Africa-Press – Angola. In a match in which it was always ahead of the scoreboard, Petro de Luanda won 1.o de Agosto this Monday, by 97-74, and is one victory away from the revalidation of the title of the National Senior Men’s Basketball Championship, achieved in 2022.
In “play-offs”, the best of five games, Petro has a 2-1 advantage and only needs to win the fourth game, at 6:30 pm on Wednesday to lift the cup again.
In the first challenge, 1o de Agosto won by 76-71 and lost the second by 71-90.
Today’s triumph began to be drawn in the first quarter, marked by failures in the scoring by 1.o de Agosto, who scored just six points in nine minutes of play against seventeen of the “tricolors“.
More determined and effective in finishing, the defending champions left with a large advantage of 30-15.
In the second quarter, with a margin of growth, the “red-blacks”, always at a disadvantage on the scoreboard, lost by 37-47.
Carlos Morais made the difference at the beginning of the third quarter by scoring nine consecutive points, a situation that left sequels to the opponent making successive mistakes in overalls.
The result in this stage swelled with the emblem of the “road axis” consolidating the lead at 77-55.
With the units in low performance, coach Lazare Adingono opted for the outside game to reduce the punctual difference, but the team didn’t even come close to that, after it continued to make mistakes in its game plan, plus constant “turnovers”.
In terms of free throws, 1.o de Agosto obtained a total of 50.0% against 64.5% otherwise.
The match was practically won and coach José Neto gave game time to the less used players, at a time when dominance was absolute not only in game difference, but also in field launches, setting the final advantage at 97-74.
With the refereeing of António Bernardo, Cláudio Eiuba and António Samuel, the teams scored as follows:
1o de Agosto – Bamba Cissé (02), Edson Ndoniema (04), Macachi Brás (06), Tarcio Domingos (12), Felizardo Ambrósio (00), Jordan Aboudou (05), Hermenegildo Santos (02), Islando Manuel (13) ), Nico Clareth (07), Délcio Sebastião (07), Malick Cissé (00) and Milton Valente (17)
Coach: Lazare Adingono
Petro de Luanda – Gerson Domingos (05), Childe Dundão (05), Carlos Morais (17), Jone Pedro (08), Souleyman Diabate (05), Teotónio Dó (not used), Glofate Buiamba (09), Aboubakar Gakou ( 05), Gerson Gonçalves (12), Pedro Bastos (05), Aldemiro João (11) and Damian Hollis (15)
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