Tenerife’s ‘holy trinity’ end dream of sensational Dove bwin

The team of Vassilis Spanoulis fell headlong!

The Pigeon bwin played evenly against the very quality Tenerife and was defeated in details by a score of 97-93, missing out on his final Basketball Champions League. Now, the western suburbs team will fight for it Third Place (28/04, 18:00) with the loser of the other semi-final in between Unicacha Malaga and Murcia.

The Spanish team relied on the three players from the “top shelf” available, with Kyle Guy to score 34 points, the Marcelino Huertas 27 and the Giorgi Sermandini 21. In total, that is, 82 out of 97 points of Tenerife came from this… holy trinity, with Peristeri bwin staying in the match until the end, but bowing out in the finale.

The leaders of the Greek team were Elijah Mitrou-Longwith 18 points and 6 assists, Joe Ragland with 15 points and 5 assists, but also o Stelios Poulianitis with 12 points and 4/6 three-pointers.

The Canarian side will now go for their third BCL trophy against Unicacha Malaga or Murciain Sunday’s final (28/04, 21:00), which will also take place at the “Beogradska Arena”.

The match

Pigeon bwin started with Ragland, Mitrou-Long, Dangubic, Kaselaki, and Thompsonwhile Tenerife started the match with Huertas, Guy, Sastre, Ambromaitis and Guerra. Huertas scored the game’s first layup for a 2-0 lead, then scored again and set up Guerra to make it 6-3. THE Kaselakis cut it to 6-5 with a mid-range shot, while Dangubic fouled out to make it 6-8. THE Ragland stole and scored in the surprise for 6-10, while Sastre with the first triple of the match reduced it to 9-10. Ragland and Kaselakis brought the Greek team to 11-14, while the former created Dangubich’s nail for 11-16. THE Sermantini reduced with a goal-foul from close range (14-16), while he then scored 5 consecutive points to put the Spanish team ahead (19-18). THE Williams hit for three, and Love scored late in the first period to make it 19-23.

At the beginning of the second quarter, o Huertas cut it with a layup, and Guy tied it at 23-23 after a steal from Love. Xugaz hit a difficult off-balance shot, while Huertas responded again by writing 25-25. The bwin Dove started to take out defenses and turned them into surprises with Thompson and Mitrou-Long, retaking the lead with a score of 25-29. Guy gave the Spaniards a solution with two shots (27-29), but o Mitrou-Long hit from the height of the shots for 27-31. THE Guy found a rhythm and scored 7 consecutive points to cut it to 32-33, but the Greek-Canadian guard scored from long range to make it 32-36. Former Panathinaikos player AKTOR went to the line and made three shots (35-36), while Mitrou-Long and Ragland made it 37-40. Guy continued to be “hot” and closed the gap with a layup (39-40), while Abromaitis with two shots he gave the Spaniards the lead (41-40). The half ended 43-42 with a basket by Ragland just before the end.

The second half started with a 3-pointer by Guy for 46-42, but the Pigeon bwin fought back and initially tied it at 46-46 with Thompson, before Dangubic hit a foul field goal to make it 46-49. Guy quickly reached 20 points and Huertas put the Spaniards back in front (51-49), scoring again for 53-49. THE Thompson with three points he kept the Greek team close (53-52), while o Poulianite tied it at 55-55 with a 3-pointer. THE Huertas scored consecutive points and brought Tenerife to 61-57 with very difficult baskets, but the Poulianitis found another long shot and cut to 61-60. Sermandini put in a series of points and brought the score to 66-60, with which the third period ended.

In the fourth quarter, Renfro dropped the surprise to 66-62, while Hoogaz made it 66-65 with a three-pointer. Guy and Sermandini took action and brought the Spaniards back to +5 (70-65), while Huertas with a very difficult-goal foul scored 73-67. The Brazilian guard gave a ready basket to Sermandini, who scored for Tenerife’s first +7 (75-68). Guy with two shots brought the difference to 9 (77-68), with Ragland giving the Greek team a solution after an hour (77-70). Guy caught fire and made consecutive 3-pointers to make it 87-75 for her Tenerife, and making the match very difficult for Vassilis Spanoulis’ team. THE Poulianitis he hit his third 3-pointer to cut the lead to 87-80, but Guy responded immediately to make it 90-80. Ragland made a layup and Poulianitis again executed from long range, putting Peristeri bwin back in the match (90-85). Dangubic continued the three-point “party” and brought the difference to the basket (90-88), while Huertas made two shots for 92-88. Guy scored from the line after his technical penalty Spanoulis (93-88), while Mitrou-Long hit two shots for 93-90. A missed defensive rebound hurt Peristeri bwin and led to a basket by Sastre to make it 95-90. Love missed a crucial shot, but after a great defense his team Spanoulis secured one possession and cut it to 95-93 on a Mitrou-Long two-pointer. THE Huertas he calmly made his own shots, and the match ended 97-93.

The quarters: 19-23, 43-42, 66-60, 97-93

Detailed match statistics here