The Joventut Badalona beat Casademont Zaragoza (89-79) on the penultimate day and mathematically certified the pass for the qualifiers for the title of the Endesa League.
The pivot Artem Pustovyi, author of 23 points, was the key piece in the Catalan victory, while in the Aragonese team the Emir Sulejmanovic wing shone, with 26 points scored.
Casademont Zaragoza started much more refined in attack, especially thanks to the good work on Sulejmanovic track, and a partial of 0-10 in the first three minutes caused the rapid dead time of Dani Miret.
The Verdinegros reacted from the hand of Pau Ribas, who played his last regular phase match in Badalona before retiring, to reduce the disadvantage (14-21, min.7).
In the end, two Pustovyi points left the 19-26 score at the end of a first quarter in which visitors were slightly higher in the offensive section.
The Joventut significantly improved in the second quarter with a good Andrejs Grazulis and the disadvantage was put in just three points, which made the entire Olimpic lift (26-29, min.13).
It was the worst moment of the Aragonese and the Catalans took advantage of him to get ahead after some very good minutes of Pustovyi in the painting (38-36, min.18).
Finally, those of Badalona managed to leave at the rest ahead (44-42) after a basket on the horn of Ribas.
After the resumption, the Casademont Zaragoza returned to its best version with a great Santi Yusta to make the ghosts appear again by the pavilion (48-53, min.24).
The Penya did not react and bring Bell-Haynes shot at his own to a +7 (52-59, min.27) to cause Miret's dead time.
This time, the break had an effect on the Joventut, and on the blink of an eye they managed to get back in front to close the third quarter with a 68-64, partly thanks to two positive plays in Adam Hanga's attack.
In the last ten minutes of the game, the figure of Devon Dotson broke out from the long distance to put the first major gap in the bright for the greenish (79-68, min.34).
The Olympic became a party and Sam Dekker sentenced the encounter with a 2+1 in transition that caught the visiting team (84-74, min.38).
In the end, the Joventut beat Casademont Zaragoza by 89-79 and certified his place for the qualifiers for the title of the Endesa League, with rival in the quarterfinals still to be defined.
Technical file
89. Youth Badalona (19+25+24+21): Vives (3), Hanga (8), Kraag (-), Dekker (17), Tomic (14) -In initial-; Dotson (8), Platteeuw (-), Ribas (11), Pustovyi (23) and Grazulis (5).
79. Casademont Zaragoza (26+16+22+15): Spisure (5), Yusta (15), González (8), Sulejmanovic (26), Duspwel (4) cinco as an ential; Bell-Haynes (16), Slaughter (-), Mencía (2), Watson (1), Traoré (-) y Dimsa (2).
Referees: Óscar Perea, Jorge Martínez and Esperanza Mendoza. Without eliminated.
Incidents: Party corresponding to day 33 of the Endesa League played at the Municipal Palau d'Esports de Badalona against 7,709 spectators.
