He Hiopos Lleida He took a giant step this Sunday towards salvation to impose by 79-77 to UCAM Murcia, The best visitor of the Endesa League, In a match in which the premises suffered to materialize a very worked victory in the final moments.
With this triumph, those of Gerard finds They stay at a single defeat of Leyma Coruña and to achieve its great goal and confirm the permanence, one more year, in the elite of Spanish basketball.
Luka Bozic He was the most prominent man of the party with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 recoveries that earned him to get a 20 valuation. This is He was the most valued player (22) and the top scorer (23) of a UCAM Murcia that he could not count on Kaiser Gates y Simon Birgander for injury.
Initially, the Lleida He entered the party as an exhalation, knowing that a triumph would leave him at one step away from mathematical salvation. Those of Gerard finds They began marking the rhythm of a first quarter in which they were more intense than their rival and managed UCAM Murcia responded through Dylan Ennis y Radovic (10-9, min.7).
With the minimal advantage on the scoreboard, to the Lleida his pulse did not tremble and thanks to a brilliant defensive action and the entrance of Demajeo Wigginswho scored three consecutive points, managed to reach the second quarter with a remarkable advantage (18-11, min.10).
After the first break, the university team tried to react, but its low success and the constant losses, seven in the second quarter, allowed a Lleida Effective to the backlash will increase income to 10 points, forcing Alonso site To ask for dead time (28-18, min.16).
The pause did not take effect and Villarwith two consecutive baskets, established the maximum difference of the party so far: 14 points. He Lleidamore intense, he continued to send in his fief, who enjoyed each point and theft of his own, getting to rest with a good rent after a final basket of James Batemon (36-24, min.20).
After the resumption, the Murcia He entrusted to Antetokounmpoauthor of eleven of the 23 points of his team in the partial, to prevent the Lleida I could expand the difference. Even so, after a brawl between Muric y Kurucwhich resulted in an unsportsmanlike for each one and lit the Barris Nordthose of Bordeaux again took control. Above all, thanks to the entrance of Wigginswho scored four key points for his (51-36, min.27).
Despite the 15 points of advantage on the scoreboard, the Murcia managed to stop the bleeding with two triples of Radebaughwhich helped reduce the difference in the score to 9 points at the end of the third part (56-47, min.30).
In the last quarter, Oriola led the Lleida During the first minutes, scoring seven points that forced Alonso site To stop, again, the game (65-52, min.33). Everything seemed controlled until two techniques in a row Bozic y Pierre Oriola They changed the dynamics of the party.
He Murcia He pressed and managed to reduce the difference to just one point in the absence of 11 seconds for the end thanks to Hakanson, author of 17 points in the last quarter. The tension in eL Barris Nord It was maximum, but the Lleida He knew how to play last seconds, materializing a triumph that gives virtual salvation (79-77).
Technical file
Hiopos full (79) – Ucam Murica (77)
79 – Hiopos Lleida (18+18+20+23): Batemon (14), Villar (13), Paulí (3), Bozic (12), Oriola (9), Cinco Inicial- Wiggins (11), Walden (-), Bropleh (5), Muric (4) Y Hasbriouch (8).
77 – UCAM Murcia (11+13+23+30): Kurucs (5), Sant-Roos (9), Diagné (3), Hakanson (23), Ennis (12) -Cinco Inicial- Radovic (4), Radebaugh (8), snow (-), Stephens (-) y pretetokounmpo (13).
Referees: Carlos Cortés, Jorge Martínez and Esperanza Commandza. Without eliminated.
Incidents: Party of the thirtyst day of the Endesa League played in Barris Nord (Lleida) against 5,193 spectators.
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