National defeated Obras Basket 75-71 this Monday, closing the first window of group B of the Basketball Champions League Americas with two wins. The tricolors are the only leaders since in their debut, on Saturday, they had surpassed Flamengo.
A victory against a Brazilian team and another against an Argentine team. Since 2023, Nacional began to successfully rub shoulders with the best on the continent to the point that last year it won the South American League, breaking a 16-year drought without continental titles for Uruguayan basketball.
The American Connor Zinaich, as against Flamengo, He was once again the figure of Nacional. Tonight, at the 8 de Junio stadium in Paysandú, he scored 22 points and also pulled down 10 rebounds.
Ernesto Oglivie scored 17 pointsPatricio Prieto 12, Marcos Cabot 6, Gianfranco Espíndola 5, James Feldeine and Ezequiel Bell 4, Bernardo Barrera 3 and Luciano Parodi 2. The latter stood out with 9 assists.
In Works, the scorer was Tyler Sabin with 16.
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The second window of the group It will be played in January in Rio de Janeiro with Flamengo at home.
Nacional will play on Sunday, January 18 against Obras Basket and a day later they will play with Flamengo.
On Saturday, February 7, the third and final window will begin playing in Buenos Aires against Obras Basket and a day later against Flamengo.
Nacional is the leader of the group with 2-0 and Flamengo follows with 1-1 after beating Obras 84-80 on Sunday. Obras is third with 0-2. The first two qualify for the quarterfinals.
