Defeat of the yellow team against a La Laguna Tenerife that gave no option today.
The most anticipated match began, the great Canarian derby. Dreamland Gran Canaria and La Laguna Tenerife took to the track for the win. Lakovic’s team started with a starting quintet made up of Andrew Albicy, Joe Thomasson, Nico Brussino, John Shurna and Mike Tobey. The interiors inaugurated the bright. Tobey made a three-pointer and Fran Guerra responded. The Laguneros gained distance from beyond the arc, with two consecutive triples (8-2, minute 3), while the Gran Canaria team could not find solutions on offense. The success of three was being key in La Laguna Tenerife, registering a 3/3 so far. Nico Brussino, with a quality individual action, broke the yellow team’s bad streak, but Vidorreta’s team held on to a +9 on the scoreboard. The game reached the final minutes with a score of 16-7 for the Laguneros, and Carlos Alocén completed a sensational pass to make it 16-9. First ten minutes, 20-12 for the Tenerife team, an entire derby ahead.
Second quarter at Santiago Martín, 22-12, comfortable advantage in the first stages of the quarter. Dreamland Gran Canaria continued to have many problems on offense, adding only twelve points so far, and after 24-12, Jaka Lakovic had to call a timeout again. The advantage continued to grow on Vidorreta’s side, and Dreamland Gran Canaria had to try to wake up as soon as possible. Pierre Pelos brought his team to eleven after a triple (26-15) and Caleb returned to the fray with two more points. Little by little, Jaka Lakovic’s men went into another gear. John Shurna did his thing and scored a 3+1 and Andrew Albicy made it 28-25. Many emotions in the final stretch of the first half. The yellow team was approaching, but those from La Laguna responded quickly from the perimeter. Intensity and a lot of tension. The end of the first half arrived, 39-32 and the teams went to the locker room at the Santiago Martín Pavilion.
Teams on track and still twenty minutes ahead. Jaka Lakovic’s men were going to try, by all means, to turn the situation around. Festival of triples in the first minutes, as Andrew and Pierre scored, and on the lagoon side Kramer responded. A lot of scoring and a lot of pace, Dreamland Gran Canaria was not going to give up, and after a new triple by Andrew Albicy, the result was 46-43. Maximum excitement, nerves on edge, the derby was back. Jaka Lakovic decided to make rotations to face the final stretch of the quarter, changing the game director. Caleb Homesley put his team within just two points (53-51) from the free throw. The score at the end of the third quarter was 61-55.
There were ten minutes left, Dreamland Gran Canaria was six down. Mike Tobey closed the distance with La Laguna Tenerife under the basket. At 69-56, Jaka Lakovic had to call a timeout again. The match was at a key moment, and after a new basket by the Laguneros, Jaka Lakovic called for a time-out again. Mike Tobey scored a 2+1 to get below the psychological barrier of ten points, but things were starting to get complicated for the yellows (75-64). In the final moments, Pierre Pelos scored a triple, but time was running out for Dreamland Gran Canaria.
The yellows were going to spend their last cartridges but, in the end, the derby stayed in Tenerife (84-74).
