The Lenovo returns the rapa dust to the Joventut
The canaries tie the series (1-1) and everything will be decided in Badalona
BARCELONA, 29 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Lenovo Tenerife won (103-76) this Sunday at the Santiago Martín to tie the quarterfinal playoff with Joventut, in another victory at home for the agonizing duel between the two, which will have a final chapter on Tuesday in Badalona.
The Canaries, champions of the ‘Eurocup’ just two weeks ago, woke up to their fans from the madness experienced in the first duel of the series, after the impressive victory of the Catalans last Thursday (100-68), for which they left behind the rapa dust and tied a close tie by both parties.
The Lenovo took to the field with an insatiable hunger and the people from Tenerife scored more points in a minute and a half than in the entire first quarter of the first round in Badalona (7). In fact, the script repeated itself, but this time ‘Penya’ was affected and only scored 11 points in the first 10 minutes.
Thus, the locals put land in between, with an infallible Wiltjer, getting 13 points, two points more than ‘Penya’. Carles Durán’s team tried to resist the storm in the second quarter thanks to the success of Bassas and Tomic, but the locals with a 9 of 12 triples showed their superiority and went into the break with an advantage of 20 points (54-34). ).
The pace of Txus Vidorreta’s men made it difficult for ‘Penya’ to close the gap on the scoreboard, and Joventut did not finish taking off in attack. Tomic, Bassas and Feliz once again tried to put the team behind them, collecting 39 of the 51 points in the third quarter.
However, the Canadian power forward Wiltjer was the solution for the locals and sentenced the second round of the quarterfinals, becoming the ‘MVP’ after his performance, with 37 points, his best record in the Endesa League, and 6 triples , equaling the record of the Tenerife team in the Playoff.
Finally, Lenovo returned the coin to Joventut and exceeded 100 points two minutes after the end of the second duel. A game that the locals will remember by achieving the team’s greatest historical advantage in the knockout rounds. Also historic Marcelinho Huertas, with 11 assists, has equaled the Tenerife record in this phase -which was already his- and becomes the absolute top assister in the Playoff after beating Sergio Llull and Juan Carlos Navarro.
The third and final match of the series will be decided this Tuesday at the Olímpic. The ‘Penya’ will have home court advantage in an open tie for both teams, who have swept their respective matches in front of their fans.
DATASHEET.
–RESULT: JOVENTUT, 103 – LENOVO TENERIFE, 76. (54-34, at halftime).
–EQUIPMENT.
LENOVO TENERIFE: Huertas (12), Salin (16), Shermadini (10), Doornekamp (8) and Wiltjer (37) — starting five–; Borg (-), Fitipaldo (14), Smith, Rodríguez, Sulejmanovic (-), Todorovic (-), Guerra (4), Sastre (2).
JOVENTUT: Happy (16), Ribas (6), Parra (2), Willis (4) and Tomic (19) — starting quintet–; Busquets (2), Paul, Vives (8), Ventura (-), Bassas (13), Birgander (6), Maronka.
–PARTIALS: 26-11, 28-23, 23-21, 26-21.
–REFEREES: García González, Martín Caballero and Sergio Manuel. Pep Busquets was eliminated from Joventut due to personal fouls.
–PAVILLION: Santiago Martín. 5,029 spectators.