LPB Round 20: Derby game ends with Dragones' defeat of Halcones

There are only two more rounds left in the Regular Season in LPB. Coincidentally all hosts won their games. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The most interesting game was a derby match between two local teams from Panama City: Dragones (#3) and Halcones (#2). Dragones (12-5) won against visiting Halcones (12-4) 92-86. Dragones made 27-of-32 free shots (84.4 percent) during the game. Forward Pablo Rivas (198-94, college: NCCU) orchestrated the victory by scoring 25 points and 4 blocks. American forward Zacarry Douglas (203-95, college: NCCU) contributed with 20 points and 7 rebounds (was perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line) for the winners. American forward Troy Jones (201-92, college: TAMUK) replied with a double-double by scoring 31 points and 11 rebounds for Halcones. Halcones' coach rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Dragones have an impressive six-game winning streak. Newly promoted Dragones maintains third position with 12-5 record behind leader Correcaminos. Halcones at the other side keep the second place with four games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Bottom-ranked Toros is still unable to win any game. This time they lost on the road their 17th consecutive match to fifth ranked Panteras (9-7) 77-65. Worth to mention a great performance of Alejandro Grant (199-93) who helped to win the game recording 24 points and 7 rebounds and Luis Dinolis who added 22 points and 6 rebounds (on 10-of-13 shooting from the field) during the contest. point guard Daniel Machore (170-6) responded with 19 points and 4 assists. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Panteras moved-up to fourth place. Toros at the other side still closes the standings. Panteras will play against league's leader Correcaminos in Colon in the next round and it may be the game of the week. Toros will have a break next round.

Dragones - Universitarios 92-86

The most interesting game was a derby match between two local teams from Panama City: Dragones (#3) and Halcones (#2). Dragones (12-5) won against visiting Halcones (12-4) 92-86. Dragones made 27-of-32 free shots (84.4 percent) during the game. Forward Pablo Rivas (198-94, college: NCCU) orchestrated the victory by scoring 25 points and 4 blocks. American forward Zacarry Douglas (203-95, college: NCCU) contributed with 20 points and 7 rebounds (was perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line) for the winners. Rivas is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market. American forward Troy Jones (201-92, college: TAMUK) replied with a double-double by scoring 31 points and 11 rebounds and naturalized Chilean guard Eugenio Luzcando (187-95, college: Idaho St.) added 23 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in the effort for Halcones. Halcones' coach rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Dragones have an impressive six-game winning streak. Newly promoted Dragones maintains third position with 12-5 record behind leader Correcaminos. Halcones at the other side keep the second place with four games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
Dragones: P.Rivas 25+4reb+1ast, Z.Douglas 20+7reb+1ast, G.Atencio 13+9reb, C.Lucas 9+5reb+1ast, G.Ford 8+2ast, J.Blenman 6+6reb+1ast
Universitarios: T.Jones 31+11reb+2ast, E.Luzcando 23+8reb+5ast, A.Alexis 16+3reb+1ast, C.Jahir 9+6reb, V.Andres 3+1reb, L.Santiago 2+2ast

Panteras - Toros 77-65

Bottom-ranked Toros is still unable to win any game. This time they lost on the road their 17th consecutive match to fifth ranked Panteras (9-7) 77-65. Panteras dominated down low during the game scoring 62 of its points in the paint compared to Toros' 34. Worth to mention a great performance of Alejandro Grant (199-93) who helped to win the game recording 24 points and 7 rebounds and Luis Dinolis (185-93, college: Broward CC) who added 22 points and 6 rebounds (on 10-of-13 shooting from the field) during the contest. Point guard Daniel Machore (170-6) responded with 19 points and 4 assists and Oscar Zephyrine (190-0) scored 13 points and 6 rebounds. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Panteras moved-up to fourth place. Toros at the other side still closes the standings. Panteras will play against league's leader Correcaminos in Colon in the next round and it may be the game of the week. Toros will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Panteras: A.Grant 24+7reb+1ast, L.Dinolis 22+6reb+2ast, A.Austin 12+6reb+4ast, J.Chambers 7+1reb+3ast, F.Barrera 4+8reb+1ast, A.Jeremy 4+2reb
Toros: M.Daniel 19+2reb+4ast, O.Zephyrine 13+6reb+1ast, d.Gracia Gilberto 10+8reb+1ast, O.Jose Luis 7+3reb+1ast, R.Newball 6+7reb+1ast, E.Archibold 5+4reb+1ast



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