The first episode of the series between Atenas de Córdoba and Salta Basket seemed like a thriller that had all the viewers sitting until the end. The infernals played an important role in the game that was played this Saturday at the Carlos Cerutti stadium in the capital of Córdoba and were very close to causing the surprise. However, in the last couple of minutes of the match the Greek took the lead and ended up winning by a tight 94 to 91.
Atenas took the lead in the series 1-0 against the infernals and took the first step in the quarterfinals of the Northern Conference of the Argentine Basketball League. Córdoba and Salta will face each other again next Monday, in the same scenario, starting at 9 p.m. in the second point of the confrontation.
Salta Basket played a great game against the team that has no less than nine National League titles and several international cups in its showcase. The game was an even game in its first quarter, the local team took a small lead in the second quarter, but the infernals dominated the third quarter and took a surprising lead on the scoreboard.
They managed that favorable advantage for much of the last quarter, but Atenas has important figures and one of them is Lucas Arn, who closed his great night yesterday with a 31-point performance. To that we must add the 29 scored by the American Christopher Ware. In the Córdoba team, only the five who started the game added the points, while those who came from the bench were left with zero.
On the side of Ricardo de Cecco’s team, point guard César Jara stood out as a scorer with 23 points, while captain Facundo Arias Binda reached 16. The infernales were close to winning the first game of the series, but they left It is clear that they have the tools to fight the historic Atenas de Córdoba, both as a visitor and as a local.
The synthesis
Atenas (94): Christopher Ware (29), José Montero (19), Lucas Arn (31), Lucas Reyes (5) and Carlos Buemo (10) FI. Matías Stanic (-), Nicolás Zurschmitten (-), Tobía Lábaque (-), Marco Espíndola (-), Jerónimo Maidana (0), Mirko Kozar (0) and Tiago Tomatis (-). DT: Gustavo Peirone.
Salta Basket (91): Agustín Jara (23), Lucio Castellani (10), Diego Peralta (10), Facundo Binda (16) and Jerónimo Díaz Müller (8) FI. Maximiliano Torino (6), Germán Farah (5), Santiago Gattari (-), Tomás Ferraro (11), Tomás Morales (-) and Lucas Gallardo (2). DT: Ricardo De Cecco.
Partials: 1C A 25-23 SB, 2C 26-21 (51-44), 3C 14-24 (65-68) and 4C 29-23 (94-91)
Referees: Julio César Denmark (1st judge), Alejandro Trias (2nd judge) and Ariel Mukdsi (3rd judge)
Stadium: Carlos Cerutti
Northern Conference
Playoffs, 4th finals
