Asisa Joventut – Valencia Basket, live | Liga Endesa playoff semifinal: third match
MINUTE 20: TWO UP FOR VALENCIA AT THE BREAK (39-41)
Rubio scores two free throws to stretch the home lead to 7-0 and tie the game again. Costello breaks the green and black streak with two free throws but Rubio adds again, now in penetration. First points from De Larrea, who until now has been very unsuccessful. Montero misses his bomb and Kraag doesn’t hit his triple in a desperate race either. Valencia are two up at half-time.
MINUTE 18: YOUNG PEOPLE REACT (35-37)
Ricky penetrates and takes the lead from Cárdenas, who already has three. He goes to the bank and Montero comes back in. Rubio makes both free throws. Now the offensive rebound belongs to Penya and becomes a 2+1 by Jabari Parker that ties the game again.
MINUTE 17: VALENCIA’S PULL (30-37)
Two free throws by Key after a video review that the Olímpic protests. Jabari misses a triple released in the corner and Taylor takes Valencia off with a triple.
MINUTE 16: TIT AND TAKE WITHOUT A CLEAR DOMINATOR (30-32)
Cameron Hunt appears, very subdued until now but lights up the Olímpic with a triple. Badio responds from medium distance, they are also his first points. Hunt tempts Sako with a feint and scores after coming back from the baseline. Valencia’s response now is a triple from Key.
MINUTE 14: THE PARTIAL IS NOW TARONJA (25-27)
Hanga had to retire with a blow to the nose. Valencia takes advantage of its dominance of the offensive rebound to give the game a new swing. Montero scores an incredible basket after receiving a foul and adds the extra to stretch the set to 0-5
MINUTE 12: JOVENTUT’S 7-0 PART (25-22)
The second quarter begins as the first ended: Montero’s assist for Sima’s basket. Great streak by Penya, who went on a 7-0 run with two baskets from Parker and a triple from Kraag.
THE SECOND QUARTER STARTS
MINUTE 10: SLIGHT TARONJA ADVANTAGE AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER (18-20)
Hakanson’s triple jumps sideways to put Joventut ahead but Taylor responds at the other end with a past hoop to tie it at 18. The first quarter ends with a dunk from Sima after an alley-oop pass from Montero.
MINUTE 8: MORE MISTAKES THAN SUCCESS IN BADALONA (13-16)
Good defensive pressure from Penya on Álvaro Cárdenas, who lost two balls almost in a row. Between Birgander and Rubio they put Joventut within two, but now Cárdenas is right with his triple. Lucky basket by Morin after his shot bounced off the rim, went up very high and ended up going in.
MINUTE 6: LA PENYA IMPROVES ITS DEFENSE (5-11)
Hanga breaks the visitors’ partial with a dunk from a pass from Hunt. Joventut must close the rebound better because Valencia has just taken three offensive players. Good defense now from Penya, which forces their rival to exhaust possession. The errors of both teams return
MINUTE 4: VALENCIA TAKES COMMAND (3-11)
Many failures by both teams in their attacks, the pressure weighs on this start of the match. Pradilla has to go to the bench with two fouls, Braxton Key replaces him. De Larrea is not fine, he has already missed three triples, Badio takes over. Valencia’s 0-8 partial with a basket from Sako and two triples in a row – he already has three – from Montero. For Dani Miret
MINUTE 2: STARTING BALANCE IN THE OLYMPIC (3-3)
Ricky Rubio’s basket to start but Montero’s immediate response with a triple. Ricky penetrates again but now takes De Larrea’s block. Montero tries a trick by serving from the offensive baseline against the opponent’s back but his back layup does not go in. Ricky ties with a free throw.
THE MATCH START
THERE ARE ALREADY INITIAL QUINTETS
Rubio, Hunt, Kraag, Parker and Ruzic will start for Joventut.
In Valencia the starting quintet is made up of Montero, De Larrea, Taylor, Pradilla and Sako.
PRUDENCE OF PEDRO MARTÍNEZ DESPITE THE 2-0
“La Penya has shown that they can beat us and they certainly won’t give up the tie. As always, we will have to make small adjustments,” he said. Pedro Martinezcoach of Valencia, after the second game
THREE LOSSES IN VALENCIA, ONE IN JOVENTUT
Pedro Martínez has three confirmed casualties (López-Arostegui, Port and Reuvers) but its staff is long enough and of sufficient quality to overcome that problem. On the part of Joventut the only loss is that of Ante Tomicwho will not play again until next season.
EIGHT FOLLOWING VICTORIES FOR VALENCIA
Valencia, which has won its four playoff games and the last eight of the domestic competition, aspires to resolve the series quickly.
“A DIFFERENT STORY”
“The third game at the Olímpic will be a completely different story, we will compete better and we will be more physical,” warned the coach of the green-and-black team. Dani Miretafter Friday’s defeat in the second game (90-76). La Penya had no option in that second round, unlike what happened in the first, when they dominated a good part of the match and the extra time to end up falling by 118-117 in a heart-stopping ending. A missed free throw by Cameron Hunt 37 seconds into regulation time could have changed history as it would have put the green and black up four and would have made Pradilla’s subsequent triple that forced overtime insufficient (105-105).
15-3 AND MORE THAN TWO MONTHS WITHOUT LOSING AT HOME
The green-and-black team has a notable record of 15-3 at home and has not lost in front of its home crowd for more than two months.
THE YOUTH DOES NOT LOSE FAITH
Joventut missed a great opportunity to take home advantage from Valencia Basket at the Roig Arena, but despite being 2-0 down from Levantine lands, the black and green team still thinks that reaching the final is still possible. To do so, they cling to the precedent of the quarter-finals, in which they lost 1-0 against the Baskonia with home court factor against, and good performance at home against Valencia Basket, whom they have beaten in seven of their last nine visits to Badalonaincluding this season (90-87).
THE JOVENTUT SEEKS TO STRETCH THE SEMI-FINAL
Good afternoon! Welcome to the live narration of the third match of the Endesa League semi-final series that they are playing Valencia Basket and Asisa Joventut and that the Taronja team dominates 2-0 after the first two games played at the Roig Arena.
The match will be played at Palau Olímpic de Badalona from the 8:00 p.m..
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