Joventut crushes a deranged Lenovo

Joventut crushes a deranged Lenovo

Carles Durán's team recovers from the disappointment suffered in the 'Eurocup' and gets the 'Playoffs' on track

BARCELONA, 26 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Joventut beat Lenovo Tenerife this Thursday (100-68) in the first game of the 'Playoffs' for the 2021-2022 Endesa League title, a duel in which Carles Durán's men made up for it after the disappointment suffered in the 'Eurocup' and put the tie on track with excellent superiority, taking advantage of home court advantage.

In the first match for the best of three games, the 'verdinegro' side feasted in front of their fans and left a vulnerable Lenovo Tenerife with no options, without any options from the initial whistle.

The duel at the Olímpic in Badalona started with a clear dominance of the Catalan team. Carles Durán's men were able to take advantage of the inaccuracies of the people from Tenerife and finished the first quarter with a 20-point lead (27-7). The Lenovo was intimidated by an imperial Joventut, who found his strength in the line of three to distance himself on the scoreboard. In contrast, Canarias only scored 3 field goals out of 17.

The black-and-greens dominated loss control and left Lenovo knocked out. The feast of the stands moved to the paint and both the Dominican point guard Andrés Feliz, as well as the Spaniards Ferrán Bassas and Guillem Vives, pulled the car with a throwing festival. Thus, with a 10 of 16 in triples they went to the rest 54-21.

Txus Vidorreta's men tried to grit their teeth to close the gap at the restart and managed to minimize any precipitation errors. However, Joventut did not reduce the annihilating rhythm and increased the distance with the visitors in the third quarter (78-43).

The derangement of the visitors was increasing and the defense of the 'Penya' collapsed the repeated attempts of point guard Marcelinho Huertas, who tried to reduce the abysmal difference on the scoreboard. In fact, the Brazilian was the top scorer of the match with 14 points, despite initial inaccuracies, tied with Joel Parra.

With the match sentenced, Lenovo sought to end the match with good feelings, although the locals continued relentlessly in the last quarter. For this reason, they managed to certify the victory in the last possession of the match, reaching 100 points and achieving the first victory of the series.

--RESULT: JOVENTUT, 100 - LENOVO TENERIFE, 68. (54-21, at halftime).

JOVENTUT: Happy (11), Ribas, Parra (14), Willis (12) and Tomic (10) -- starting quintet--; Busquets (12), Paul, Vives (11), Ventura (9), Bassas (8), Birgander (11), Maronka.

LENOVO TENERIFE: Huertas (14), Salin (2), Todorovic (2), Doornekamp (10) and Wiltjer (8) -- starting five--; Borg (4), Fitipaldo (5), Smith, Rodríguez, Sulejmanovic (10), Shermadini (7), Guerra (6).

--REFEREES: Pérez Pérez, Serrano and Sánchez Sixto. Willis was eliminated from Joventut for personal fouls.

--PABELLÓN: Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona.