He Lenovo Tenerife has been imposed (83-91) on Unicaja this Friday to leave the Copa del Rey 2024 in Malaga without a host and current champion, a tremendous blow to the table for the Canaries, who took revenge for the lost final last year and met Barça in the semifinals after a great match.
The last match in the quarterfinals brought the surprise that had occurred at the Martín Carpena in the other three games. Aaron Doornekamp (25 points), Kyle Guy (23), Gio Shermadini (17) y Marcelinho Huertas They led the Aurinegra rebellion, which silenced the Malaga flag and left Ibon Navarro’s men out of combat.
The curse of the host, who has not won the title since Vitoria 2002, was against a Unicaja that fought him, but a great rival came to his attention. The cajista team, which had not lost at home for more than four months and had a spectacular streak of results, was losing its effectiveness and failed in the outcome. When Carpena pushed harder, the Canarias did not forgive either.
The Cup closed its semifinals with the knife between the teeth, with the reissue of the Badalona final. A clash of titans who left nothing behind in a dizzying exchange, which Lenovo Tenerife started to reduce the rival’s favoritism. Those from La Laguna pushed at the start and counted on the success of Doornekamp, but there was a lot of inspired action. The champion and host responded with Osetkowski and closed the first quarter with seven triples for a thrilling 26-26 lead. Unicaja worked with Taylor and Perry, but the Canaries also had a good lead with Huertas and Guy to secure the first lead of the match (38-44). Navarro’s team reacted strongly.
A couple of fouls by Huertas defocused those of Chus Vidorreta in the protest to a referee team with a lot of contact to monitor. Unicaja left a good taste in their mouths in the locker room with a three-pointer on Djedovic’s horn, which confirmed the cajista response to the strong first half of those from Tenerife (49-45).
Carpena presses but does not suffocate
The host returned from the locker room with that rush and threatened with a bigger blow to the match (55-45), but Doornekamp returned to the fray. The Canadian increased his series of triples without failure to six out of six and Vidorreta’s team won the fourth despite the fact that Unicaja tried to increase the aggressiveness with Alberto Diaz.
Navarro’s team dried up in attack and sought to close behind, but the rival also found Shermadini on the inside to once again confirm the tense equality (71-70). In the final exchange, the CB Canarias looked at a leading Guy despite having been in black for a month and a half. The American won even the video reviews and He silenced a Carpena who had a favorite and lost him.
2024-02-16 23:06:49
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