He Youth Badalona surpassed the Baxi Manresa (83-79) in an even Catalan duel marked by the success of the local point guard Ricky Rubio in the last quarter, when the green-black team tipped the game in their favor.
Rubiowho finished the game with 20 points and 5 assists, was a key piece for the green and black team to win a match in which the Manresa team was ahead on the scoreboard in the first three quarters.
The match started with very little success on the part of both teams, although the Baxi Manresa was the one who took the initiative with a few good minutes from the young man Max Gaspà (5-9, min. 5).
The green and black continued without reacting and the team led by DiegoOcampo He took advantage of it to open the gap further with a great Louis Olinde in the inside game (8-16, min. 8).
Before the second act, the youth began to fuel the attack and a layup at the horn of the first period of Cameron Hunt put the 16-19 to adjust the marker.
The script did not change in the second act and the Baxi Manresa He continued to be better on both sides of the court, doing damage again with Gaspà to take an eight-point lead in the second half (18-26, min. 13).
The Badaloneses improved with the appearance on the court of Ricky Rubiowhich was an evil eye for the visiting defense, and they managed to reduce the difference to just two points with all the Olympic standing (29-31, min. 17).
However, when it seemed that the rock was going to turn the tables, the team Diego Ocampo He put the sixth gear on the accelerator and went up to 29-39 after a spectacular pass by Olinde at the horn.
On the resumption, the Baxi Manresa maintained the level, especially in attack, and knew how to hold on to the great advantage obtained after a triple corner by Marcis Steinberg's (35-46, min. 23).
The dead time of Dani Good It had an effect on the locals and they quickly re-entered the game after several positive plays by the former Manresan. Hunt (44-49, min. 26).
The American escort of the youth The team stood behind him and a basket from him at the buzzer made it 58-61 with the last ten minutes of the game remaining.
The rock He continued with good feelings and started the last period with some very good minutes of Ludde Hakanson from the triple, to tie the duel (63-63, min. 31).
Another arreón from the people of Manresa with a Retin Obasohan unleashed once again opened a small gap in the most decisive stretch of the match (63-71, min. 35).
And whoever burst onto the track again to equalize the crash was Ricky Rubio. A 2+1 and another very creditable penetration by the point guard. The Masnou Seconds later they made it 72-73, which forced them to call a timeout. Ocampo with three minutes left.
The final stretch became an exchange of baskets. A triple by Yannick Kraag was decisive to put the +3 in favor of the locals with less than a minute remaining. Furthermore, in the last seconds the green and black were effective from the free kick against the visitors' fouls.
In the end, Joventut won a thrilling duel to add their seventh victory of the season in the Endesa League and remain at the top of the standings.
Technical sheet
83. Joventut Badalona (16+13+29+25): Hakanson (16), Hunt (16), Hanga (4), Drell (4), Birgander (8) -starting five-; Kraag (9), Rubio (20), Vives (-), Allen (4), Ruzic (1) and Tomic (1).
79. Baxi Manresa (19+20+22+18): Benitez (14), Obasohan (9), Reyes (10), Steinbergs (12), Golden (4) -cinco inicial-; Akobundu (3), Gaspà (11), Ubal (4), Knudsen (-), Olinde (9), Oriola (-) y Fernández (3).
Referees: Martín Caballero, Francisco Araña and Alberto Baena. They eliminated the local player Drell (min. 26) and the visitor Obasohan (min. 39) for five fouls.
Incidences: Matchday 9 of the Endesa League played at the Palau Municipal d'Esports in Badalona in front of 6,919 spectators.
