National Basketball League: Unión setback in Formosa

La Unión came into this match after returning to victory at home, beating Comunicaciones 104-83, leaving behind the four defeats they had accumulated in the League and also the two they had suffered at the Fiftieth Anniversary. On the Unión side, they arrived in Formosa after winning the 82-47 victory over Argentino de Junín, returning to victory after several home appearances, and hitting the road for the first time this season.

The Tate that started with a change in the initial quintet, entering Miles Bowman for Jeantal Cylla; the rest the same, that is to say with Juan Pablo Cantero, Mateo Bolivar, Maximiliano Martín and Nacho Alessio.

The first of the game was for Unión from the hands of Alessio after assistance from Cantero. After going 4-0, the Tate was careless on two occasions and allowed, for example, the best of the local Thomas Cooper with a triple to take the lead on the scoreboard.

Within a low score in the first moments, Unión was good in defense but did not know how to solve in attack. Without being able to score, in fact, of the 7 points in the first six minutes of the game, 5 were from the free zone. That is why Ponce began to move the bench.

After several possessions without scoring, Bolívar cut the drought with a triple at 45 degrees. Union, without being able to penetrate the paint, abused the perimeter shot, a facet in which he was not fine in the first quarter (1 of 8). In the second half of the set they did not defend well, allowing the locals easy shots and they went into the first break with a lying disadvantage on the scoreboard for what was the development of the fourth.

Back to the actions, the local plan continued to be the same, seeking to hurt from the painted area and closing in on its own. Unión opened the scoring for Tatengue with a triple from the corner by Cylla.

The Santa Fe squad continued to seek to score from the outside and it was precisely Cantero who, after a run and perfect assist from Ayan Carvalho, scored his first triple of the night. In the reply, Unión recovered again and after Cylla’s score, the local requested a time-out.

At the start of this, the cast from Formosa adjusted their defense and was effective to score from the 6.75-meter line, and once again made a significant profit on the scoreboard despite the fact that the development of the game continued to be very even.

A period that was cut short by fouls and timeouts, and in which the only thing that La Unión did better was score from afar, then in the game box an even process was seen, in fact Unión won the period. To highlight the work entering from the bench by Cuban Pedro Bombino.

Returning to the game, the tone of the game did not change too much; Union looking to score by circulating the ball, and the owner of the house with his weapons taking away the Rojiblanco game. Alessio with a double and two triples down the axis closed the gap at the dawn of the second half.

After an 8-0 run for Tatengue over La Unión, the local bank requested a timeout. At the exit of this, Union after a good start re-entered the web that the local proposed and not being able to score again Ponce had to go to the minute.

At the end, the cast from Santa Fe discounted again and got within range of the marker. Although the disadvantage of the first quarter continued to suffer from Tatengue. That despite winning the partial he still remained down in the light.

The epilogue of the game was elusive for Unión, because at the beginning they could not score, it was difficult for them to find an associated game and on the other hand, the rival was very fine, almost always when they attacked, hurt and in defense on the closing they were applied.

First failed outing for those led by Juanfra Ponce. A team that at times was very good and at others was disconnected in attack and distracted in defense. Now the two games will come in Corrientes, next Saturday against San Martín and on Monday the tour will close against Regatas.

• THE UNION (87): Thomas Cooper (22), Diego García (7), Michael Henry (2), Marcos Saglietti (12), Iván Basualdo (2). (FI) Franco Vietta (21), Guillermo Alliende (8), David Efambe (2), Xavier Hill-Mais (11). DT: Sebastian Ginobili.

• UNION (72): Maximilian Martin (0), Ignatius Alessio (14), John Paul Stone (3), Miles Bowman (4), Matthew Bolivar (14). (FI) Jeantal Cylla (16), Nicholas Reynoso (0), Gaston Bertona (12), Ayan Carvalho (3), Joel Peralta (0), Rodrigo Acuña (4), Pedro Bombino (2). DT: John Francis Ponce.

• Partials: 26-14, 19-20 (45-34) // 22-26 (67-60), 20-12 (87-72).

• Referees: Pablo Estévez, Roberto Smith and Raúl Lorenzo.

• Commissioner: Armando Cichanowsky.

• Court: Fifty-year Sports Center.