The Eternal was left with a game fought by the National League, which lost it by 22 points. He did not lower his arms and with the experience of his players he pushed them forward and won 85-90; after equalizing at 78. The tandem Ricks and Alessio were key to reversing the score. In the Celeste, Johnson scored 26pts.
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The night had started very favorably for Oberá Tenis Club (OTC) that showed a great collective game, scoring in the painted zone with Robinson and from the perimeter with Fernández and Johnson; that were on fire and couldn’t be controlled by Riachuelo‘s defense, that run was 30-10.
Then, little by little, the people of La Rioja began to recover. The income of Sánchez, Ricks and Alessio gave the team another air and dynamism. In the average of the quarter, they had already shortened the distance to 9 points, clinging to a defense that only allowed 2 units and scored 13.
Celeste couldn’t find the fluidity he had shown. Johnson suffered from Riachuelo’s mark, and the shots from the perimeter did not go in anymore. Only the painted area paid off with Givens and Robinson.
The quarter ended 14-23 with the board 44-33 in favor of OTC.
After the long break, the visitors led by Farabello improved their performance; with the experience of its players, it was controlling some determining aspects. They quickly made the place full of fouls and thus take advantage to shorten differences. Safar appeared with a bomb to get closer and Ricks gradually became more determined.
Fabio Demti’s team was betting on the hands of the North American Johnson, as well as on Fernández’s penetrations, which gave him breathing space in the score that he cut to one digit, 66-61 (12-17).
The next ten minutes of play were very intense, with errors and tension in each attack by both teams.
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Riachuelo continued to improve their performance, found a couple of shots from the perimeter with Alessio and Safar that allowed them to stay within one possession, with the board 74-72 and a new streak took them ahead 74-76; to go forward for the first time at night.
The scoring was cut in both hoops, when it seemed that the visit was keeping it thanks to a double by Sánchez, with only 4.6 seconds remaining, OTC put together an offensive with Johnson who scored the two points to equalize at 78 and take the game to overtime. .
In extra time, the visitors played better, continued to improve their performance, were more effective and managed to win that part 7-12 to win the game 85-90.
