The Tourmalet was left behind. The white and purple team crossed the banner with their arms raised, seven seconds ahead of a San Pablo Burgos team with the ambition of wearing yellow in the LEB Oro League. Real Valladolid’s victory came amid the delirium of Pisuerga, which did not empty until The fans said goodbye to their team with a standing ovation; also to Paco García, very excited, who threw his fist in the air at the four cardinal points, it seemed like Jürgen Klopp, also to the area occupied by the Burgos fans, and the basketball game was a party, an opportunity to unite. to two cities. If anyone thought there could be incidents, they were wrong.
The joy of the public and players made sense, a lot of sense, and the team had to make a tremendous effort to overcome a rival with greater potential. San Pablo started the first quarter with the wind in favor of Speight and Fischer, who began to score, to mark a first distance of points (9-14) and to demand a boost from Real Valladolid, which sustained itself in those minutes thanks to the push of Ngowbo and Belemene; Lorenzo Encinas played from the back of the box, mined the area under the boards and Ristic scored the points so that Burgos was always ahead. Valladolid resisted, and there they began to win the game, even knowing that they would have to tighten their defense so that the 26 points against in the first quarter were not repeated. Schmidt took many minutes to score (already with 31-34) and linked a series that prevented the disadvantage from going beyond six points (36-42), his teammates began to bite back, San Pablo’s shots stopped be comfortable, and even Jaime Fernández enjoyed a shot to turn the score around. He failed and the team went to the locker room at 43-48. Alive.
The beginning of the third quarter was brutal. Kovacevic chained five consecutive points and Ngowbo finally put Real Valladolid ahead (50-48) after a great assist from captain De la Fuente. Those at home no longer gave in. Encinas had to call a timeout before two minutes, San Pablo took more than three minutes to score, the game was heated in the best sense of the term, each rebound was a fight for the only crust of bread on the table and it was reached at the end of the third quarter with the parish on their feet after a block by N’Guessan and a triple by Schmidt at the horn. Real Valladolid had left San Pablo at 16 points.
The last set repeated the script, with a 5-0 run and those from Burgos getting desperate because they couldn’t even get free throws and it took them more than three minutes to move their locker again. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until Corbalán raised his voice, showed courage and tied the game (72-72). A delicate moment that Real Valladolid overcame because they played with soul (comparisons with what was experienced hours before at Zorrilla were inevitable), Jaime Fernández hit a triple that returned the lead to the home team, and it was not enough either. the loss of two balls and the success of Corbalán (with that last name you have to be a gamer) and Lapornik restored the draw (82-82 and 84-84); The summit of Tourmalet was in sight and Schmidt took the lead of the pack, he hit his free throws and Real Valladolid knew how to defend the triple attempt to reach the third tied and Jaime Fernández put the icing on the cake to close the afternoon with the greatest difference of the afternoon. Now the Alpe d’Huez in Lleida awaits Real Valladolid.
2024-03-30 22:55:39
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