FIbwi Palma Bàsquet added another victory by beating the combative Proinbeni UPB Gandía by 72-63 in the postponed match of the 5th day. Franco Miller And Pau merchant carrying the scorer’s stick of the Mallorcan team which allowed those of Pablo Cano stand at 12-6 on the scoreboard. The Mallorcans managed to stay in the lead, closing the first quarter with a tight score of 17-14.
The second quarter was started by Fibwi Palma Bàsquet with a favorable partial of 10-0 who forced Alexander Mesa to stop the game. Pablo Cano’s men, thanks to a good goal from Jon Ander Aramburu, put the locals at 31-18, but four consecutive points from Proinbeni UPB Gandía forced Pablo Cano to stop the match with the score at 31-22. The visitors narrowed the gap to 31-28, closing the second quarter for good with 31-30.
A triple of Requena This marked the start of the partial and gave the advantage to Proinbeni UPB Gandía, who managed to return to four on the scoreboard after an irregular start from the Mallorcans who saw how their rival did not let them go on the scoreboard display, keeping the duel in a tie at 44 with time remaining in the quarter. Franco Miller led the Mallorcan reaction to close the quarter with 54-49.
The final quarter started with Fibwi Palma Bàsquet increasing his defensive performance to bring the score to 56-51. Pablo Cano’s men definitely came out on the scoreboard with a great contribution in attack from the whole team and with a Pau Tendero who grew in the game, exiting the duel at 67-55 with four minutes remaining in the match, entering moments of low scoring, placing the duel at 68-58 with 1.10 to play until ‘at the end of the match.
Fibwi Palma: Jorge Martínez (6), Franco Miller (21), Pau Tendero (10), Xabi Beraza (4), Sidney Correia (7). Álex Huguet (2), Jon Ander Aramburu (11), Patrick Spencer (8), Tiago Dias (3) also played.
Proinbeni UPB Gandía: Ferrando (10), Crespo (0), Soler (10), Pleasant (13), Fall (2). Merencio (0), Hernández (0), Requena (15), Kody (7), Terrades (5), Molina (1) also played.
Partials: 17-13, 14-17, 23-19, 18-14.
Referees: Cervantes Fernández, Garcia Santos. Patrick Spencer eliminated for fouling. They reported an unsportsmanlike foul against Kody and a technical foul against Pablo Cano, coach of Fibwi Palma Bàsquet, and Ferrando of Proinbeni UPB Gandía.
