Carrington wins the gunmen's duel against Hannah and boosts Coosur Betis
The Trinidadian point guard Khadeen Carrington decided, with fifteen stellar seconds at the end of extra time, the game of the first day that his team, Coosur Betis, beat Morabanc Andorra, who had forced extra time thanks to to a Clevin Hannah three-pointer from almost midfield.
Joan Plaza called a time-out in the sixth minute, when the visitors had left with five points of rent (14-19) provoking the Betic reaction with a 7-0 run and a stellar irruption of the returned Beka Burjanadze, wing -Georgian center who came off the bench for four consecutive baskets.
The alternatives on the scoreboard continued until the final two minutes of the second period, when Coosur Betis gave a boost to the score (46-38 at halftime) thanks to the work of Montenegrin center Marko Todorovic and his superior rebounding, because he had captured twice as many rejections as his rival (21 vs. 10).
Upon returning from the locker room, the Verdiblanco team doubled their lead immediately (61-46, min. 33) thanks to three-pointers from Bertans and Vitto Browm who, in addition to an excellent hand, showed great athleticism that allowed him to shoot his personal score with spectacular penetrations.
Todorovic's third team seated the best local player and the Pyrenean team took advantage of his absence to get closer in the electronic thanks to the points of the elegant Amine Noua, who left the match in a handkerchief (65-64) with the last ten minutes still to play.
The Latvian Dairis Bertans opened the final quarter with a three-pointer and repeated his luck with forty seconds remaining to put his team ahead, which was trailing by two points (84-83) but a three-pointer from more than ten meters from the buzzer of Clevin Hannah sends the match to extra time (90-90).
The two contestants alternated throughout the extra time at the head of the scoreboard until Carrington, with fifteen seconds remaining, scored the three-pointer from the corner that made it 100-98 and still had time to steal the ball on the track own and assist for Brown to close the match with a dunk.
Technical data
102 - Coosur Real Betis (26+20+19+25+12): Carrington (22), Evans (1), Almazán (-), Brown (18), Todorovic (20) -starting five-, Burjanadze (17), Bertans (17), Bleijenbergh (-), Pozas (5), Agbelese (2) and Spiers (-).
98 - Morabanc Andorra (22+16+26+26+8): Hannah (19), Miller (17), Nakic (6), Noua (4), Diagné (4) -starting five-, Olumuyiwa ( 13), Morgan (3), Paulí (8), Sergi García (3), Arteaga (4) and Crawford (2).
Referees: Fernando Calatrava, Luis Miguel Castillo and Cristóbal Sánchez. They eliminated the local Todorovic by five personals (min. 41).
Occurrences: Match of the first day of the regular season in the Endesa League held at the San Pablo Municipal Sports Palace in front of some 1,500 spectators.
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