93-89: Verge leads a great comeback for Leyma Coruña against La Laguna

A monumental attack jam in the last quarter, in which they conceded a partial 14-2 in four minutes, condemned The Tenerife Lagoon to his second defeat, this time on the court of Basketball Coruñaguided by the stratospheric performance of American point guard Alonzo Verge (26 points, 12 assists and 34 rating credits).

The Alonzo Connection Verge-George Conditt hit Tenerife at the start (8-1, min.2), but Jaka’s team Lakovic He didn’t take long to react. The two teams then engaged in a beautiful battle full of alternatives.

American center George Conditt He multiplied himself in the paint to support his team, intense in defense but very unsuccessful from the three-point line (0/4 in triples in the first ten minutes). The Aurinegros moved the ball judiciously, but they didn’t start out very successful in their shooting either.

Everything changed at the start of the second round. A partial 1-5 in just a minute and a half scared Carles Framewho called a timeout (19-23, min.21). His team only scored from free throws and Tenerife he shot up with three triples in a row – the last of guy with additional shooting for adults. The partial was already 3-15.

But, unlike in previous games, Coruna He didn’t lower his arms. His defensive intensity increased and the offensive rebound gave him a lot of life in attack. Lakovic He called two time-outs practically in a row because his team’s advantage had disappeared after a 12-0 run (33-33, min.26).

Caveswith a very distant triple, culminated the Galician comeback (36-35). The free kick held Tenerife until Marcelinho Orchards He took the wheel of the Tenerife attack to leave his team with an advantage of eight points at halftime (39-47).

After the intermission, Alonzo Verge took action to prevent Tenerife broke up the game. His team was loaded with fouls very quickly, and they also struggled to close the rebound in their hoop. Added to that was that he gave away several free throws. That allowed Tenerife dominate the scoreboard with advantages that were around ten points until Coruna got closer to 6 (58-64).

Lakovic called time out. Coruna He got stuck in attack and two triples gave oxygen to his team. Carles Frame stopped the clash (58-69, min.27), but the exchange of blows allowed Tenerife maintain their advantage until a partial 5-0 start in the last quarter brought the Galicians closer (69-73).

The problems of the Aurinegro team to close the rebound gave second options to Corunawhich was only three points away (81-84) with four points left after two consecutive triples by Latvian center Karlis Silins. Lakovic had no choice but to stop the match. It was of little use. With Marcelinho Orchards on the bench, his team continued to get stuck and CorunaMany minutes later, he took command of the game. There was one minute left and the oranges led by 3 (89-86). A triple of Van Beckafter an offensive rebound, equalized the match, but Alonzo Verge He closed his spectacular night with a spectacular basket that ensured the Galician victory due to the subsequent failure of Hunter and the two free throws scored by the Brazilian Caio Pacheco.