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Nacional beat Obras Sanitarias of Argentina 90-74 in Rio de Janeiro, within the framework of the second window of matches in group B of the Basketball Champions League Americas, thus ensuring early qualification for the quarterfinals.
The tricolor team, which had just defeated the same rival (75-71) and Flamengo (75-63) at home in Paysandú, will seek to surprise the red and black team from Rio today at 7:10 p.m. If you achieve this, you will advance as first. If they lose, they will look for that first position in the group in the window from February 7 to 9 in Buenos Aires, in a head-to-head with the Brazilians.
In this Sunday’s duel, the Uruguayan champion led 29-20 at the first break and was always dominating the scoreboard, which had it up to 27 (56-29) with 1’37” left in a perfect second period that ended 56-35.
Obras got within 12 in the third, but was never able to lower the double-digit barrier. El Bolso, who scored 19 points on the counterattack, 18 from second chances and 41 from the substitute bench, came in winning 73-53 in the final 10 minutes and no longer had any problems.
Connor Zinaich was the figure with 15 points, followed by Panamanian Ezequiel Bell with 14, three more than Patricio Prieto and Agustín Méndez. Pedro Barral scored 15 for the Argentine team, which is eliminated and will face the February window, in which it will be home, without any incentive.
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