The male senior team of CB Joventut Xàbia He deserved a better fate in the crash that played in the Miguel Buigues Pavilion before the Algemesí CB in which he lost by 67 to 76. The guys he runs Oscar Butler they faced the second classified, and clear aspirant to the promotion of category. It was an exciting game that was resolved in the last minutes.
The locals left very concentrated in defense and the visitors took advantage of their size to hold the score. Afterwards, the Xabieros, were not successful in attack and their rival took advantage, with a partial, from 1 to 9, to reach the end of the first quarter with an advantage over 9 to 17.
In the second quarter, the pace of the game grew and the good defense of the black and green allowed them to go on counterattacks and achieve easy baskets. On the other hand, the visitors showed their power in the outside game and based on triples, they managed 6 in this quarter, they opened the gap. The rest was reached with 35 to 52 for visitors.
On the return to the track, the attitude of the locals changed, another team was seen with much more spark and the two initial triples gave them a lot of morale. But where the change of attitude was noticed was in defense, much more intense, which caused robbery of the ball and see a CB Joventut Xàbia launched for the comeback.
The locals got into the game after a partial 22-4 but a reaction from visitors who scored 6 points in the last minute left the score in 59 to 62 at the end of the third quarter. We entered the last quarter with everything to decide.
The stands of Miguel Buigues vibrated with the spectacle offered by their players and they trusted in the victory. After a hopeful start of the quarter, the match was again equal to 64 in the 33 minute. But the locals had spent a lot of energy to return to the game, and with a short rotation of 8 players, ideas in attack disappeared and fatigue took its toll.
Meanwhile, the Valencians, throwing a whopping 14 free throws in the last 5 minutes of the game. The locals only visited the free throw line to launch 2. That difference was key in the final result. After the final part of 8-14, the Valencians won the victory leaving the players on the lips of CB Joventut Xàbia with honey.
Hard defeat after the comeback of the team, but we must stand out against which team the best minutes of the season were made. The team demonstrated what is seen lately in training, work and intensity.
