Argentines sell out flights to travel to the 2026 World Cup final against Spain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nJordan Hall led the Metros’ attack with 19 points, while Juan Guerrero contributed 16 points with 16 rebounds, and Jhery Matos added 14 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the Giants, Charles Brown Jr and Francis Fitzgerald scored 15 points each, while Luismal Ferreiras finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds; Juan Miguel Suero had 11 and Marquis Wrights added 10 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The partials ended 26-15, 26-19, 15-18, 18-20 in favor of the Metros, who win their second game to make the series 2-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the third quarter, the Giants tried to react and with 4:07 remaining in the period they closed the gap to 48-59, but the Metros, with consecutive three-pointers from Jordan Hall, pulled away again by 15 points (67-52) after an 18-4 run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Supported by a hermetic defense, the Metros went into halftime with an 18-point lead (52-34), following an offensive consistency of 26 points in each of the two quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Metros’ dominance began to take shape when 5:29 remained in the first quarter (10-9) and with 4:48 left, the game stood 13-9 in favor of the Santiago team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Already in the second quarter, with 7:28 left to play, the Metros took a 10-point lead (28-18), and with 2:35 remaining, the metropolitans experienced their largest lead of 25 points (49-24), and from there, the Gigantes reacted with a 10-3 run to narrow the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first half, the Metros, who shot 49 percent from the field, dominated assists 16-11, with four turnovers, against 12 for the Giants, who controlled rebounds 21-18 and committed 12 turnovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Sunday’s match<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe sixth game of the LNB Grand Finals between Gigantes Basketball Club and Metros de Santiago will be this Sunday, starting at 7:00 PM, at the Mario Ortega Sports Center in San Francisco de Macor\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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