81-59. Victory for Burgos to qualify for the playoffs / San Pablo Burgos

Longuevida San Pablo Burgos advances to the LEB Oro playoff series against UEMC Real Valladolid Baloncesto after a collective victory in which all players scored and thanks to a powerful push from the stands of the Coliseum. Hota Kushiner’s team knew how to control the match until they achieved the final victory. The second round of quarterfinal play will take place on Sunday at Burgos.

The start of the game was for UEMC Real Valladolid Baloncesto, who found their best options with Lotanna Nwogbo dominating at the rim (5-9). Burgos’ team relied on good work from Micah Speight to go up 18-16. The appearance of Alex Barrera and Dusan Ristic, as well as the spirit of the Coliseum stands, strengthened the locals, who increased their lead, action after action, until they reached a maximum lead of 15 points, with a basket from Gonzalo Corbalan that sealed 16 points. -0 partial to end the first quarter (31-16).

Barrera’s threes early in the second period allowed Burgos’ team to extend its best lead to 20 points (38-18). Valladolid’s team fought to get back into the game and went the distance with a score of 2-9 (40-27). An exchange of blows by the break left the fight in the hands of the Cuspinera team (45-33).

Gonzalo Corbalan and Luke Fischer took the offensive reins after returning from the locker room and added an 8-0 run to once again extend the lead (55-35). The Argentine and American led the attack of Longuevida San Pablo Burgos, which set a new high of 23 points (62-39), briefly reduced at the end of the third period (62-41).

By the final quarter, the advantage of the local residents was increased to 25 points (68-43). Hervé Kabasele and Nwogbo put up a battle for the visitors (75-57), but the effort was not enough to give UEMC Real Valladolid Baloncesto any real chance of fighting back in contention. Thus, Longuevida San Pablo Burgos achieved its first victory in the LEB Oro playoffs at the Coliseum (81-59).

Burgos’ team will play their second game of the LEB Oro playoffs against UEMC Real Valladolid Baloncesto on Sunday, May 19, at 19:15 at the Coliseum Stadium.

Data sheet

81 – Longevity of San Pablo Burgos: Mika Speight (8), Gonzalo Corbalan (17), Millan Jimenez (10), Siim-Sander Vene (3) and Luke Fischer (6) – starting five – Edin Atich (4), Alex Barrera (6), Roko Rogic ( 6), Jonathan Kasibabu (7), Ignacio Rosa (8), Dusan Ristic (6), Miha Lapornik (-).

59 – UEMC Real Valladolid Basketball: Jaan Puidet (-), Devin Schmidt (7), Juan Garcia-Abril (4), Sergio de la Fuente (7) and Lotanna Nwogbo (18) – starting five – Romaric Belemen (-), Lucas N’Guessan (2) , Jaime Fernandez (4), Herve Kabasele (8), Mai Kovacevic (2), Martynas Zigmantavicius (7), Juan Lambas Vivancos (-).

Numbers: 31-16; 14-17; 17-8; 19-18.

Judges: Jacobo Rial, Sandra Sanchez and Pablo Rodriguez.

Incidents: The match, corresponding to the first day of the LEB Oro playoffs, was played at the Coliseum in front of 8,169 spectators.

Jota Kustinera post-match press conference

Post-match press conference by Paco Garcia

Post-match press conferences (on YouTube)