Cafeteros is the first finalist in the Colombian Professional Basketball League

The first finalist of the Colombian Professional Basketball League is already known. Cafeteros prevailed 85-77 against Búcaros and closed the semifinal series of the tournament with three victories to nil. The Armenian team, which is directed by Professor Manuel Berroterán, did not have the best performance on the field, but this did not prevent them from going to the final phase of the local tournament.

Despite their opponent’s attempts to come back, the coffee growers got a direct pass to the final. During the game, the coffee team shot 45% in two-point shots. In addition to going 22 times to the free throw line, from which he scored 18 times, with 81% effectiveness.

For their part, the players Álvaro Peña and Jesús Martínez were key players in this Monday’s match, who stood out for playing on both sides of the court, but above all in the defensive area, constantly fighting for the ball in the fight for rebounds, adding 16.

On the other hand, Awosika was the best valued player for Búcaros, with 16 points, four rebounds and six assists. The MVP of the game was Jaelyn Johnson, who had 23 points, four rebounds and three assists for the winners.

For coach Carlos Parra, from Búcaros, the turning point in Búcaros was due to a bad arbitration charge that mentally took his team out of the game. “There was a play that took us out of the game mentally. A single play cost us five points: it cost us the layup he illegally took out [bloqueo ilegal] and on top of that they charge us a technician and they charge us three free throws; It was five points. The truth also takes me out of the game because it’s frustrating. That’s not why we lost the game, but there we lost the line of the game, the concentration, the attitude”.

Andrés Ibargüen was the figure of the match with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist coming off the bench. “The truth is that there is no tranquility. We will not be calm until we win the third game. Until now all the players, the team and the organizers, all, we believe that we are going 0-0″, Ibargüen commented at the press conference.

On the other hand, this will be the first final that the Armenian Coffee Growers franchise will play in its history. His rival will be known after the match between Titanes de Barranquilla and Team Cali, who lead the Atlanticenses two games to one after their victory this Monday by 81 to 69. This Tuesday the fourth duel of the series will be played at the El Town of the city of Cali.

The third and last quarters were the definitive ones to define the game, as Cafeteros found a great rhythm of scoring, came back from the game and completely dominated the paint, while Búcaros found no answer on offense and was physically outmatched in his defense . Again the representatives of Armenia dominated in the rebound statistics with 52 rebounds in favor, while those of Bucaramanga got 32. 76 to 96, twenty points of difference show as if Cafeteros had overwhelmed Búcaros in the match.

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