75-91. To the Final Four!!! / San Pablo Burgos

Longuevida San Pablo Burgos will be in the Final Four again for promotion to the ACB. Burgos’ team, with excellent support from the fans at the Pisuerga Sports Center, beat UEMC Real Valladolid Baloncesto in a match in which they masterfully dominated the first half and fought well in the second to eventually win the third. The triumph of the series. Jota Custinera’s men are through to the final four for promotion after a superb 3-0 result in the LEB Oro play-off match.

The intensity of Longuevida San Pablo Burgos dominated the opening stages at the Pisuerga Sports Center. Burgos’ side went up 1-9 in less than two minutes and took their first maximum of nine points thanks to the brilliant Micah Speight (3-12). The locals tried to recover under the leadership of Devin Schmidt (13-17), but the visitors were solid and kept the margin under control (19-27). Valladolid’s three ended the first quarter (22-27).

In steamroller mode, Burgos’ team started the second quarter with a score of 0-7, thanks to Alex Barrera and Dusan Ristic (22-34). The good news continued for the guests, who saw the return of Miha Lapornik to the site after injury. In a few excellent minutes from Edin Atich, the recovered Slovenian increased his lead to 15 points (27-42). From the outside, Ignacio Rosa set a new high of 18 points (29-47). An exchange of baskets left the reins of the match in the hands of Longuevida San Pablo Burgos at the break (38-54).

Back in the dressing room, Cuspinera’s team clung to good work from Millan Jimenez, which culminated with Speight and Fischer extending their maximum lead to 19 points (44-63). Herve Cabasele and Sergio de la Fuente tried to bring UEMC Real Valladolid Baloncesto (53-65) back into the game, but Gonzalo Corbalan maintained a big lead for the Burgos team (53-70), which took the lead at the end of the third inning. quarter (56 -70).

Jonathan Kasibabu’s points early in the final period allowed all Burgos players to contribute to a partial victory (61-77). Schmidt and Kabasele played for the Valladolid team, which was close to the electronics (69-80). The guests stopped this with a timeout, from which they came out stronger (69-85). Now the locals asked for a break in the fight, who, despite everything, could not prevent Longuevide San Pablo Burgos from winning at the Pisuerga Sports Center with a basket from captain Alex Barrera (75-91).

The Burgos team has thus secured its pass to the LEB Oro Final Four, where it will continue its path to qualifying for the ACB with a semi-final against ICG Força Lleida, which will take place on the weekend of June 8th and 9th, at a venue yet to be determined.

Data sheet

75 – UEMC Real Valladolid Basketball: Jaan Puidet (4), Devin Schmidt (20), Juan Garcia-Abril (-), Sergio de la Fuente (16) and Lotanna Nwogbo (6) – starting five – Romaric Belemene (-), Lucas N’Guessan (3) , Jaime Fernandez (3), Herve Kabasele (14), Mai Kovacevic (9), Diego Muzquiz (-).

91 – Longevity of San Pablo Burgos: Mika Speight (10), Gonzalo Corbalan (9), Millan Jimenez (12), Siim-Sander Vene (5) and Luke Fischer (6) – starting five – Alex Barrera (9), Ignacio Rosa (8), Jonathan Kasibabu ( 6), Roko Rogic (1), Dusan Ristic (17), Edin Atic (6), Miha Lapornik (2).

Numbers: 22-27; 16-27; 18-16; 19-21.

Judges: Enrique Miguel Lopez, Asier Quintas and Daniel Checa.

Incidents: The match, corresponding to the third day of the LEB Oro playoffs, took place at the Pisuerga Sports Center in the presence of more than 600 Burgos fans. The match started fifteen minutes late due to an incident with the scoreboard.

Jota Kustinera post-match press conference

Post-match press conference by Paco Garcia