A cruel defeat against Real Madrid condemns Betis to the LEB Oro

The Sevillians depended on themselves to continue one more season in the Endesa League, although the victory of the Granada team against Joventut forced them not to fail at the WiZink Center. They had the victory in their hands thanks to the success of their two best men, Jean Montero (19 points) and Tyson Pérez (17 and 13 rebounds).but they failed at the most inopportune moment.

With 70-77 in their favour, the players coached by Luis Casimiro got stuck in the last two fateful minutes, in which they failed to score and saw Williams-Goss condemn them to another relegation after four years in the elite. A basket from the American with six seconds to go certified his relegation.

At the rhythm of triples, Real Madrid started with the successes of Guerschon Yabusele and Alberto Abalde who gave him the first advantages pm. One more day, Walter Tavares once again dominated the paint and the Verdiblancas’ initial losses were taken advantage of by the locals to speed up their game and begin to open up a gap on the scoreboard (10-2, min 3.30).

It was difficult for Betis to see the hoop until the Latvian center Anzecs Pasecknis came out on court, who began to produce under the white ring and acted as a revulsion. He led his team’s attack with eight straight points in five minutes. The match ran smoothly until two consecutive 2+1 actions by Dzanan Musa opened the gap again and enlivened the stands of the WiZink Center.

With 24-19, the end of a bland first quarter was reached with more errors than successes in both. at the restartBetis, without doing anything out of this world, was getting closer to the champion continental until reaching a tie at 34 two minutes from halftime, taking advantage of the relaxation of a rival in which their coach distributed minutes among his men and rested some of his figures with his mind set on the playoffs.

At the edge of the end of the first half, Pasecknis put a Sevillian team ahead for the first time that, despite the little offensive contribution up to that moment from their two main stilettos, Tyson Pérez and Montero -with 6 and 3 points respectively- , remained on the lookout and went to the locker room full of optimism and with a draw on the scoreboard (38-38) after about ten minutes of exchanging errors and with very low shooting percentages, especially worrisome from the perimeter.

Tavares, who had only played five minutes, He returned to the floor at the restart to continue dominating around the ring, while Yabusele, with the first two white baskets of the third quarter, returned control of the game to the whites. Then came the time for a until then missing Jean Montero, who linked a 2 + 1 with a triple and began to do his thing.

The draws followed one another at the WiZink Center, where Real Madrid continued to fail, although they took advantage of their rebounds to have second options. For the visitors, Tyson Pérez also burst into attack in style and contributed three consecutive three-pointers and a 2+1 action that compensated for Tavares’ abuse in the paint and gave the Verdiblancos optimism (50-55, min. 28). .

The last ten minutes were reached with a hopeful 57-61 score for Luis Casimiro’s men, who they saw their salvation closer after having dominated the previous two quarters. The exchange of blows kept the Sevillians ahead, although their meager advantages did not guarantee victory because Real Madrid was still in the game and was not going to let them win so easily (66-67, min 35).

Montero continued to control the rhythm of the game and a triple by Cvetkovic returned Betis’s five points and forced Chus Mateo to stop the game when he saw that his team was still without carbureting three minutes from the end of the game. But when the Sevillians saw themselves seven up with only two minutes to play, the figure of Williams-Goss emerged to certify his demise.

Betis had the ball to tie or win the match and six seconds, but they were already doomed to relegation, in which they will accompany Carplús Fuenlabrada.