Baxi Manresa defeated Laguna Tenerife 86-83 to close the season and 'condemned the Canaries to third position after the victory of Valencia Basket in his duel against the Breogán River.
The 14 points of Base Dani Pérez were vital for the Catalans to end the season against their fans with a victory against one of the best teams in the Endesa League.
Both sets started very successful from the average and long distance, with 25 points scored in total in just four minutes of play (14-11, min. 4).
However, Baxi Manresa was the first team to take the lead in the luminous thanks to the outer success of Derrick Alston JR (24-18, min. 8).
Finally, the end of the first quarter was reached with the result of 31-26 with the Catalans leaving good feelings after the first ten minutes of shock.
Laguna Tenerife improved its defense at the beginning of the second period and a good penetration of Jaime Fernández left the meeting tied (33-33, min. 14).
The islands also began to carbure in attack and Bruno Fitipaldo first put their own after a few minutes with many failures in the premises (39-40, min. 18).
Despite the anterior downturn, Baxi Manresa finished the first half with a partial in favor and Dani Pérez put 45-42 with a triple on the horn.
In the resumption, those of Diego Ocampo went better in the offensive section and Musa Sagnia put his own with a six advantage points (53-47, min. 23).
And when the Catalans seemed best, the figure of the MVP Movistar of the 2024-25 season, Marcelinho Huertas, broke into the track, to turn the scoreboard and despair the local fans (57-60, min. 27).
The Tenerife lagoon continued with good feelings and left at the end of the third quarter with the result of 63-68 that did not yet sentence the meeting, much less.
In the final stretch, equality reigned in the Nou Congost and a triple of Cameron Hunt tied the contest with four minutes to play (72-72, min. 36).
Precisely, a triple of Hunt at the last minute put his own ahead (82-81, min. 40), and since then the locals did not stop going to the free kick line after multiple failures in their attacks of the Tenerife.
The Manresanos sentenced from the personnel and Baxi Manresa line won by 86-83 to the Tenerife Lagoon, although it did not serve for the Catalans to assault the ninth position after the triumph of the UCAM Murcia on the Dreamland Gran Canaria track.
Technical file
86. Baxi Manresa (9): Steinbergs (2), Mass (6) -five initial-; Bishop (3), Game (2), Kings (5), Alston Jr (12), Obasohan (5), Perez (14) and Cate (11).
83. Laguna Tenerife (26+16+26+15): Huertas (15), fitipaldo (18), scrubb (2), abromaitis (-), shermadini (17) -Cinco inicial-; Kramer (3), kostadinov (2), fernández (13), drell (-), costa (5), sastre (-) y doornekamp (8).
Referees: Antonio Conde, Carlos Cortés and Yasmina Alcaraz. They eliminated the visiting player Huertas for five personal offenses (min. 38).
Incidents: Party corresponding to day 34 of the Endesa League played at the Nou Congost before 4,633 spectators.
