Photos by Juanjo Cavalcante
Only on the first date of the contest was the ruling established that indicates that parity will be one of the condiments of the duels in Region 1 of the Federal League. And if you add to that the presence of fans who usually have a leading role in the soundtrack of the game, there is a guaranteed atmosphere.
Atalaya and Regatas de San Nicolás did not give away a good basketball game, but they did lavish intensity and ambition to win, which led to an emotional duel, which had a permanent swing of dominance, depending on the scoring bursts of one and the other , but also from the unforced errors they made.
Atalaya established an early advantage from the patience to attack the zone that the visit proposed, but that choice of searching for space did not always translate into effectiveness. Then, when Regatas tidied up his transfer a bit, he was able to find a path to goal in the three-point effectiveness, especially with Ingratta.
However, the good income from Rava and Borches brought Azul the change of pace and goals they needed. Atalaya “closed” his board with good team defense (Yanson is the only intern but they gave him a hand) and established an interesting difference against an opponent who continued to suffer from losses and was left without a goal.
At that point the game was gaining temperature inside and outside and the unsportsmanlike and technical furrowed the air.
Atalaya was left without a goal from long distance (0 of 9 in the third quarter) but when Yanson began to break the zone with his shot from 5 meters, Dastugue switched to individual defense knowing that Repetti’s centimeters could reach him to dominate the boards . The intern took 16 rebounds and self-generated situations to unbalance.
Regatas understood the business, as old as this sport: down ball for the center game or offload to the perimeter when the defense crumples against the basket. Repetti’s dominance near the basket and Pato Rodríguez’s fine hand did the rest to get a defining advantage. Atalaya had room to attempt the miracle only because Regatas lost two dozen balls, but Azul was unable to accomplish the feat and was frustrated between the inexperience of closing and the inexorable evolution of the clock. It was 70 to 66 for the visit.
SYNTHESIS
ATALAYA 66: Horacio Fascia 9, Santiago Orellano 6, Fernando Scalella 7, Brian Najnudel 7, Leandro Yanson 14 (fi), Santiago Palladino 1, Emanuel Rava 17, Joaquín Etchevarne 0, Juan José Borches 5. DT: Andrés Malajovich Farruggia.
REGATAS (SN) 70: Santiago López 9, Valentino Ingratta 9, Patricio Rodríguez 16, Nicolás Rodríguez 3, Federico Repetti 16 (fi), Nicolás Lemme 2, Sebastián Andollo 8, Rodrigo Noguera 7. DT: Pablo Dastugue.
ESTADIO: Alberto Ornati
REFEREES: Meza and Araujo
PARTIALS: 14/16, 36/31 and 47/45
