Only three teams out of the 28 that make up Group B, Real Madrid, NCS Alcobendas and Lujisa Guadalajara Basket, with four wins in as many games, face the next day of competition undefeated.
In the fourth there was a duel of undefeated in the BA subgroup. In Valdebebas, Real Madrid prevailed by a lofty 85-46 over Majadahonda, who only stood up to the Whites’ subsidiary in the first quarter. Among the keys, the mastery of the rebound. A total of 47 (16 offensive and 31 defensive) captured the Whites’ subsidiary against 30 (12 offensive and 18 defensive) their rival.
In the BA subgroup, Cabezuelo CB Socuéllamos was also unbeaten, conceding the first loss of the season to CB Getafe by 71-61, in a match that the people from Madrid dominated in the first three quarters, the last being for the Castilian-Manchegos, but without to overcome the advantage acquired by the locals.
While in the BA subgroup only Real Madrid remains undefeated, which continues to lead the table, in the BB they are with four out of four NCS Alcobendas, at the top of the table, and Lujisa Guadalajara Basket. Alcobendas beat CB La Matanza (70-61) who were punished by a poor third quarter (11/20) and Guadalajara Basket beat CB Valsequillo (74-65), both at home.
In the BA subgroup, CB Socuéllamos is second and Uros de Rivas third, who beat Estudio 46-62. Guadalajara Basket is second in the BB subgroup and CB Fuenlabrada, third. This day the subsidiary of Fuenla beat Jofemesa ADC Boadilla by 90-73.
Thirteen matches were played on the fourth day of competition as Doña Ramoncita CB La Solana-CB Aridane was postponed to December 6. On Twitter, the Canarian team explains that “the flight that took our EBA League team to Madrid has been canceled due to weather conditions and the game postponed to December 6.”
This day five Madrid derbies were played: in the BA, Estudio-Unos de Rivas (46-62), Real Madrid-Majadahonda (85-46) and Spanish Basket Academy-Baloncesto Alcalá (75-101), and in the BB. CB Fuenlabrada-Jofemesa ADC Boadilla (90-73) and BT (Basket Torrelodones)-Sun Chlorella Dragons (74-80). There were no direct confrontations between the teams from Castilla-La Mancha and the Canary Islands.
The best
In individual performances, the most outstanding player of the BA subgroup and MVP of the fourth day was Álvaro Peter Biersackof Basketball Alcala, 30 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 recoveries for a PIR of 41. The power forward was also, with 30 points, the top scorer.
In the BB subgroup the most outstanding and therefore MVP was Kedar Nkosiof Tobarra Gasóleos Sánchez and Murcia, 41 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 recoveries and 12 fouls received for a PIR of 52. The Jamaican guard, with 41 points, was also the top scorer. Nkosi is the first player to repeat weekly MVP -he already achieved it on the second day- and the first to break the 50-point barrier.
Two games with MVP
Movistar Students lost to Tobarra
Movistar Estudiantes lost 76-66 to Tobarra Gasóleos Sánchez and Murcia in an even match, although with the initiative of the local team led by Kedar Nkosi, who scored 41 points, more than half of the Castilian-Manchego team’s total.
Students started with solvency, concentrated and with fast attacks. But after a partial start of 2-9, Tobarra reduced the difference and closed the first quarter with a minimal advantage, 18-17 on the scoreboard. Tobarra pressed in the second quarter, taking the initiative. He adjusted the defenses and led in attack by an effective Nkosi who did not stop adding, he went into the break with 39-32 in his favor.
Upon returning from the changing rooms, Movistar Estudiantes tried to leave as at the beginning, but it could not be… The schoolboys tried unsuccessfully to stop Knosi, who, very inspired from a long distance, continued adding points to the Castilian-Manchego team. At the end of the third quarter, 58-48 on the scoreboard.
Despite the comfortable lead of 10 points with which Tobarra entered the last quarter, Estu did not make it easy for him. Without lowering his arms, he continued to fight for each ball and each possession, reducing the difference to six points. But the castellanomanchegos knew how to manage the advantage and ended up taking the match 76-66.
Tobarra CB got the first victory of the season headlines its chronicle The Tribune of Albacete and adds that the team led by Juan González “defeated Estudiantes after a game in which they took the initiative.” The digital highlights that Nkosi “signed another stratospheric game in terms of numbers” and also the great game played by the “veteran local player Juanda”.
It was “a want and not being able to during the 40 minutes” says in the chronicle published by Movistar Estudiantes, the subsidiary’s coach, Sergio Jimenezwho stresses that “away from home we are playing badly” and “we have to improve a lot if we want to get victories”, because if not “we are going to have a bad time”.
“We started well, playing the first few minutes quite concentrated, with a good start” says the coach, Sergio Jiménez, but from minute 4/5 “we left their best player very loose” and then it was “very difficult to stop him”.
In addition, “we began not to share the ball, to make bad decisions, especially in easy situations that we had talked about that we had to complete,” adds Sergio, which made “they grow a little on the scoreboard, in the game and in believing they could win.”
In the second half, Kedar Knosi “continued to be quite inspired from long distance and generating from foul situations,” says the coach, and “we didn’t know how to find the time to stop him” and when “we did, other players appeared who took weight in the match”.
Tobarra’s coach, Juan Gonzalez Cano Kedar Nkosi’s performance stands out, “from the beginning -he tells us- he already defined himself as the team’s main offensive option”. He states that in the second half “there were some inaccuracies and errors by both teams and in the final minutes the difference narrowed to 6 points”, but Movistar Estudiantes “did not manage to turn the score around, which ended with 10 points up for the locals.”
First victory that remains in Tobarra, says the coach, who congratulates the team and thanks the fans for their support.
The rebound, key in Alcalá’s victory against Spanish Basketball Academy
Mastery of the rebound was key to the resounding 75-101 victory of Baloncesto Alcalá against the newly promoted Spanish Basketball Academy, which was hampered by a poor second quarter in which it scored half the points of its rival. Basketball Alcalá captured 42 rebounds (14 offensive and 28 defensive) to 27 (9 offensive and 18 defensive) for Spanish Basket Academy.
It was the fourth day “for ours and with the home wins box still empty, the victory away from home was necessary” says the chronicle published by Baloncesto Alcalá. “Ours with numerous casualties, but with the game plan well learned, they jumped onto the field wanting to please and please our ever-present public, who accompanied us” to the game, he adds.
According to the chronicle, the Alcalá Basketball players came out “with a well-adjusted point of view and based on triples, they put the first advantages on the scoreboard” and little by little and “thanks to the mastery of the defensive rebound, ours were putting land in between and the advantages were increasing each time until reaching +17 at the break” (28-45).
The second half did not have much defensive showiness, he stresses, which meant that the points on the scoreboard for both teams “soared and thanks to the superiority of our team, the advantage grew more and more”.
In the end, 75-101, which places Basketball Alcalá in the middle of the table, who will travel to Tenerife the next day “to face Náutico”.
