Unicaja, 67 – Bonn, 69
fter the disappointment in Tenerife, it was Unicaja’s turn before their fans. Despite the brilliant start, until they went up 20-11 after two triples by Dylan Osetkowski and Darío Brizuela, the team from Malaga soon found themselves with solidity problems in defense and accused them, conceding a 2-15 run that made their task difficult.
TJ Shorts II was the man with the important baskets for Bonn, who gradually extended their lead until they went to halftime with a favorable 31-41. In fact, the dynamic continued at the start of the third period with a triple by Sebastián Herrera that made it 33-46 and set off alarm bells for the host.
With less than 10 seconds to go in the last possession, Perry raised the ball and he played the decisive basket himself, from beyond the arc, which would have crowned the comeback.
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Lenovo Tenerife, 68 – Hapoel Jerusalem, 69
The Israeli Hapoel Jerusalem is the first finalist of the FIBA Champions League after beating the defending champion Lenovo Tenerife (68-69) at the Martín Carpena Palace in Málaga, in a match in which the Spanish team touched the comeback and even Uruguayan Bruno Fitipaldo was able to give him the win with a triple at the buzzer.
It was a game marked by intensity and equality, especially defensively, and that was imposed more than anyone else by the Israeli team, a Hapoel of excesses, for better and for worse. He spared no effort, in pressing the accelerator even if sometimes he braked.
This is what it means to have played this semifinal as if they were in an Israeli colony, located in one of the corners of the Palacio de los Deportes in Malaga with some two thousand of their followers who resounded the pavilion with hype and chants.
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