Zaragoza, Apr 23 (EFE).- Unicaja continued its triumphant march, beating Casademont away from home in a tremendously close match, which was resolved in the last seconds, and reaching six consecutive victories.
The Andalusian team imposed its greatest offensive power led by Kendrick Perry and Will Carter against a Casademont Zaragoza that with the defeat will have to continue rowing to certify a salvation that is within their reach but that the last two consecutive defeats prevent them from securing it.
With the victory in the Aragonese capital, Ibón Navarro’s team equaled the best winning streak achieved this season, which it achieved by beating Betis, Covirán Granada, Monbus Obradoiro, Valencia, Casademont and Carplus Fuenlabrada between the sixth and eleventh days.
The first quarter was characterized by the absence of defenses in both teams in the first minutes, which led to the two scoring with some ease and with a particularly successful Kendrick Perry from 6.75 with three triples scored in as many shots.
However, as the minutes passed, the intensity behind grew and the scoring became more complicated, so equality took over the game.
The dominance of the handy team in the paint with Tryggvi Hlinason and the good defense allowed Casademont Zaragoza to take advantage at the start of the second period against an erratic rival. The hands were up to 12 points ahead (34-22) in minute 16 but Ibón Navarro’s team had the virtue of knowing how to react on time and with a 0-8 run in the following two and a half minutes they came close on the scoreboard (34-30).
The visiting comeback continued after the break with Perry once again as the protagonist and whom no one from Casademont Zaragoza could stop.
The Montenegrin international was replaced by David Kravish and Will Thomas, dominating the inside game, to which only an inspired Howard Sant-Roost was able to respond on the local side, who prevented his rival from leaving clearly on the scoreboard to enter the last ten minutes tightly (57-58).
These began with many errors in the shots and reaching the halfway point with the greatest visitor advantage up to that moment, seven points (60-67), although Porfirio Fisac’s team knew how to hold on when it seemed that the game could be broken and He arrived with 25 seconds to go with 70-71 on the scoreboard, although he missed his last two possessions, which gave the Andalusian team the victory.
– Datasheet:
70 – Casademont Zaragoza (20+18+19+13): Jovic (7), Sant-Roos (18), Yusta (7), Cruz (3), Mekowulu (9) -starting five- Wright (6), Radoncic (1), Ponitka (4), Simanic (7) and Hlinason (8).
74 – Unicaja (17+15+26+16): Perry (22), Brizuela (2), Barreiro (3), Ejim (-), Kravish (10) -starting five- Osetkowski (8), Thomas (13) Kalinoski (5), Carter (7), Djedovic (4) and Sima (-).
Referees: Caros Cortés, Alfonso Olivares and Vicente Martínez Silla. There were no exclusions.
Incidents: match corresponding to day 29 of the League played in the Príncipe Felipe de Zaragoza pavilion before 5,448 spectators.