El Joventut Badalona had a feast in the debut of the Endesa League against the current runner-up UCAM Murcia (91-76) in a clash that the green and black dominated from start to finish. The escort Kassius Robertson, with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists He was the best player of the match.
Ante Tomic (l) and Ennis (d) during the match between Joventut de Badalona and UCAM Murcia.
The green and black started the match quite successful in attack under the direction of Guillem Vives and the internal dominance of Ante Tomic (8-4, min. 3). UCAM Murcia tried to react hand in hand with Simon Birganderbut two consecutive baskets of Yannick Kraag they put the maximum momentary in the luminous (16-8, min. 5).
La Peña steps on the accelerator
Sito Alonso had to stop the game quicklybut this stoppage did not make his team react, rather Penya continued to widen the difference. A buzzer-beating three-pointer by Kassius Robertson made the score 28-16 at the end of the first quarter. La Penya continued with sixth gear on the accelerator at the beginning of the second period with an intractable Artem Pustovyi under hoops (30-16, min. 12).
Garcia (i) and Ante Tomic (d) during the match between Joventut and UCAM Murcia.
That’s when UCAM Murcia’s reaction came thanks to the success of Rodions Kurucs from long distance (38-29, min. 16)which caused Dani Miret to time out. The final stretch of the first half closed with an exchange of simple baskets between both teams that culminated with a Dylan Ennis layup at the buzzer to reach halftime with the score at 50-43.
Sito Alonso, disqualified
At the restart, UCAM Murcia continued with the good version shown in the final stretch of the first half and reduced the deficit with more points from Jonah Radebaugh (54-40, min. 22). With four minutes left in the third quarter, the visiting coach Sito Alonso left disqualified after seeing his second technical foul in the game.
The UCAM Murcia coach, Sito Alonso, was disqualified.
The green and black took advantage of the situation of chaos for the Murcians to once again shoot their team up to ten ahead after a basket by Pustovyi (55-45, min. 28). However, four consecutive points from UCAM Murcia with a good Troy Caupain They left the match tied with the last ten minutes of the match remaining (67-61, min. 30).
Imperial Kassius Robertson
In the last period Joventut once again headed out with leads of over ten points thanks to the excellent direction of Devon Dotson, which was a headache for the Murcian defense. an imperial Kassius Robertson in attack with several consecutive points and a triple Kaiser Gates sealed the match with three minutes remaining (84-71, min. 37). La Penya knew how to hold on to the lead until the end and took a creditable first victory in the Endesa League by 91-76 against UCAM Murcia.
Technical sheet
91. Joventut Badalona (28+22+17+24): Vives (5), Dotson (13), Kraag (8), Gates (8), Tomic (16) -initial five-; Busquets (4), Ribas (4), Pustovyi (6), Ruzic (2), Robertson (25) and Hanga (-).
78. UCAM Murcia (16+27+18+15): Hakanson (5), Ennis (16), Radebaugh (10), Brodziansky (4), Birgander (12) -cinco inicial-; Kurucs (15), Garcia (3), Caupain (2), Radovic (4), Todorovic (5) y Diagné (-).
Referees: Benjamín Jiménez, Alfonso Olivares and Rubén Sánchez Mohedas. Visiting coach Sito Alonso was disqualified for two technical fouls (min. 26).
Incidents: Match corresponding to the first day of the Endesa League played at the Palau Municipal d’Esports in Badalona in front of 5,137 spectators.
