The only team capable of conquering the Copa del Rey in the last 15 years beyond the tyranny of Real Madrid and Barça, the Unicaja wants to repeat feat in Las Palmas. The Ibon Navarro team, converted by its own merits into an alternative to any title, became the first finalist of the tournament that hosts the Gran Canaria Arena by imposing its law before the always fight La Laguna Tenerife (90-83).
The first semifinal of the tournament drew an exciting and equalized first part between two teams that have worked a precious rivalry in recent years, both protagonists of the 2023 final copera in Badalona. Shermadini’s emergence in the second quarter, in which he signed 10 points, the Solito, 8 consecutive, matched things for the islanders, who stopped the feet of the Andalusians, a priori somewhat more favorite.
That condition was exercised by Unicaja at the exit of changing rooms, when he accelerated at the speed of the lightning and ended up scoring up to 34 points only in the third partial, with 10 only for Yankuba Sima, imposing. The duel command was already the team of Navarro until the end, although as usually happens, Tenerife did not throw the towel until the last horn. But, this time, the heart and claw did not reach him. Unicaja got into the final.
Technical file
90. Unicaja Málaga (21+17+34+18): Ostkowski (7), Kalinoski (3), Barreiro (5), Perry (3) and Sima (21) -quinteto titular-; Pérez (5), Taylor (12), Díaz (13), Carter (5), Djedovic (3), Tillie (-) and Kravish (13).
83. The Tenerife Laguna (15+24+21+23): Kramer (10), Huertas (18), Scrubb (6), War (16) and Doornekamp (6) -Stowed Question-; Costa (-), Fernández (3), Shermadini (13), Fitipaldo (5), Sastre (3) and Abromaitis (3).
Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Rafael Serrano and Alfonso Olivares. They eliminated the lagoon player Aaron Doornekamp.
Incidents: Meeting corresponding to the first semifinal of the Basketball King Cup, played at the Gran Canaria Arena against 9,245 spectators. AND
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