O 1º de Agosto was one victory away from the title, after winning this Sunday (3)102-89, at Petro de Luanda’s home in the fourth game of the Unitel-basket final, played in the best of seven games, placing the knockout stage em 3-1.
In the fourth game of the Unitel-basket2018 final, played in the best of seven (playoff) at Kilamba’s multipurpose pavilion, even playing on someone else’s ground and in relative balance, the two teams took advantage of mutual failures, right from the start, to accumulate the points possible.
Afterwards, despite successive launch failures on the part of the oil companies, the red and black team exploited their weakness in the best possible way and reached the first quarter with the result shared (21-21).
Petro enters more determined with penetrations and attacks on the opponent’s table, which responds with more accurate shots from the three points, allowing the electronic scoreboard to register the minimum advantage of its opponent of 46-44, in the longest interval.
Upon resumption, the initiative of the actions once again belongs to the home team, mainly in taking advantage of opposing fouls, thus obtaining some points.
But, with the replica of the 1st of August, which shows effectiveness and objectivity, the 77-69 harvest was achieved in the third period, to the dismay of the majority of oil aficionados in the pavilion, who were already beginning to appear worried.
In the fourth and final one, in which a certain physical breakdown and mental power of the tricolor players is evident, the military expands the advantage with conversions from short and long distances, as well as stealing the ball in the fight against the boards, largely due to apathy. of your opponents.
In this situation, in which Petro passes in an attempt at a “man-man” defense, in an authentic fight against time, 1º de Agosto does “justice” to its best physical and competitive condition, without giving its opponent chances, taking revenge of “plate 100” from the previous meeting.
The 25 points converted by Emanuel Quezada contributed significantly to 1º de Agosto’s triumph, while on Petro’s side, Gelson Gonçalves’ 19 were insufficient to prevent the defeat.
Thus, coach Paulo Macedo’s men extend their victory, to 3-1, over coach Lazare Adingono’s “pupils”, which complicates their chances of dethroning Recreativo do Libolo, already out of the final.
Perhaps due to the intensity of the challenge and expectation, already in the final phase, the coach of the defeated team appeared to be bleeding from his nostrils, with the major intervention of his assistant Benjamin Avô being noted.
In the games already played, the military had an advantage at home (Vitorino Cunha pavilion) in the first two meetings (87-73 and 93-78). This was followed by Petro de Luanda’s triumph in the third (100-90) at their home ground (Kilamba).
The team that obtains four victories in the playoff final is crowned national champion.