Dorados del Estado de Chihuahua fell 73-68 at the Manuel Bernardo Aguirre Gymnasium against Halcones de Xalapa who triumphed for the first time in the 2021 season of the National Professional Basketball League (LNBP).
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Gustavo Pacheco made changes to his starting five in relation to Saturday’s game, sending Jamaal Smith, Durrell Summers, Richard Amardi, Antonio Peña and Charles Mitchell to the court.
In the first quarter, it was the team commanded by Spanish Edu Torres that took the lead 14-12 in a start of six turnovers by the home team in the 10 minutes.
Located in the second period, Víctor Álvarez returned, while Nick Harney was deactivated for today’s duel. At the same time, from the bench, Ray Gallegos responded again by giving the Chihuahuan representative the advantage, however he suffered the loss of Charles Mitchell for a flagrant foul being disqualified from the match.
Halcones returned with the advantage by chaining a streak of 10 points without an answer and thus reaching the break with a 36-29 advantage.
For the third period, Raúl Delgado would connect from a distance installing the score 43-31 leading by 12 points.
Dorados returned led by Cezar Guerrero and Durrell Summers along with Jamaal Smith’s triples, converting eight points in a row, turning the game around and leading 53-49 heading into the home stretch.
The final 10 minutes offered, as the night before, changes of leadership and a close game with the baskets of Thomas Gipson III in the paint, along with the triple Antonio Peña.
But the feathered box carried the game into a possession away with less than two minutes to go.
Xalapa would return with his main weapon Ishmael Lane nailing the ball, in addition to Greg Foster’s basket when attacking the rim, sending the visit to the front 69-66 and 15.4 seconds.
Chihuahua would lose another ball giving Foster the opportunity to increase the score by up to five points.
Lane with a round afternoon would ensure the game and the first victory for Halcones of the season by a score of 73-68.
The golden quintet finished with 20 turnovers, being taken advantage of by the visit by scoring 27 goals in this way. It was also the second disaster at home for the representative of the big state.
Jamaal Smith finished with 12 points, Durrell Summers contributed 10, Antonio Peña and Gallegos finished with 9 targets each.
In contrast, Ishmael Lane recorded a double-double with 27 points and 13 rebounds. Xalapa captain Raúl Delgado contributed 11 with 5 assists and Greg Foster scored 10 points.
Dorados (4-4) missed the opportunity to reach the top of the East Zone, reaching 12 points. Halcones (1-7) reached nine units in the sector.
Chihuahua will face series on the road, visiting Fuerza Regia on Friday, September 24 and Saturday, September 25 in La Fortaleza to close the first round of the championship. Later, he will face Abejas in León.
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