By the second date of the renewed National Basketball League, “Milrayitas” lost to “Tachero” by 71-84.
(Photo: Marcelo Endelli / National League)
Within the framework of second round of action of the Southern Conference of the renewed National League basketball, Peñarol of Mar del Plata had a bad start to the game, but he knew how to wake up although he still did not reach him and fell before Plays by 71-84.
After his triumphant debut against Platense and on the day that the Milrayitas celebrates its 98th anniversary, the Mar del Plata team was measured against the Tachero at Rock Temple for the second date of the domestic contest, in what is the first weekend of action of the “bubbles” as a result of the pandemic.
The biggest difference was noticed in the first quarter, where Carlos Romano’s team did not find good shots and ran into a high-level Obras. Also, as the minutes go by, Peña found a better face and for the decisive quarter he arrived with chances, but missed opportunities and lost his first game of the season.
The first 10 minutes were a exhibition of the set of Works, who showed defensive intensity, good association on offense, clear shots and scoring distributed among his five players who started the game. So much so that at the close of the room he reached a maximum of 20 points (10-30).
Already in the second quarter there was an emotional injection by coach Carlos Romano and slowly Peña began to discount on the scoreboard (35-47), although in the shots from the perimeter he could not improve, a statistic that ended in the first half without hits in 9 attempts. For its part, the base of Tachero, Fernando ZurbriggenHe was intractable, with a very high level of play, and for the long rest he left with a score of 9 points (100% effectiveness in his shots), 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
With 4 minutes to go to finish the third quarter, Peñarol of Mar del Plata managed to get to 10 points (55-45) after finally being able to score three consecutive triples, two from Valinotti and one from abroad Derrik Jamerson. After the time-out requested by coach Murphy, Obras could not adjust the defense and went to the decisive quarter only 7 points ahead (54-61), something perhaps unforeseen at the beginning of the game.
Despite being in the game, Peñarol he did not know how to hurt in key moments of the meeting and Obras was able to seal his second consecutive victory 71-84. The previous triumph of Tachero It had been this Friday when they beat San Lorenzo by a tight 83-82.
Regarding Peñarol, he will now have 72 hours of rest and then play two games in a row: on Tuesday against Argentine from Junín and on Wednesday against Hispano Americano, both games from 2.30pm in the “health bubble” at the stadium the Temple of Rock.
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Peñarol (71): Diego Gerbaudo (10), Santiago Vaulet (9), Tomás Monacchi (8), Franco Pennacchiotti (9) and Jeff Pollard (0) (FI); Joaquín Valinotti (14), Guido Mariani (1), Derrik Jamerson (7), Rodrigo Acuña (11), Lucas Gorosterrazú (0), Mauro Cerone (2) and Ignacio Bednarek (0). DT: Carlos Romano.
Works (84): Fernando Zurbriggen (17), Joaquín Rodríguez (8), Luca Valussi (12), Francisco Barbotti (5) and Lautaro Berra (6) (FI) César Chaine (5), Alejandro Zurbriggen (10), Emiliano Serres (12), Juan Pablo Venegas (5), Víctor Andrade (4), Ignacio Xavier (0) and Nahuel Lemos (0) DT: Bernardo Murphy.
Partial: 10-30; 25-17 (35-47); 19-14 (54-61) and 17-23 (71-84)
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar, Javier Sánchez and Jorge Chávez.
Stadium: The Temple of Rock, Sanitary Works.
Peñarol de Mar del Plata file and Works (Photo: Marcelo Endelli / National League)
