Guuk GBC says goodbye to promotion after losing the semifinal against San Pablo Burgos (64-69)
Euskaraz irakurri: Guuk GBCk agur esan dio igoerari, finalerdietan San Pablo Burgosekin galduta (64-69)
He Guuk Gipuzkoa Basket was left out of the final for promotion to the ACB when they fell in the semifinals against Hereda San Pablo Burgos by 64-69. The San Sebastian team did not hide and put the Burgos team against the ropes for almost 35 minutes.
But in the final stretch, San Pablo managed to turn the score around and secure a victory that leaves them just 40 minutes from being able to achieve the goal of promotion.
A spectacular start by Guuk Gipuzkoa with eleven points in just 3 minutes They forced Curro Segura to call a time-out because his team was being devastated by Lolo Encinas’ men, who without fear of defeat showed their credentials from very early on. The first quarter ended with 21-15 in favor of the people of San Sebastian.
In the second quarter, San Pablo found a way to score and Gipuzkoa was charging with fouls impossible to stop the inside game of San Pablo that lowered the advantage to just one point difference (26-25).
At the break, Guuk GBC won 39-34.
San Pablo left in a hurry to try to get ahead, but the success continued to accompany Gipuzkoa, quite the opposite of Burgos, who missed too many free kicks that would have put the game in their favor.
Those of Lolo encinas put the direct one and left up to 14 points (54-40)which presaged that the people from San Sebastian were very close to surprising and reaching the final, where Zunder Palencia was already waiting.
The people of Burgos managed to close the gap and the last quarter began with 56-51 in favor of Guuk GBC.
Last room
In the last 10 minutes, nervousness took over Lolo Encinas’ team and San Pablo turned the score around (58-68) with a partial score of 0-13 points.
With two minutes to play, San Pablo missed two free throws but gave everything in defense to maintain the advantage, with 30 seconds to go they still had the advantage but could not score, with more suffering than expected, Curro’s team maintained the advantage and they got into the final64-69).
Data sheet:
64 – Gipuzkoa Basket: Michael Carlson (11), Mario Delas (13), Mikel Motos (13), Xabier Oroz (11), Adam Sollazo (2) – starting five – Aitor Zubizarreta (4), Xabier Beraza (0), Ander Martínez (13) , Rauno Nurger (1), De la Hera (-), Miranda (-).
69 – Inherits San Pablo Burgos: Luka Rupnik (0), Khyri Thomas (7), Joey Van Zegeren (8), Carlos Suárez (2) Álex López (0) -starting five-; Rodrigo San Miguel (0), Gonzalo Corbalán (12), Mindaugas Kacinas (2), Obi Enechionyia (-), Marc Edy Norelia (3), Álex Barrera (12) and Rasid Mahalbasic (23)
Referees: Enrique Lopez, Paula Lema and Eric Carrera.
Partial: 21-15, 18-19 (39-34) -rest-; 17-15 (56-51) and 8-18 (64-69). Eliminated by five fouls Carlson and Mahalbasic.
Source: Eitb
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