A special basketball noon for the protagonists of INVICTUS Sports Group of Spain, all together on court. Starting from LEB Oro, where Zan Tabak's CB Sant Josep Girona played on the court of Caceres, and continuing with ACB, where Xavi Pascual's Regal FC Barcelona played at home against Lucentum Alicante, Roger Grimau's Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao and Sito Alonso's Lagun Aro GBC fronted each other and Pervis Pasco's CAI Zaragoza played on the court of Cajasol Sevilla. Let's see in details what happened court by court...
LEB Oro, G18
ZAN TABAK - CB Sant Josep Girona was defeated for 93-75 on the road by Caceres, who revenged the loss of the first round of LEB Oro, when Tabak's players won for 87-72. Caceres reached Girona to the same 9-9 record, and now the two teams share the 8th and 9th places of the ranking. No matter the loss, Girona is living a very positive moment with 4 wins and 2 losses in the last 6 games, despite of the tough financial situation of the club that risked to compromise the season, but in last days the club announced that finally the payments will be solved and the situation will come back to normality.
ACB, G15
XAVI PASCUAL - After losing "El Clàsico" on the court of Real Madrid and being reached by its historical rival but also by Unicaja Malaga and Caja Laboral at the first place of the ranking on a four teams tie with 11-3, Regal FC Barcelona immediately came back to win. With a strong 65-49 home victory against Lucentum Alicante, winning every partial (15-11, 16-9, 15-13, 19-16) and of course every period (15-11, 31-20, 46-33, 65-49), Xavi's team improved its record to 12-3, as well as Real Madrid, and now - after Unicaja's loss - they will wait this evening for the result of FIATC Joventut-Caja Laboral to know if they will stay in two or three teams sharing the top of the ranking.
ROGER GRIMAU vs SITO ALONSO - What a sensational, emotional game! And what a thrilling final, with Sito Alonso's Lagun Aro winning this "Baskonian derby" in overtime on the court of Roger Grimau's Gescrap Bilbao for 87-93. The game was extremely balanced and fighted, with Lagun Aro leading just by 1 at 10' (17-18) and by 2 at halftime (40-42), but Bilbao reacted with a strong +9 in the third period with the 24-15 break to take the lead for 64-57. But Sito Alonso's players played a sensational fourth period, with the 14-21 break to delete Bilbao's lead and bring the game to the 78-78 and sent it to the overtime! And in the decisive 5', it was just Lagun Aro to play stronger, winning the partial for 9-15 and finally the game. Roger Grimau played 21', scoring 12 points (1/7 from 2pt, but 2/2 from 3pt and 4/4 from ft) and adding 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 11 of ranking. It continues the difficult moment for Bilbao in ACB, with a negative 5-9 record for the 12th place (and one more game to recover), while the taem just conquered a historical qualification to the Top 16 of Euroleague. Viceversa Sito Alonso lead the team from San Sebastian to conquest the 5th win in a row, increasing the team record from 2-8 to 7-8 and the ranking from the 17th to the 9th place! Once more, he is the "game hero"!
PERVIS PASCO - CAI Zaragoza lost on the court of Cajasol Sevilla for 77-64, suffering for all the first half (25-22 at 10', then 42-37 at halftime) but reacting in the third period with a strong 12-21 break to take the lead for 53-58. But a terrible black out in the fourth period cost the 23-6 negative break and, for sure, the loss. Now, CAI has a 7-7 record (with one more game to play) as 8th placed, and was just overcrossed by Cajasol Sevilla with 8-7 at 7th place. Arrived just at the half of December, Pervis Pasco still has got to fit the team, and after the positive performance of last game, this team he suffered as well as his team, closing his 9'30" on the court with 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal.
LEB Oro, G18
ZAN TABAK - CB Sant Josep Girona was defeated for 93-75 on the road by Caceres, who revenged the loss of the first round of LEB Oro, when Tabak's players won for 87-72. Caceres reached Girona to the same 9-9 record, and now the two teams share the 8th and 9th places of the ranking. No matter the loss, Girona is living a very positive moment with 4 wins and 2 losses in the last 6 games, despite of the tough financial situation of the club that risked to compromise the season, but in last days the club announced that finally the payments will be solved and the situation will come back to normality.
ACB, G15
XAVI PASCUAL - After losing "El Clàsico" on the court of Real Madrid and being reached by its historical rival but also by Unicaja Malaga and Caja Laboral at the first place of the ranking on a four teams tie with 11-3, Regal FC Barcelona immediately came back to win. With a strong 65-49 home victory against Lucentum Alicante, winning every partial (15-11, 16-9, 15-13, 19-16) and of course every period (15-11, 31-20, 46-33, 65-49), Xavi's team improved its record to 12-3, as well as Real Madrid, and now - after Unicaja's loss - they will wait this evening for the result of FIATC Joventut-Caja Laboral to know if they will stay in two or three teams sharing the top of the ranking.
ROGER GRIMAU vs SITO ALONSO - What a sensational, emotional game! And what a thrilling final, with Sito Alonso's Lagun Aro winning this "Baskonian derby" in overtime on the court of Roger Grimau's Gescrap Bilbao for 87-93. The game was extremely balanced and fighted, with Lagun Aro leading just by 1 at 10' (17-18) and by 2 at halftime (40-42), but Bilbao reacted with a strong +9 in the third period with the 24-15 break to take the lead for 64-57. But Sito Alonso's players played a sensational fourth period, with the 14-21 break to delete Bilbao's lead and bring the game to the 78-78 and sent it to the overtime! And in the decisive 5', it was just Lagun Aro to play stronger, winning the partial for 9-15 and finally the game. Roger Grimau played 21', scoring 12 points (1/7 from 2pt, but 2/2 from 3pt and 4/4 from ft) and adding 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 11 of ranking. It continues the difficult moment for Bilbao in ACB, with a negative 5-9 record for the 12th place (and one more game to recover), while the taem just conquered a historical qualification to the Top 16 of Euroleague. Viceversa Sito Alonso lead the team from San Sebastian to conquest the 5th win in a row, increasing the team record from 2-8 to 7-8 and the ranking from the 17th to the 9th place! Once more, he is the "game hero"!
PERVIS PASCO - CAI Zaragoza lost on the court of Cajasol Sevilla for 77-64, suffering for all the first half (25-22 at 10', then 42-37 at halftime) but reacting in the third period with a strong 12-21 break to take the lead for 53-58. But a terrible black out in the fourth period cost the 23-6 negative break and, for sure, the loss. Now, CAI has a 7-7 record (with one more game to play) as 8th placed, and was just overcrossed by Cajasol Sevilla with 8-7 at 7th place. Arrived just at the half of December, Pervis Pasco still has got to fit the team, and after the positive performance of last game, this team he suffered as well as his team, closing his 9'30" on the court with 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal.
