Friends defeat Lusitania in play of nerves and suffering

The CAB/Quality Business went to the Azores to face Lusitania. The game was anticipated difficult for the Friends, not only due to the wear of a long journey, but also due to the quality of the opponent, who has four high quality foreigners in his squad. Despite the adversities, the Friends entered the game very well and led throughout the first part (i.e. the first two periods). Friends' advantage over the venues was based on the team's good collective play, as well as the good percentages of release. In the first period, the result was 11-29, and at the end of the second half, the marker marked 29-37, also in favor of visitors. It should be noted that during the first part, the advantage of CAB/Quality Business came to be 20 points, but a meritorious reaction from the locals allowed the advantage of Madeirans to be shortened before the teams picked up from the locker rooms. In the first two periods, CAB/Quality Business took full advantage of 79% (11/14), with 88% in free throws (7/8), 86% in two point releases (6/7) and an incredible 71% in three point releases (5/7). In the three-point releases, highlight the incredible percentage recorded in the interval by Fábio Lima, which had converted all four of the releases made, reaching the interval with a total of 12 points. In addition to Fábio Lima, Anthony Hill (11 points) and Diogo Ventura (9 points) were also contributing significantly to the superiority of CAB/Quality Business. In the third half, the provision of CAB/Quality Business was less effective than it had been in the first part. The Friends made some mistakes in the selection of the launch, while in defense they also revealed a lower concentration. This lower income provided the rise of the home players, who were able to take advantage of the lowest stability of the Madeiran class to shorten the disadvantage to 47-52, a result with which the third top ended. Galvanized by the recovery he had been making in the third period, Lusitania left for the last time with the hope of turning the meeting around. The determination of the men in the house paid off, and, three minutes later, the scorer already scored a tie at 57 points. Two minutes later, the situation had not changed, with the marker recording a new draw, but at 59 points. On the other hand, CAB/Quality Business indicated signs of fatigue and wondered if it would be able to resist the advance of Azoreans. In a game to be played bat-to-tack, with the victory to be able to hang for any of the teams, consecutive baskets of Anthony Hill and Fábio Lima gave the CAB/Quality Business a short advantage of 3 points (63-67), when there was still little more than a minute to play. Until the end of the meeting, both teams surrendered to win, but the collective provision of CAB/Quality Business, also present in defensive aspects, was superior, allowing the group led by João Paulo Silva to achieve victory by the result of 66-70. In individual terms: Anthony Hill (23), Fabio Lima (23), Duke Forbes (8), Diogo Ventura (11), José Correia (4), Jorge Coelho (1)