Búcaros de Bucaramanga defeated Titanes de Barranquilla 73-77 in the second game of the series for the first round of the WPlay Basketball League. With this result, Búcaros left the undefeated Titanes at home in the basket of memories. The last defeat of the current champion of the Professional League was on November 14, 2019.
In the first meeting of Titanes and Búcaros in the 2023 season, those led by Tomas Díaz achieved victory at the Elías Chegwin Coliseum 80-75. Game played last Wednesday.
But another air was lived for the second game that, with great public attendance, was disputed with intensity, thanks to the quick offensive proposals of Raúl Pabón, strategist of Búcaros and Tomas Díaz, in command of Titanes. The first quarter ended 23-22 in favor of the current champion.
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With Titanes ahead on the scoreboard after the second quarter 44-39, for the second half, Búcaros closed the gap quickly in the first minutes of the third quarter and ended the period just one point behind with a 60-59 score.
Emotional end of the game
With the score even, at the beginning of the last phase, he put the pressure on all sectors of the court constant, creating duels in the low post like that of the Brazilian Andre Souza (Búcaros) and the captain of Titanes Soren de Luque.
There were ten final minutes of a pleasant give and take, which leaned towards the Búcaros quintet thanks to the experienced Stalin Ortiz and ended with a score of 77-73 in favor of the foreigners from Bucaramanga.
The figure of the match was Stalin Ortiz, from Búcaros, scoring 21 points and getting 8 rebounds. The outstanding player of Titanes was the Argentine José Defelippo with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
The Corporación Búcaros will play its next match against Corsarios de Cartagena this Monday, May 8, starting at 6:30 p.m.
2023-05-06 07:11:47
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