Cebé has a duel this afternoon (Ángel Nieto Pavilion, 7:00 p.m.) that could catapult them into the history of local basketball. Jordi Juste's men face Zamora Enamora on their own field with the objective of not only achieving victory, but also of overcoming the difficult difference of nine points against the first leg (60-69).
It will be a very difficult task. The locals have only lost on their court twice all season and only once by a greater difference. It was against Zornotza, on January 6. The Basques managed to win 65-81 thanks to enormous work in defense and an excellent attack. Those coached by Saulo Hernández are the best team in the entire LEB Plata and have some players who, without a doubt, have a sufficient level to be one category higher.
This is obviously the case with Paukstè and Buckingham. The very tall center (2.24 meters) was dominant in the first leg, especially in the first quarter and the American, with 28 points, was the undoubted star hammering the albinegros with the outside shot.
The Castilian-Leonese team has only lost twice all year and is the great favorite to go up
The key will be for Jordi Juste's men to defend with total intensity to minimize their virtues. It will also be essential for them to be more accurate both in shots from the 6.75 line and in free kicks, where they had very poor percentages in the match at the Palacio de los Deportes a week ago.
On the other hand, the precedent of the Cartagena team in Zamora, in the final of the LEB Plata Cup, encourages us to think that winning there is possible. Only a bad second overtime prevented Cebé from bringing the trophy to Cartagena after a very close match where they competed from the beginning to the end.
The albinegros traveled by road yesterday and arrived in Zamora in the middle of the afternoon with all their players available and in full condition. Some, who overcame a gastrointestinal virus a few hours before the first leg, are completely at Jordi Juste's disposal to try to achieve the feat.
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If they do not achieve this, Cebé would have to face two more qualifying rounds to achieve the desired promotion. He would always play the second leg at the Palacio de los Deportes. The favorite to reach the semifinals is Albacete, which defeated Santfeliuenc (57-74) in the first leg and defends that 17-point advantage in the second leg today at 7:30 p.m.
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