MADRID, 28 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Lenovo Tenerife won this Thursday 68-80 in their visit to Coviran Granada, in a match corresponding to matchday 16 of the Endesa League, and thus accelerated their chances of qualifying for the Copa del Rey, while Casademont Zaragoza failed in that objective due to their defeat at home (72-76) against MoraBanc Andorra.
At the Granada Sports Palace, the locals only withstood their opponent's attacks in the first quarter, even being ahead (18-14). But the dynamic changed from the second act onwards, especially as soon as Marcelinho Huertas came into offensive boiling.
The veteran Brazilian point guard finished with 20 points and 26 rating credits in a match controlled by the Tenerife team, barely losing a lead of ten until the final horn. This victory placed Lenovo with a balance of 8-8, in seventh provisional position.
In the other duel of the night, played with greater tension in the Príncipe Felipe Pavilion in Zaragoza, the visitors ended their very bad streak and in the process embittered a Casademont who arrived emboldened, and who nevertheless this Friday could certify his mathematical goodbye to the Copa del Rey, since its balance is now 7-9.
With a good face in the first moments and also at the beginning of the third quarter, the Maños missed a game full of ups and downs and that they had in their favor with a 69-66 two minutes from its conclusion. But Jean Montero drilled the hoop in the key moments and the Andorran defense did the rest, drying up Porfirio Fisac's pupils.
The whole of the Principality, mathematically no longer able to be in that cup event next February, gained some oxygen with this victory. Natxo Lezkano's pupils now have a record of 5-11, occupying sixteenth place in the table and determining salvation.