UCAM Murcia doubles its lead and stumps Unicaja

UCAM Murcia continues to write golden pages of its history, all of which are far from their field of activity. If he managed to make it to the semi-finals by winning two games on the Valencia court, he repeated the feat away from home and once again defiled the once impregnable Martin Carpena, leaving himself just one win away from reaching the final. of the Endesa League this Saturday beat the sad Unicaja, which was again defeated by an opponent who was again infinitely superior.

Sito Alonso’s team brought Unicaja to the brink of desperation again, using the same weapons they had used 48 hours earlier in the same scenario. impeccable zone defense, excellent rebounding, fast and choral play with Ennis and Hakansson playing and showing their best snipers. A plan that succeeded and turned the inhabitants of Malaga into vulgar, unknown and with the feeling that their best players Osetkowski, Perry, Kravish, Carter, Djedovic and company are steeped in basketball

. That’s what it felt like. UCAM wins with a score of 0:2 and holds a match in its pavilion to two victories and advances to the final. In last year’s Euroleague match against Partizan, there was no case of a Real Madrid-style comeback. And what’s more, I saw a great UCAM moment where everyone was colossal. 21 points for Rodion Kuruch, 16 for Leva, 15 for Morin or 14 for Hakanson. That, and an imperial second half in which UCAM, down 45-44 at the break, gave a one-man show with a brutal partial: 38-57 and scored 101 points on the court of League leader Endesa.

History repeats itself

Alberto Diaz said Unicaja “learned its lesson” a defeat he had not counted on. For the first time in a long time, the people of Malaga had to fight against the tide and against the weight of favoritism that was closing them down. The most optimistic thought that the puncture was an “accident” and that the green and purple team would emerge from the second in despair.

The first quarter retained the scenario of the previous match. Sito Alonso once again realized the famous zone that cost his opponent so much suffering. After Perry’s first hit, UCAM continued to lead the match thanks to the success of Hakanson, Rodion Kurucs and Morin, who wreaked havoc under the boards. Ibon takes his first time out at the 6th minute due to a score that is starting to cause concern. 9-18.

Unicaja, with a lot of nerves and excessive speed, lost balls, which contributed to Murcia’s fast and successful attacks.with the fact that he remained ahead (25-33 min. 13). Finding the perfect field goal team was an adventure, so Unicaja looked for a Plan B with an inside game and looked for Yankuba Sima. The squared defense defeats the varsity students and Kendrick Perry hits a three to tie the game at 35. Cito Alonso timeout. It’s 17 minutes now.

At 19′ Unicaja takes the lead (40-39).. This happened for the first time since Perry went 2-0 for the first time. Nerves frayed, Morin takes a blow that leaves him bleeding and receives a technical for an excessive gesture that the judges don’t like. The score grows to 43-39. Soon after this, Jelinek premiered. Halftime came, with all the excitement in the world, the score was 45-44. Eight points from Osetkowski and eleven from Morin.

UCAM interrupts the match

Once resumed, the give-and-take continued as long as UCAN wanted, and they worked hard, efficiently, diligently and with great basketball. Kalinoski, deactivated in attack and diluted in the defensive duel with Ennis, UCAM again takes the safety cushion (56-65 min. 24). Again threes from Leva, Rodion Kuruch and Hakanson, punishing from the outside. Ibon Navarro timeout. The partial score is 11-21 and the feeling is that Unicaja is hurt. UCAM plays from memory. Hakanson makes it 58-70 with another three (min. 28). Karpena turns off. The Unicaja blackout is colossal (61-75 min. 30), and Kuruc breaks the rhythm set by the smart Ennis and Hakanson. Partial, destructive, 16-31. The third periods were the specialty of Unicaja. In this case it was his death.

Unicaja has only an epic left to make possible what seems impossibleAnd. Unicaja is non-aggressive on defense, effective at rebounding and deadly on the three-point line. All these merits belong to UCAM, which, with its strategy, digested the group of the BCL champion, who was forced by his opponent to improvise a different strategy, because his own was not enough. Not with the new one either. Capena’s three made the score scandalous 65-80 (min. 33). It’s been a long time since the Unicaja team lost so much on their field. in front of his people, who could not believe the trouble that his opponent was causing him, playing at a very high level (68-83).

Some of Alberto Diaz’s attacks evoke a hint of a reaction that was not forthcoming. UCAM’s performance continued to be outstanding and Santa Roos’ goal with three minutes remaining brought the score to an impossible 73-88. While Unicaja was distracted, UCAM finished easily and passed 100 points, one step away from achieving something as incredible as it deserved.

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