Sarmiento could not become strong in his redoubt and fell 78 to 74 against Regatas Resistencia, in a match valid for the fifth day of the NEA Zone of the Federal Basketball League, played before another large audience in the Dean “Raúl Alejo” micro-stadium Gronda”.
The locals paid dearly for the gaps in their level of play and were left with nothing against a concentrated and even rowing team that, with Juan Ignacio González as a great figure (25 points and 9 rebounds), took a great victory in Sarmientista territory.
The match
During the first half of the opening quarter, it can be said that there was only one team on court: Regatas. Highly efficient, even from the perimeter with three 3-pointers, he quickly took a 17-2 lead in just over 4 minutes of play. Sarmiento did not react from the start, and despite rehearsing a small comeback, the visitors closed the first quarter up 24-12, with a great collective effort.
The second set, Sarmiento was another. Through an intense and seasoned game, and with a great collective commitment to score and face the attacks, the local equalized at 28 when the second half of the quarter was going, after a triple by Spagnoli and the great contribution of Pato Aranda. From then on, parity was maintained. In Regatas, González stood up for his team; while the locals, with a lot of group commitment and a huge score by Álvarez, came to the fore seconds before closing and arrived at halftime with Sarmiento winning 36-35.
The parity was maintained at the beginning of the third episode, to the point that they lent themselves the leadership of the scorer until reaching the last 5 minutes of the fourth. But in the second half of the quarter, always with González as the flag, Regatas took advantage of the intermittence of the venue and put in a streak of 22-3, to reach the last 10 minutes of the match, with Regatas winning 64-47.
In the last quarter, Sarmiento came out to sell his defeat dearly, and pushed by his own people, managed to get close to the scoreboard, but when it seemed that he could, the young rowing team managed to withstand the onslaught and score in key moments of closing to keep a triumph by 78 to 74, in a redoubt where it is not always easy to win for the visitors.
SYNTHESIS
Sarmiento (74): Leónidas Del Castillo 0, Bruno Álvarez 20, Jano Karabatian 3, Mauro Coronel 4 and Patricio Aranda 19 (FI). Tiago Gronda 5, Patricio Barral 2, Fabricio Spagnoli 14, Ignacio Encinas 7. DT: Eric Rovner.
Regattas (78): Maximiliano Barrios 12, Emiliano Giménez Gibezzi 6, Fernando Margosa 14, Juan González 25, Renzo Olivetti 6 (FI). Franco Andreatta 0, Federico Hoferek 0, Fabricio Djurjevic 0, Alex Soria 11, Walter Puebla Cristoff 4. DT: Juan Vargas.
Partials: 12/24, 36/35 (11/24), 47/64 (11/29), 74/78 (14/27).
Judges: Diego Acuña and Gonzalo Michelin.
Technical Commissioner: Alejandra Moreno.
Stadium: Raúl Alejo Gronda.
