start the season off right

He Unicaja won its first Intercontinental Cuporganized by FIBA. The Malaga team beat the NBA G League United 75-60 and added a new official trophy. There are already three in just three years, the Copa del Rey 2023, the BCL 2024 and this Intercontinental, whose flag will fly at the Carpena.

The Ibon Navarro Team start the season in the best possible wayadding a new international title and with all the morale in the world to play the Super Cup and launch the Endesa league.

The green team was clearly superior throughout the tournament played in Singapore, after numerous previous victories against Petro de Luanda (94-78) and against Al Riyadi Beirut (96-59).

It seemed like everything was going to be a piece of cake, but Nobody gives the final. The rival NBA G League United has good players and some have even played minutes in the professional NBA. Their top scorer in the tournament until the final was American Charlie Brown.

So Unicaja couldn’t be trusted at all. The first quarter started well, although there was a blackout of several minutes that allowed the North Americans to wake up. The first match ended 22-17.

The second quarter started with a series of errors, but Unicaja managed to widen the gap on the scoreboard thanks to several consecutive free throws. Osetkowski triples After the restart, the lead was increased to eleven points (33-22).

But the U.S. team wanted to show it was not a tourist in Singapore but wanted to win the tournament and got closer on the scoreboard after back-to-back triples by Toscano and Bowden, who thwarted a Kalinoski three-pointer. 38-32 at halftime, with Osetkowski with 11 points as the top scorer of composer.

The beginning of third quarter It was nonsense from both teams, with continuous mistakes and lost balls. The defenses got the better of the attacks, although Unicaja had a little more success and led 43-32 with 6:47 left.

The G League scored its first basket after five minutes and got a bonus. Unicaja broke the game and he left 18 (52-34) with four minutes left. After the North American team’s timeout, the G League showed pride and scored ten consecutive points in just four minutes, reducing the lead to 12 (56-44).

There could be no let-up, Navarro knew it and called a time-out. A free kick from Alberto Diaz and 57-44 to end the third battle.

Thirteen points early in the final quarter could be scored by anyone. But the job wasn’t done, partly because the G League players seemed more loose when they got lost. They had to attack in the final quarter.

A Taylor’s two-and-a-triple basketaccompanied by a good defense, brought Unicaja back to 18 points ahead (62-44). The Americans didn’t care at all and Ibon Navarro’s were starting to have fun. They were going to win the Intercontinental and they were very motivated, fighting for every ball.

The great match of Unicaja (75-60) and a new great joy for amateur composers. A beautiful season is expected because there are osiers for that. There are reasons to be excited.