Tenerife blocks Penya’s dream of playing in the final

He youth He let slip, in his last breath, the possibility of getting fully involved in his Cup final, in the olympic a basket of cooking With 3.9 seconds to go, he dynamited a good part of the illusions of the green-and-black team, when he seemed to have dreams within reach. But it was abromaitis the one who managed to silence the black-green pavilion with a stopper at the last second at Joel Parra, the hero of the night until that moment, author of 26 points, when it seemed that he had made the basket. A block that is worth a final (72-73). A whole jug of cold water for the green and black fans. In the end the lenovo tenerife will meet him Unicajathe executioner of Barça and Madrid, in an unprecedented final.

“First, congratulate Tenerife, who have been better than us. I wish them the best for tomorrow. I want to thank all our fans, I understand that we are disappointed and sad. Together we have tried to reach the final, but due to many details we have not. achieved”, explained, with some disappointment, the green-and-black coach, Carlos Durán. “We wanted something more, but within the sadness we have to think that we have returned to the semifinals of the Cup with some veterans and other very young players. Joel (Parra) has had an extraordinary Cup due to his leadership and energy”, he concluded.

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Joel Parra carried away the youth already from the first time. She continues to take leaps and bounds to become a star. With 14 points in the first 12 minutes, he turned the start of the semifinal almost into a monologue. Tenerife found themselves surpassed by the scoring gale of the international forward, responsible for opening a quick gap (36-23), which triggered the enthusiasm of the olympic

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defensive improvement

He TenerifeHowever, he had the patience to overcome those minutes of anxiety. She got it through the wrist of salinauthor of three triples, to the talent of Jaime Fernandez and Doornekamp. Those good offensive actions changed the dynamics and hooked the Tenerife to the game before the break (44-40).

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The team increased its intensity vidorreta in the restart from defense and, for several minutes, the youth it stayed dry. Barely three points in seven minutes that allowed Tenerife to recover the initiative on the scoreboard, taking advantage of a couple of good actions in attack from orchards (48-52). But again the inspiration appeared in attack of Vine, with two triples, to balance in the last quarter (59-57).

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Each attack became, in the last section, a battle, an exchange of blows that kept the balance until the last seconds. A clamorous unsportsmanlike doornekamp to Happy, with 20 seconds to go, seemed to be definitive to seal the victory of the Badalona team. But Happy he only added a free throw and missed the next shot and led to a counter, in which cooking opened the door to victory for the Canarian team in a sudden counterattack, which culminated with 3.9 seconds to go. And the response of the Penya to stretch your options vanished in the stopper to Vinebetween Abromaitis and Cook, in which the young youth squad went with everything, but found himself with the defensive play of the tournament.