The resumption of the Endesa League with a Final Phase brought great surprises. After 10 days without interruption of basketball in Spain, the teams will have a break this Saturday to start the semifinals on Sunday. They will be facing from 12 o’clock Barcelona against San Pablo Burgos and from 15 o’clock Valencia against Baskonia. The two winners will collide in the end of tuesday.
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The big surprise was the early elimination of Real Madrid by Facundo Campazzo, Nicolás Laprovittola and Gabriel Deck. In the last eight years, the team led by Pablo Laso was a fixture in the finals, being champions of four of the last five leagues. The key duel that the White House lost was the second against San Pablo Burgos, a team that traced a match that went 16 down.
With nothing to play for, Madrid beat Nicolás Brussino’s team 97-88 this Friday. Campazzo, who closed the game with a triple behind midfield, was the most outstanding national with 14 points and 6 assists; Deck added 7 goals, while Laprovittola had no minutes to play. In the loser, the santafesino put 5.
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Now only two Argentines remain in the race: Leandro Bolmaro (Barcelona) and Luca Vildoza (Baskonia). Barca advanced first in their group with a record of four wins and one loss (against the Canary Islands by one point), while Saski finished with three wins and two losses (against Barcelona and Joventut).
