Lions surprise the Athletics in ‘La Cuna’ – Metro Puerto Rico

The Leones de Ponce surprised the Atléticos de San Germán defeated causing the second defeat of the runners-up at home.

It was a give and take game, both teams won two quarters. The difference was in shooting percentages, the Lions shot 54% from the field, they also led in steals (6-3) and in blocks (9-2).

Jezreel De Jesus wore with 24 points and a 64% field goal. Accompanying him, they were Aleem Ford and Jamil Wilson with 16 and 15 points respectively. Due to a lost cause, the captain of one of the teams in the BSN All Star 2023Tjader Fernandez scored 31 points.

In it Raymond Dalmau Coliseumthe Pirates destroyed the options of the Manatee Bears to add his third consecutive victory.

The first quarter ended 21-9 in favor of the locals, from there the advantage continued to grow. Phillip Wheeler y Brandon Knight charged with the offensive breakers con 25 and 22 points respectively.

Hassan Whiteside returned to the court after being away for several games and added 7 points y 7 rebounds in 19 minutes. Manatí did not have their best team game, their best scorer was Lance Tejada with 14, followed by José Gines with 13 goals.

Arecibo add their ninth home victory against the Humacao Grays. A third quarter of 36-22 gave them the necessary advantage to close the game comfortably.

They shot for 60% from the field and 54% from the triple, also widely dominated the rebounds with 41 out of 24 for the Grays. Paris Bass He was once again the key in offense adding 20 points, followed by veteran David Huertas who accompanied him with 15, all from the three-point area.

humacao it had four players with double digits, even so, they could not dominate in facets of the game and the height was a key point.

The day ended with the game at the Ranch between the Bayamon Cowboys and the Indians of Mayaguez. The first quarter ended 23-12 in favor of the Indians, an advantage the Cowboys were never able to recover. They exchanged two quarters for each one, but even so, the advantage of that first one took its toll on the final outcome.

Bayamon shot for a 39% field goal, something unusual for the current champions. For Mayagüez, five players had more than ten points, Dennis Hogg being the best scorer with 23, followed by Jordan Cintrón with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Due to a lost cause, Braxton Key and Ismael Romero were the best scorers with 22 and 15 respectively. Javi González, Santiago Jr. and Mojica shot 5-25 between the three for a 20% combined field goal. That was the key to the cowboy defeat.

today’s games

This weekend the teams will take a break to make way for the All-Star Game events that begin Friday afternoon at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. At 7:15PM the “Skills Challenge” will begin, followed by the three point competition and then the dunk competition. The celebrity game is scheduled for 10:00 PM, which will feature exponents of the sport such as Floyd Mayweather, David Ortiz, José Alvarado, Carla Cortijo and captains Carlos Arroyo and José Juan Barea.