Those led by Martín Pascual are the only representatives of Entre Ríos to remain in the race in the season in the Federal Basketball League. In the quarterfinals for promotion, they will face River Plate, who also needed three games to eliminate Parque Sur de Concepción from Uruguay.
In a full “José María Bértora” stadium, with a fervent atmosphere and with a great public accompaniment from the two fans, who gave color and emotion to what already had a match that defined who was still in the competition and who was saying goodbye. it’s from the season.
At the beginning of the actions, Central Entrerriano started better than its rival from the defensive work, but did not translate it into attack, since it could not sink the ball in the paint with Benítez Gavilán and Pane and abused the distance shot, a facet in which had a low percentage at the dawn of the game.
Sportivo reacted in the middle of the first quarter and showed its best offensive moment of the first stage, with a fired-up Julián Mendoza in the inside game, author of three two-and-one actions (double and foul) as the main offensive attribute with eleven points In the first 10′, Sportivo took the lead and scored a maximum of seven, which forced Martín Pascal to ask for a minute.
From there, Central resurfaced and found clarity in the painted area with Benítez Gavilán and Pane (great figures in the second point of the series played on Saturday) and from the perimeter with the breaks and the long-range shot of Leandro Quarroz. Those from España Street once again took the lead, although the visit closed the first chapter with a double.
In the second period, the red and black team began with a solid defense, which allowed them to counterattack. With Mendoza, sitting at the start of the fourth, Sportivo did not lose level in the low post and alternated good and bad with the shot from medium and long distance.
Central, for its part, added on the counterattack and achieved two mini-breaks, in which Sportivo was able to cut back and get within one possession. However, after a timeout, the local team once again scored a two-possession run, led by Pane, and two timely triples by Quarroz to go within seven. However, the last offensives of the first half were made better use of by the visitors who managed to reduce the deficit to three when the buzzer signaled the way to the locker room.
The third quarter was, perhaps, the weakest of the red and black team in the season, at least on the offensive, since they went more than seven minutes without converting and Sportivo, without being overwhelming, managed to take eight leads, with a partial of 11- 0.
Central reacted at the end, through timeout, with the help of its most experienced men. First with two baskets, some of them with a bonus from the line by Benítez Gavilán and then with four points from Quarroz, to equal the score at 51 at the close of the penultimate chapter.
The final ten minutes were of maximum tension, with the fans of both teams excited to the maximum with pure chants. Inside the game rectangle, the adrenaline was felt to the maximum and in the first minutes they were stick and stick on the scoreboard. One scored and the other responded with the next attack.
Until Central managed to unlock parity with Leandro Quarroz as the banner. The 27-year-old native of San José scored eight points in a row by all means: from the line, with cuts to the basket and with a three-pointer with the mark on top.
Sportivo, which perhaps had the hierarchy that Rojinegro has with some specific names, but did have more rotation, challenged Rojinegro in a difficult series and battled until the end, was within three fouls less than a minute, after the local He knew how to get away to seven in the Quarroz moment of the game.
The MVP of the night was not only decisive in scoring, but also in stealing a key ball, which led to Central’s counterattack and two free throws for Benítez Gavilán.
The red and black captain scored both free kicks and the Red and Black team headed towards victory. However, he did not lower the intensity and also successfully defended the Buenos Aires team’s last possession.
Once again, Central closed the game with skill and personality and won a very close series.
Starting this Monday, the red and black team begins to think about River Plate, whom they will visit on Wednesday at the start of the quarterfinal bracket.
-Synthesis-
75-69
Entrerriano Central: Cristian Pérez 3, Nicolás Nieto 5, Leandro Quarroz 29, Mauricio Pane 17, Carlos Benítez Gavilán 14 (fi), Alejo Zielinski 5, Francisco Di Meo 2 and Valentino Maruri 0. Coach: Martín Pascal.
Sportivo Pilar: Lautaro Barrionuevo 7, Federico Michelini 12, Lautaro Expósito 0, Rodrigo Stancapiano 2, Julián Mendoza 17 (fi), Jonathan Thorp 6, Tomás Revello 0, Julián Coronel 10, Mariano Rabazano 12 and Thiago Martínez 3. Coach: Iván Paolazzi.
Partials: 20-22, 42-39 and 51-51
Referees: Edgardo Corradini – Lucas Moreno.
Stadium: JM Bértora (Entrerriano Central).
The Data
River Plate and Gimnasia de Santa Fe also eliminated Parque Sur and CASA de Padua in three games respectively, while El Talar de Buenos swept the series with Peñarol de Rosario del Tala. In this way, the semifinals of the Metro-Litoral Conference will be Central – River and El Talar – Gimnasia.
