Guaros first classified to the grand final of the Basketball Super League – DiarioVea

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Guaros de Lara became the first team to qualify for the final of the Professional Basketball Super League (SPB) after completing the sweep of Brillantes del Zulia in the third game of the series that was accredited with a resounding score of 66 points by 82, in the Pedro Elías Belisario Aponte gym, in Maracaibo.

The team from Lara under the technical direction of the young Creole coach Yonayker Ecker managed to impose their best game and recover from a first period that was adverse 16-14 to dominate their rival from the second quarter 14-25, and finish the first part with a relative advantage of 30-39.

Although he gave up some ground in the third quarter of time 17-16, he regained ground in the quarter with the greatest offense and tight defense to dominate the period 19-27 and thus seal his 66-82 victory with which he signed the swept over the Zulian team and secured their ticket to define the throne of the III edition of SPB 2023. The Larense squad could not count on José “Grillito” Vargas, one of its emblematic players of recent times, due to being injured and surely he will not be able to count either participate in the decisive phase of the championship.

The offensive by Guaros stood out, Heissler Guillent with 22 points, including 4 baskets of 3, plus 7 rebounds and 6 assists; Harris Morrelle 18 with 3 triple baskets, and Juan Tello with 11 units; for the Zulianos Edgar Vicedo, 20 points and 8 rebounds; Bryant Durán 11 points, and James Reese 10.

“El Expreso Azul” overwhelmed the Broncos in Miranda Park

Donta Smith and Edgar “Petare” Martínez emerged from the bench to star in the offensive work of Trotamundos de Carabobo in the forceful victory achieved over Broncos de Caracas with a score of 73 points to 82, at the José Joaquín “Papá” Carrillo gymnasium in Parque Miranda .

The victory led “El Expreso Azul” to take advantage in the series against the Broncos with 2 wins and a loss, which leaves him one win away from moving on to the decisive phase of the current season.

For this commitment, the teams presented the following lineups, Broncos: Harol Cazorla, Luis “Tapipa” Duarte, Jordan Williams, Jonathan Araujo and Henry Sims; Globetrotters: Stefan Moody, Jhornan Zamora, Luciano González, Eloy Camacho and Néstor Colmenares; all under the refereeing direction of Daniel García, Roberto Oliveros and Leinel Pino, who did not have a day of good successes, especially García, who was called upon for many decisions and had to resort to excessive “video reviews”, something that according to the fans and the team managers themselves waste time and follow up on the plays on the pitch.

The first half was well dominated by the capitalists, led by Manuel Berroterán, with partial scores of 25-18, but later Trotamundos, a team led by the experienced Argentine coach Guillermo Narvarte, rethought their game schemes to dominate the next two partials 14-26 and 12-32, although they lost the last quarter 22-6, but everything was already decided in their favor 73-82.

The Carabobo offense was led by Donta Smith with 14 points, including 2 of 3 baskets; “Petare” Martínez 13 units with 3 triples; Stefan Moody with 13 goals, 3 triples and a spectacular “block” to Henry Sims that caused admiration among those present at “Papá” Carrillo, because he is a short driver and Sims is over 2.10 meters; Santiago Ferreyra added 10 cards, including 3 3-pointers; For those from Caracas, Jordan Williams 16 points, Henry Sims 15 and 7 rebounds, and Harol Cazorla 9 goals and 9 assists.