lucentum “play-off” seriously complicated after suffering a serious defeat in a very weak match against the team of Gipuzkoa, who gave an excellent basketball lesson Yaworski. Despite losing by 15 and 14 points in two stages of the game, HLA had to earn or work overtime 10 seconds to go but lock He mismanaged the attack and his opponent got the victory he deserved.
HLA now Can only aspire to finish ninth in the absence of a day, two possibilities To qualify for the “play off”: lose TAUCastelló at Oviedo this Saturday or win at Castellón on Friday. Anything other than that would leave Lucentum out of the promotion playoffs once they get their hands on it.
HLAplayed with fire The entire game had all the conditions to close the play-offs on the most fan-favored day of the season. If his opponent gets involved, it will be Pedro Rivero’s Palencia.
The match got off to a crazy start with a very successful Lucentum hitting 4 out of 5 threes in the first five minutes against his opponent. threatened to make the night bitter To the Lucentino team, where Jaworski and Ander Martínez were particularly inspired. Monclova is leading 22-28 in the first half because the defense was not ideal against such a scoring opponent. HLA did not improve, no capacity We finished the first quarter with a score of 23-33 against the Gipuzkoa attack that sounded the alarms. Bad feelings for an opponent who is very comfortable on offense.
The two three-pointers from Berg and Rakovevic eased the situation for the HLA, but defensive errors proved costly and Gipuzkoa slowly dropped down the table with an excellent performance (32-45). The Lucentino team was very bad at the back and allowed their opponent to play with tremendous comfort. But suddenly completely changed the dynamic We are faced with a very different scenario.
Lucentum took advantage of Gipuzkoa’s offensive errors to take a 7-0 lead to return to the game and avoid a critical situation. Feelings have radically improved for the Alicante team after they reversed the score with a spectacular 18-4 run. steinarsson He was one of the keys to a great second quarter, leaving with 10 points, 6 assists and 16 PIRs in the first half.
At the start of the third quarter, the dynamics were not the same and Gipuzkoa confirmed a dangerous 0-11 split, causing the game to be time-out. monklova (50-60). No more than four minutes were scored for Lucentum after a break that made Alicante feel bad. HLA pressed the defense in search of a response but the story of the first quarter was repeated with a Gipuzkoa who took and installed everything (52-65). Maximum difference of the match with 15 rental points. Critical situation (57-69) for the Alicante team, who recovered the situation with two consecutive moves by Blaylock in the last quarter.
two triple de Parrado and McDonnell With the reaction of Alicante, they gave life to Lucentum with a move that repeated what happened in the second quarter. Even though it was partial 9-1 and the match went into another scenario, thanks to Gipuzkoa, it continued to hold on tight. offensive rebound. With three minutes left, 70-77 and Pedro Ferrándiz roared loudly. A three-pointer shot from Matulionis hardened the score and the match progressed to a heart-stopping end. A 7-1 streak made 77-78 with 20 seconds left in the game. Jaworski’s free kicks determined the game, but Lucentum had 10 seconds to draw or win, but Blaylock misdirected possession and forced a shot. A tough defeat that awaits the team this Saturday against Oviedo-TAUCastelló.