Couldn’t shine anymore. The medal was silver for Sinaloa in 5×5 basketball after losing to Baja California 64-66, in the 2023 Conade National Games, which are held in Villahermosa, Tabasco.
All possibility vanished when Sebastián Páez let go of the gold from his hands by missing a three-point shot, with which they could have turned the scoreboard in the final seconds.
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Those from Baja California trailed by eight points at the beginning of the last quarter and managed to tie at 64 points thanks to a three-pointer by José Acosta, with 1:32 left to play, and took the lead 65-64 with 32 seconds remaining. Six seconds from the end, Ángel Escárcega, from the champions, received a foul, which took him to the shooting line, scoring one of the two and placing the score 66-64, leaving Sinaloa with the opportunity to, at least , tie.
The Sinaloan coach, José Gutiérrez, asked for time, so when the actions resumed, the Sinaloa team received a foul, with 4 seconds left on the clock. They quickly moved the ball and passed it to Báez, who was on the right side of the court, and at the moment of shooting, the spectators stood up, but the ball hit the rim and went to the side, and with This sounded the buzzer marking the end of the game.
Sinaloa came out very different from the first meeting between the two teams, pressing from the start, and they were only down 0-2, when José Acosta scored the first two points of the match, but from then on, they were always in front, so much so that the first 10 minutes ended 22-15.
In the second period, they kept up the same pressure, leaving no room for their rivals, who found themselves “drowned” by the Sinaloan defense and could not play well or shoot three points. Sinaloa went into halftime with an eight-point lead (39-31).
In the third quarter, the Sinaloan defense slowed down a bit and Baja California took advantage of it, to the point of winning that set 17-14, although Sinaloa maintained the 53-48 lead. However, in the last period, the Sinaloans only scored 11 points, while their rivals scored 18, which changed the history of the match.
With a 59-56 lead with five minutes to go, Sinaloa couldn’t slow down the clock, so Baja began to move the ball and open spaces, so much so that José Acosta hit a three-pointer with 2:04 to go to get within 61 -62, and hit another 3-pointer with 1:32 left to tie the score at 64. With 35 seconds to go, he turned the score around and took a lead that they would no longer lose.
Ronnie Selleaze was the best scorer for Sinaloa and the match, finishing with 23 points. Roy Rojo also stood out for the Sinaloans with 14 points, Víctor Ávila contributed 10 and Sebastián Páez scored 9 points.
For Baja California, José Acosta stood out with 16 points and Ángel Escárcega with 15.
2023-07-10 02:20:19
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