Villa Miter defeated Deportivo Viedma tonight and advanced to the semifinals of the Southern Conference of the Argentine Basketball League, after winning the key by 3 to 1.
With an agonizing triple by Federico Harina, the tricolor won 84 to 81 and closed the series in front of their audience that dominated the José Martínez.
In this way, the Bahia team will continue its path against Lanús (they eliminated Quilmes de Mar del Plata 3-1), starting next Friday and as a visitor.
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{{msg}} {{msg}}But to get there he first had to work and a lot (also suffer…) to leave a very tough rival on the road. In addition to enjoying another closing to remember his shooter, who with 1s 8 left made a memorable triple.
But let’s go in parts…
From the beginning of the game there was a special atmosphere, an important match; like never before in the season. The tricolor people filled the stands very early (while waiting to enter) and received their team with songs, trumpets and pieces of paper.
It was no wonder, the team achieved what was necessary in Viedma and had revalidated it on Wednesday at home. Everything was in place for the party to be complete and end with the souvenir that everyone went looking for at Martínez: a pass to the semifinals.
The team was able to capture that external push on the hardwood and with a good start from Harina and Jano breaking the first line, they took 6 of light (8-2), with good defenses that allowed them to run the court.
Opposite, the visiting team suffered from the home team’s good defensive start (they had 6 turnovers in the quarter) and on top of that they were not effective from long distance (they were 0-7). However, the tricolor failed to fully capitalize on that favorable moment. He missed all the free throws in that passage and also in the fourth (0-5) and could not escape.
In that context, the game lost its form in a couple of consecutive attacks on each side, with some tangled play and on the verge of a foul, and in the blink of an eye Deportivo squeezed Tabieres as much as possible in the paint and equalized the actions (10-10). Furthermore, at the end of the quarter, he finally found the goal from the triple, which extended at the beginning of the second, and with three consecutive bombs he took the lead and went to 6: 17-23.
Gastón Fernández, energetic from the bench
In the worst moment of the night, Villa Miter also quickly lost Bollo, who reached three fouls when less than two minutes had been played for the second boy.
That was when the three offensive pillars of the Villa appeared to stop the visitor’s clean and jerk. Harina scored his first triple of the night and soon added another, Jano once again squeezed his speed in a quick transition and Pennacchiotti took a greater role.
This extended as the period progressed, when the second tricolor team took the field and Penna was the main means of scoring (7). And although he sometimes forced his hand, he managed to add and kept Villa within reach.
However, Deportivo closed the first half much better, because Marina broke through the center with 24 seconds left and on top of that the defense contained Jano in the last tricolor attack (without Harina or Pennacchiotti on the court) and on the counterattack Fagotti scored the goal. race to go straight to the locker room with his team winning by 4 points (38-42).
Flour bites her, but in her head she is already focused on the rival hoop
Upon returning, Villa Miter changed the bad feeling with which they had gone into the long break based on good defense, with Franco being key in the changes and making everyone shoot demanding.
What he invested behind, he charged forward, with Jano running the court and adding with penetrations or from the line (2-4).
In addition, Chervo added a great triple from the corner and the home team took the lead (45-42).
All of this confirmed what had been seen throughout the entire series: whenever one team tried to escape, the other found a way to get back into the game and take the score double by double.
With different ways of scoring in different passages, both took the process blow by blow, to enter the last quarter 60-61.
At the beginning of the last period, Villa Miter performed better in the hottest moment, Jano contributed vertigo and a goal together with Chervo and Pennacchiotti scored two great goals to lead the way.
The people accompanied as they usually do in this type of matches
In this way, the Bahia team scored a partial of 14-4 and took the maximum of 7 (70-63) and forced the visitor to ask for a minute to rearm.
After the mini break, Marina stood up for her team and stopped the bleeding with two great penetrations.
However, based on good defenses, the local team was able to maintain the difference for a few minutes.
But I was warned, in this even series, the one who is at a disadvantage always comes back. And there was Deportivo, with Tabieres and González fighting in the paint and the talent and courage of Marina (4-4 in doubles until then in the last quarter) put Viedma in front (77-76, with 1m 39s), after some mistakes by Villa in attack and some bad decisions.
Another great triple by Chervo from the corner returned the home team to being the owner of the advantage (79-77).
González tied it from the line (79-79) and then Harina (81-79) and Marina (81-81) also added free kicks.
Jano Martínez begins the offensive in the presence of Ramiro Méndez
With 18 seconds left, Villa had the chance in their hands. Although he did not achieve clarity after the minute and the play did not come out clean, all that mattered little to Federico Harina. The guard turned and stood up to go in search of that winning shot that everyone who has ever hit a ball dreams of. Like so many other times, Fede got it right, the crowd exploded and while the entire team went to the bench, his teammate Jano Martínez made clear gestures: “He’s crazy!”
Viedma, true to his style, tried until the last but Tambucci missed an awkward shot and there was no time for more. Actually yes: for Harina to celebrate in Romero’s chair, showing his last name to the people, that he raved with his team and had a perfect closing of the party.
Villa Miter is still on its way and the next station will be in Lanús. But first he will celebrate another triumph.
