2023-11-29 02:20:54
Photos: Matías Subat
Centro Español unleashed a party at El Templo de Plottier and it is no wonder. He ran from behind in all the decisive series, won them all and was crowned champion of the PreFederal basketball tournament. They beat Pacífico 77-68, ending the series 3-1 and now he arrives in tune for the national competition, which will be launched in February.
With a renewed squad, Plottier’s Torito started with ups and downs, but settled into the hottest part of the competition: the playoffs. First he surprised Deportivo Roca, then he repeated with Del Progreso and in the grand final, he left Decano Neuquén, who was defending the 2022 crown, without a double crownbut he was also on a roll in the internal competition.
He resisted, turned it over and dominated at will
Except at the start of the game, when Pacífico took the lead and at the beginning of the second quarter, when it took a lead of 4 (23-19), the match was controlled by Centro Español. Once once more, rotation was decisive and Patricio Denegri found solutions every time he moved the bench. In fact, Their top scorers were Jerónimo Peralta (14) and Marcos Leal (16), two relays that worked fully.
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- Of the 77 points the champion scored, they came from the bench. Determining factor in the fourth game and in the entire final.
The partials, always favorable to the local quintet (19-18, 42-30, 63-46), clearly show the superiority in the fourth game. Decidedly, Español found the best version of him in all-or-nothing crosses. He knew how to hit at key moments as a visitor and there he realized that he might lift the trophy.
He gave him his own medicine
In the last and decisive game, Torito once once more marked differences with the three-point shots: 44% (11-25) versus 19% (5-26) for the Dean. This was one of the high points in Maxi Rubio’s team, but the average dropped considerably in the final and Español went through the box. He was also superior in rebounds (47-38), passed the ball better (16 assists once morest 10) and thus he was able to match two areas that Pacífico dominated: 13 in recoveries and fewer losses (10 versus 19).
The defense, of course, marked the series. It all started with a 96-91 in favor of the Dean, but El Torito realized that business was going the other way and won two games with less than 80 points: 75-71 in the key tie of Viejo Ramírez and 77-68 last night . In the middle was that strange two-day game, which started on Friday, was suspended due to rain at the start of the second quarter (30-28) and then they lowered the score to the final 84-76.
The synthesis
Spanish Center (77): Franco Leal, David Oviedo 3, Víctor Cortes 10, Carlos Sepúlveda 5, Maximiliano Daldosso 8 (FI), Jerónimo Peralta 14, Marcos Leal 16, Piero Vega, Dante Daldosso 11, Franco Navarro 10. DT: Patricio Denegri
Pacific (68): Lucas Romera 1, Santiago Martínez 12, Marco Roumec 12, Lucas Villanueva 12, Sebastián Godoy Vega 9 (FI), Diego Macedo 16, Giuliano Sasso 6, Alex Soria. DT: Maximiliano Rubio
Partials: 19-18, 42-30, 63-46
Referees: George Fabi, Albert Ebensperguer and James Lopez Holes
Basketball court: The Temple, Plottier
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