ACB – rooms – working day 2
Barcelona found its way to the semifinals in the last minute of its match against Tenerife, and already has a guaranteed place among the top four in the ACB League. The energy of Vidorreta’s players was running out in the final ten minutes, but with the tank in reserve, they did not stop fighting until the last ball and were one step away from forcing the third game, a procedure from which the blaugrana
Barça’s hopeful start, shooting from the three-point line, was immediately replicated by Tenerife, playing fast and hitting the shot. After several alternatives, the score of 21-22 at the end of the first quarter spoke of the equality of forces, which leaned towards the local side in the second, when Fitipaldo and Abromaitis appeared. Of course, Barcelona’s extensive resources did not allow the differences to skyrocket. Parker and Satoransky served as firefighters on Grimau’s team.
After the break, the Barça team began to pull away little by little in what seemed to endanger Tenerife’s stability, but another local reaction, with Guy on the bench due to Salin’s great performance, tightened the score. It was clear that the match was not going to be resolved until the end. It was a matter of success. Sastre hit a triple to make it 92-90 with 1.57m left, but Satoransky replied to put Barcelona ahead. Huertas missed his shot, Barça committed a foul in attack. The excitement continued because there was one minute left and Lenovo had the ball, but they missed their shot and destiny changed sides.
In the penultimate action, Guerra ate Vesely’s feint and committed a foul, which the referees interpreted as unsportsmanlike due to the monumental anger of Txus Vidorreta, who saw how the tie was collapsing like a house of cards. The review of the action did not change the controversial decision of the referees. Vesely scored both shots with official efficiency, and in the next action, with the ball for Barcelona, Satoransky put the game to a close with 33 seconds remaining, because in Tenerife’s subsequent and hasty action, Abromaitis missed the triple. Despite dominating in rebounding (31/25) and in three-pointers, Tenerife ended up succumbing to the Barcelona machine.
Barcelona advances to the semifinal in which they will face Real Madrid. The Tenerife people have the sad consolation of having stood up to the Blaugranas almost until the last seconds of the match.
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