The LBM is nearing the end of the regular phase, with games pending playoffs and with the playoffs scheduled to start next Friday. This and more, we tell you in our classic weekly report.
Divisional A
At a final date, the three remaining tickets to the playoffs in group A were defined. The Los Secuecas del Pato team, beat El Beto, 75-57 and despite their three consecutive wins, was condemned to play for permanence . The defeat, left him to his rival on duty also in the red zone. Piero Manfredi stood out with 23 points. Palermo State obtained the classification, by beating the leader, All In, 84-68. Johnny Rodríguez, with 24 points and Pablo Fajardo, with 23 and 20 rebounds, were the figures. At the last minute, River Pouey also reached the quarterfinals and hunted the second step, defeating the guard, Chalas Negras, 74-58. Rodrigo Xavier with 25 and Sergio Castello with 23, were the outstanding hands.
Group B’s activity was suspended due to rain.
Divisional B
The “1” and “6” opened the last date of group A, where the leader, Peñarol Amateur, defeated Sandú Universitario, 69-58, with 26 points from Bruno Álvarez and 21 from Diego Silveira. Medellín Cartel was left with “3, by beating the guard, Celta Desvirgo, 54-52, with a double and Facundo Manta foul three seconds from the end. This result condemned Dejan Bodiroga to “4”, despite his 77-46 victory over Bella Unión, which finished with “5”.
The “1” was disputed early in group B, where Cimarrón needed a victory by 18 points, against a Misfits who just won, he was enough. The victory was for the Dog 80-54 and thus, he condemned the loser to “4”. Caimanes got a “3” by crushing Stark 83-52. Despite the defeat, he was left with the “5”, when GOAT did not appear, which lost the points to The Kings, who obtained the “2”.
In this way the postseason was defined. On Friday in Montevideo, Peñarol Amateur will have an advantage against Inadaptados at 8:15 p.m., while 9:30 p.m., Celta Desvirgo will start 1-0 against Caimanes. The day will close with a clash due to permanence, between Bella Unión and GOAT. On Saturday, it will begin with a duel for the descent, between Stark and Sandú Universitario at 7:00 p.m. 8:15 p.m., The Kings, with an advantage, will cross the Medellín Cartel. At 9:30 p.m., the 1-0 will be for Cimarrón, against Dejan Bodiroga.
Divisional C
Sportivo La Lechuza took first place in group A, beating Saapbee, 60-54. This was taken advantage of by 5 Pal Peso, who by beating the shoemaker, Tokio Yakuza, 74-68, remained with a chance at a date at the end of the regular phase. Sebastián Rodríguez stood out with 27 points. Gaby secured the “2”, defeating Bacanos United, 72-65, with 24 points from Santiago De Gouveia. In this way, the champion of the E, was left with the “3”.
In Olivol Mundial, Cachengue obtained his passage to the playoffs for group B, after beating August 25, 58-49, in a game that was closed with a run by Jorge Pons. Who stole the applause was Mauro Toncopi, who scored 29 points, 24 of them, by way of triple. The Lion was condemned to dispute the permanence before Tokio Yakuza. The game between Darseneros and Mucho, to be played on the Montevideo court, was suspended by the rain.
Divisional D
Destilante dropped the leader of group A, La Marrón, in figures of 56-52, to stay in the qualifying zone at a final date. The winner managed to reverse the process with a partial 10-0 on the closing, where Rodrigo Glik and Alexis Semeria stood out. This was taken advantage of by Cimarrón Sur, who defeated the other leader, Whiskey, and equaled him at the top of the positions, to also qualify for the playoffs. The triumph was 59-58, where the Dog reversed it near the end with an 8-0 and with free thiago Blanco he gained three advantage. Lucas Lepiani had the last one to stretch to lengthen, but it was outside, giving points to the blue second chance, which did not help. Franco Quiroga was the figure with 28 points. America, managed to stay with aspirations to qualify, by beating La Costa Cabras, 54-49, with Thiago Roberto free to finish the match. Gastón Roberto was the scorer with 20 points.
Group B defined their regular phase. Zoon Politikon beat Cagancha Square Dogs, 59-45 and condemned it to “6.” Despite this, he could not reach “2”, due to the victory of Zum Felde Pistols, over 2Kamikazes, 67-35. Todo Red, with 21 points from Juan Silva, crushed the leader Bardotellis, 68-34 and stayed with the “5”.
Divisional E
As a result of Uruguay’s match against Peru for the Qualifiers, group B moved to Monday and the last date of group A was postponed to next week, to equalize the calendar. León remained as a guard, after beating Mechasky, 51-42. In central time, Millán and Raffo remained the leader, but not without suffering against Second Ball. SPB, in need of victory to enter the qualifying zone, managed to stretch it out with a triple by Santiago Chávez, after rowing the entire game from behind. But the category of Gerardo Fernández, ended up closing the game in the supplementary with more triples, to reach a total of 10 in the game, with which he reached the figure of 41 points. Ultimately, Parque Rodó secured the “3”, after defeating the shoemaker, Players, 66-47, with 21 points from Nicassio Branca.
Divisional F
The regular phase of group A came to an end, but with a pending tiebreaker match to define the last classified to the playoffs. The Headquarters, first thing in the morning, crushed Banco República 69-30 and thus, had to wait until last, to get its ticket. However, this did not end up happening, because Gnocchi of 29, got into the tiebreaker, after beating Nos Hablamos 58-48. Entraña Fina finished with Olivol undefeated, in figures of 62-42.
Group B was no less and was also forced to tie the tie. Aleti Torrente finished the regular phase undefeated, with a 56-41 victory over the Last Quarter. Arrabal, crushed Panormus, 93-24, with 26 points from Nahuel Santos and 20 from Andrés Cresseri. Nottingham Prisa, forced the tiebreaker to beat Flint Tropics, 61-60, with free hits by Franco Olivera. Diego Aispurú shone with 31 points.