Alimerka Oviedo Baloncesto fell 104-102 on their visit to Caja Rural de Zamora in a match that they led by 21 points after the break but which they let escape after a forgettable third quarter. A partial in which it allowed the locals to rule in all aspects of the game. However, he knew how to rally at the end to send the match to overtime after a triple by Cosialls (91-91). In addition, they had the ball to win in regulation and in the last second of added time when Zamora took the lead with a triple. Hermanson’s attempt did not enter with six tenths of the clock and defeat comes for Oviedo.
In this way, the OCB is preparing, with five wins and seven losses, for two home games this Christmas. Two crucial confrontations for the team against Club Ourense Baloncesto and Fibwi Palma at the Palacio de los Deportes. Tickets can be purchased here: https://ocbticketing.tryptonsoftware.es/
The game started off stuck, for up to two and a half minutes Zamora and Oviedo were looking for a way to score the first basket but, when they did, OCB found their main style in Nwaokorie with two triples and counterattacks to take the lead. An offensive effectiveness to which Lobaco added (30 points, 6/10 in triples, best player of the game with a rating of 31) for the 6-15 and local timeout after five minutes.
With more success than play, as would be seen after the break, Javi Rodríguez’s team was carving out a comfortable income. Shelist appeared before his exes to score two consecutive triples and a mini set stretched the maximum in the second quarter to 20 points, 29-49. Caja Rural had lost their lead from the triple but would find a spark when they returned from the locker room after a break that led to 36-52.
Thus, between Roberts, Thrastarson and the decisive Rogers who would score the winning triple in overtime, they began to score and the OCB was unable to stop the rise in local intensity. He also did not know how to interpret the referee’s criteria or the 30 free throws taken by the locals by the 18 visitors at the end of the game. The deficiencies in offensive rebounding, which in the first half were not noticeable due to the success shown by the Carbayón team, gave second chances to Hernández’s team and the losses also allowed them to run. In short, a third quarter that corroborated that the previous work was insufficient and that we had to roll up our sleeves before thinking about scoring.
Zamora turned it around at the end of the third quarter in a 33-16 run to make it 69-68 and in the final the OCB came out of dangerous situations alive. Townes, who had not had his day, put the visitors ahead with a triple with 5:37 left (77-78) but again Zamora found small favorable quarters, stretching the lead to 87-81 with three minutes on the clock.
The spirit of the OCB came out there. Lobaco got the team back into the game with a heroic rebound, Cosialls began to rebound and in the last action the one from San Cugat collected a rebound and opened up the triple to score the tie at 91. The match could have ended then. Parham forced a field back but with six seconds left, Nwaokorie’s shot from the triple, when it was worth forcing a personal, hit the iron. Extension.
The addition was a spectacle that cost the locals dearly. Parham, Lobaco and Hermanson responded to Rogers’ triples. for 101-102. Roberts had two free throws but missed, as did Duscak. Rogers was right with two on top and in the last one the OCB failed to lose again a match that had escaped long before but that they fought, as always, until the last drop of sweat. Next Sunday at the Palace, more.
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