Sporting survive in European competition! With a sensational 4th period (31-16) in which he completely turned the match around, in which he lost control of the score from the 2nd quarter and was even 14 behind in the 3rd, Sporting defeated Egis Kormend by 89 -84. (15-17, 21-21, 22-30, 31-16) in the 5th round of group G.
To move forward in the competition, as they did last season, in the final round to be played on November 30 at Pavilhão João Rocha, the Lions will have to take down Finland’s Karhu Basket, leaders of the group, with one setback after losing at home to Poland’s Anvil Wloclawek 87– 93.
A result that further confused the group score and left Alvalade’s team in 3rd place (2 v-2 d), behind Wloclawek (3 v-2 d). In order to rely only on themselves and finish this group stage first, Sporting will have to be ahead of Karja by more than 19 points, as they were beaten 104-85 in Kauhajoki in the 1st round.
If they win by a smaller margin, they will have to wait for Egis Kormend, who has yet to win a game, to take over Wloclawek.
DJ Fenner (21 points, 4 reps, 3 assists) and Marcus LoVette (14 points, 2 reps, 4 assists), responsible for 20 of the Lisbon team’s 31 points in the 4th period and, above all, responsible for taking taking charge of the moment and finding solutions What the team couldn’t think of to overcome the Hungarians’ defensive system from under the paint were the great figures of Sporting, who regained the lead on the scoreboard in an overwhelming partial score of 14-3 (79-75).
From then until the end, the maximum that the men, led by Pedro Nuno Monteiro, allowed was an equality of 81-81 at a distance of 2.30 m from the final whistle. Fenner then converted 6 of the team’s last 7 points (scoring 15 in the fourth) and everything was decided for the best in a match in which the home team were far from defensive level, either pressing the ball and passing line, or a three. starts, which are usually put on the field.
In Sporting, Travante Williams (5 cuts, but scored all his 12 points in the 1st half), as well as Antonio Monteiro (6 points), Ricardo Monteiro (6) and Joao Fernandez (8 points) stand out. , 2 res) for the role they also played in bringing something new to the team at the right time.
Mike Moore (19 points, 7 responses), Siyani Chambers (18 points, 2 results, 6 ass) and Wendell Mitchell (18 points, 3 results, 5 ass) were the top scorers from Egisa Kormend.
