{"id":511979,"date":"2026-06-22T08:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/metros-take-first-place-after-defeating-gigantes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:40:08","slug":"metros-take-first-place-after-defeating-gigantes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/metros-take-first-place-after-defeating-gigantes\/","title":{"rendered":"“Metros take first place after defeating Gigantes”"},"content":{"rendered":"“n

SAN FRANCISCO DE MACOR\u00cdS.-<\/strong> The Metros de Santiago took first place in the elimination phase by defeating the Gigantes del Cibao 89-85, who advanced to the semifinals in second place in the LNB Super League.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

The Metros, who finished with 19-7, had four players in double figures in points, led by Jhery Matos, who recorded 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists, followed by Sterling Manley, who contributed 17 units and 3 rebounds.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

Also standing out for those from Santiago, who shot 45 percent from the field (33\/74), were Anthony Fairley with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and Omar Silverio with 13 points.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

For the Giants (17-9), Charles Brown Jr. finished with 22 points and 7 rebounds; Juan Jr. Rosario recorded a double-double of 13 units and 13 rebounds; Luismal Ferreiras scored 13 and grabbed 4 rebounds.   <\/p>n”\n\n“n

The Gigantes dominated the first quarter 32-27; however, the Metros, who closed the first 10 minutes very well, took the lead 35-34 at the start of the second period, after a basket by Matos with 8:22 on the clock.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

A pair of dunks by Brown Jr. gave the lead back to the team from San Francisco (43-37), with 5:25 remaining in the second quarter. The Santiago team closed the gap to one (47-46) with a basket by Anthony Fairley, with 1:12 left before halftime, but two free throws by Wright, with 12 seconds on the clock, extended the hosts’ lead to seven (54-47) to secure the first half.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

The first two quarters for the Gigantes were led offensively by Brown Jr., who recorded 15 points and 4 rebounds, followed by Ferreiras, with 11 points and 3 boards. Wright contributed 9 units, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals, while Rosario added 9 points and 6 rebounds. For the Metros, Silverio finished with 10 units, Matos contributed 9, and Fairley 7.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

The Metros entered the third period with greater momentum and took the lead (64-58), following a 17-4 run led by Sterling Manley, who sank two free throws with 5:04 remaining. But a three-pointer by Eddy Mercedes, with 2:04 left, returned the lead to the Gigantes (66-64); however, Silverio responded with a long-range shot that gave the lead back to the visitors (67-66), with 1:41 remaining, which allowed them to head into the fourth quarter with a 3-point lead (71-68).<\/p>n”\n\n“n

The Gigantes tried to limit the Santiago team in the fourth quarter, but they did not give up any space and, with a basket by Matos, they pulled away by seven points (88-81), with 2:17 on the clock, a lead they defended until the end of the game.<\/p>n”\n\n“n

Start of the semifinal <\/strong><\/p>n”\n\n“n

This Tuesday, the action of the LNB Super League returns with the start of Semifinal A between the Metros and the Ca\u00f1eros. The game will be at the Arena Oscar Gobaira at 8:00 at night. <\/p>n”\n\n“n

On Wednesday, Semifinal B begins with the Giants hosting the Heroes at 8:00 PM at the Mario Ortega Pavilion.<\/p>n”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“n SAN FRANCISCO DE MACOR\u00cdS.- The Metros de Santiago took first place in the elimination phase by defeating the Gigantes del Cibao 89-85, who advanced to the semifinals in second place in the LNB Super League. n” “n The Metros, who finished with 19-7, had four players in double figures in points, led by Jhery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":511980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[43601,40231,43735],"class_list":["post-511979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-breakingnews","tag-dominican-republic","tag-thenewspaperoftruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29bJ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Anthony-Fairley-GIG-MET-FE.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Anthony-Fairley-GIG-MET-FE.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}