Last weekend the qualifying semifinal was played in which the National Senior Men's team of the Dénia Básquet. A bitter day in which the Dianense team was outmatched against CB Jovens Almassera from Valencia.
The team of Bernardo Sanz and Pascual Miralles lost a good part of the options to reach the final by giving up the first of the games of the series played in Dénia (74-76), paying dearly for a lousy first quarter that the Valencians did not forgive , ending it with a twenty-four point lead (9-33).
From the second quarter they began to work much harder and based on defensive effort they managed to start to stop the rival. Little by little they ordered the attack, reducing the difference to fourteen points when they reached the break.
The escalation in the scoreboard continued in progress in the third quarter, when they finished approaching eight points away from the Valencians. The team culminated its comeback by taking the lead in the third minute of the last period.
However, Almassera was successful in that final stretch from the three-point line, achieving a small distance that he knew how to maintain until the end, thanks to his security from the free kick, when the game had to be stopped to try to rush seconds to the clock. looking for victory.
Game of return
On Sunday, the second leg was played in the historic Almassera pavilion, where the hosts once again showed themselves to be a very solid and experienced team, preventing any attempt by Dénia to fight for victory and enter the grand final of the weekend. next week.
The lack of success on this occasion from the three-point line allowed the Valencians to close spaces and limit the scoring capacity of the Dianenses. The team fought, however it was not enough to overcome its rival, although they were able to complete the preparation of a preseason in which great things have been seen and others have been able to improve.
For the first league match scheduled in Joan Fuster against Onil on October 16, Dénia hopes to have the three injured players who have been absent this day. The team wanted to give their full support to Nacho Ots, who underwent emergency surgery on Thursday afternoon for appendicitis, from which, fortunately, he is recovering normally.
