An entertaining match between Herbalife Gran Canaria and Iberostar Tenerife to begin the preseason matches of both teams prior to the start of a campaign that currently lacks a calendar within the Endesa League. Match that was even in the first quarter with good actions from Burgnadze and Cavanaugh on either side and that ended with a minimal local advantage (22-21) although things changed in the second quarter, the locals put the direct thanks to great actions from Willey who gave the locals an advantage at halftime with eleven points ahead (45-34).
The exit from the locker room after the local halftime was much more physical, which led the Aurinegro team to go to the free throw line much earlier than in the first two quarters, with Granca’s advantage hovering ten points difference during the same. Doornekamp and Todorovic were the architects in attack of the Tenerife very well led in attack by Fitipaldo who with a triple along with a two plus one from twenty aurinegro put the 58-53 with four minutes remaining to finish the third quarter. Those of Fisac adjusted the defense to finally be ahead of this act with three points of advantage (66-63).
But in the last ten minutes a Granca had more prominence than with Okoye and Santana as protagonists in the first minutes of this final quarter, they brought the Claretian team closer to victory (73-65 Min.33). The defenses were intense and the attacks did not work perfectly although the Tenerife team reached the last two minutes with options (82-80 Min 38) as a result of the good work in attack by Doornekamp and Shermadini. Bogris tied at 1’20 “for the end and in the next attack the locals scored through Shurna (84-82) leaving 55 seconds on the clock to be played in which Fitipaldo again tied the match and 23 seconds to go It caused the lack of Vidorreta’s men. Granca’s attack was wrong and in the next action Todorovic was the object of a personal foul, who scored both free throws (84-86). In the local kickoff only three seconds were recorded , which gave Fitipaldo to be eliminated due to personal fouls and visited the free kick to miss both attempts, so the Canary Islands only had to hold the ball and let the time remaining to score the victory. In three days, a new appointment in Santiago Martín with both teams as protagonists.
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