triple from Hilliard five minutes from the end (77-69). The local score dried up and the visitors persisted (77-76), but Hlinason seemed to take over everything the hoops were spitting out and Hilliard sealed his team's victory with two free throws with 14.9 seconds left (80-76). gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, 'c:facebooka-frU9M5JY', function () { console.log('facebook-ad-def'); !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '682047071976590'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); });