The Hiopos Lleida, although not yet in a math, has left more than on track the permanence one more season in the elite of Spanish basketball after his victory against a UCAM Murcia that has almost impossible to play the playoffs for the title. A last minute reaction from visitors led by Hakanson about to allow them to overcome, but the Catalans resisted.
The first half that starred ilardenses and Murcians will not remain in memory, especially these, with such a low score, 36-24, which caused even yawns in the pavilion and in front of the TV. And that both had ambitious objectives, in their own way. Perhaps for that reason, for that responsibility, they did not give one before the hoop. Or maybe they don’t give more of themselves. The point is that the first quarter, with a pyrric 18-13, It was already a glimpse of what was about to come. The second did not rely, 18-13.
To highlight something in the positive, Bozic fed up with recovering possessions for the locals, up to four, in addition to scoring five points and capturing three rebounds in those first 20 minutes. And Batemon accompanied him with nine points to lead the Lleida. In the UCAM they could not exceed 2/11 in triples or the 13 ball losses. Impossible like this.
Antetokounmpo y Hakanson
The good thing for university students was that it was almost impossible to do it. And while they returned cold to the parquet and losing 17, the insistence of Antetokounmpo, the Brotherhood of the NBA star, and two triples of Radebaugh allowed Reach the last quarter below the dozen (56-47).
But when they looked like Sito Alonso had taken cruise speed, they returned to the streets. Only Hakanson was at the required level. The Lleida, however, Raúl Villar appeared, with their reading of the game, and Pierre Oriola, with their domain in the area, to recover the initiative of the meeting and place the tempo that best suited them. They opened a hole of +15 and only the vertigo of seeing each other with the almost sealed permanence made them tremble in the final Rush. Capital sin that made UCAM get back into the clash and put only one point at 11 seconds. The cold blood of the Batemon in the free throws ended with the Murcia and Lleida hopes, although not yet mathematically, it has the permanence in the pocket. Question of nothing that can be celebrated next week.
The UCAM, on the other hand, runner -up of the ACB, can already say goodbye to the playoffs. To four days, they are two of the eighth, the Baskonia, and in between is the Manresa, also to two victories.
