Valencia is in time to defeat Gran Canaria

Copa del Rey

- quarterfinals - matchday 1

Gran Canaria

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Finalized

Valencia Basket

Once the quarterfinal pairings were known, it was immediately known that there was a favorite in each tie (Madrid, Barça and Unicaja) except the one between Gran Canaria and Valencia, equal rivals with a competitive spirit.

And they made the prediction right, since the match was decided in extra time, where Chris Jones put the finishing touch.

Jauja from Valencia, who was always in tow until in the end he said it was over;

slap for Gran Canaria and for a Landesberg that added 25 points.

Shurna welcomed Valencia with a three-pointer from the corner and a drive to the basket.

Nothing that bothered Jones, who responded as he knows how, every time he grabbed the ball to speed up the game and distribute

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, to find a Brandon Davies who stood under the board and an Anderson who, although he missed the first shots, did not go down. his head but, gallantly, he raised it.

Pray a triple;

Now two plays for the video library and to clarify that Valencia would not limit itself to watching after the prologue (18-17).

It happened that Gran Canaria took refuge in Landesberg, as fine as he was fibered, a player with springs for legs.

And well it rose in the Martín Carpena, a show with glitter that at times confused Valencia, which put muscle and centimeters - Ojeleye, Inglis, Claver, Jovic... - without finding the recipe to tie the knot.

He was joined by the electric Albicy to make a difference, seven points difference that, however, at the interval remained at three (35-32) because when Davies returned to the court the pulse was equal.

Also because they are two teams with defensive suits rather than tackling basketball.

But Happ and Brussino, the best in Gran Canaria during the year, had not yet said theirs.

And when they did, they shot at the Canaries – 47-39 to the delight of the vomitorians who were celebrating “Tweet, Tweet!” – and choked Valencia, once again supported by a Jones who already saw the light and the ring.

But it seemed that it was not enough because Landesberg had more, two more triples.

Having reached the last chapter, Jovic, a woodpecker, found the ramp to the basket and became huge to add spice and emotion (62-61).

Terrain for those who do not suffer from altitude sickness, for Jones, Ojeleye, Davies and Jovic.

But also for Brussino, who in the last tenth of a second released the ball and hit the triple to take the duel to overtime (77-77).

By then, the game had already turned and Valencia, once again catapulted by Jones, signed a partial 0-10 and met Madrid in the semifinal.

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