Sporting beats FC Porto and is in the final of the Portuguese Cup
Travante Williams, with 17 points, Joshua Patton, with 12, and Tanner Omlid, with 10, were the main indicators of the lions.
Sporting qualified this Saturday for the final of the Portuguese Cup, beating FC Porto (66-58) in the first semi-final of the final to eight, which runs until Sunday in Albufeira.
Lock Williams, with 17 points, Joshua Patton, with 12, and Tanner Omlid, with 10, were the main indicators of the second leonine, who will equip the respective third winning final, on Sunday, at 18 pm, against the second of the semi-final. , which starts at 7:30 pm between Benfica and Vitória de Guimarães.
Fighting to win a third consecutive Portuguese Cup, after victories in 2020/2021 and 2019/2020, Sporting was the team that best entered the match and reached the end of the first period winning 21-14, with João Fernandes (five points) and Joshua Patton and Diogo Ventura (four points each) in the spotlight.
The last FC Porto, who won the competition for the last time in 2018/2019 and lost the final to Sporting the following season, did not enter the last meeting in defense, lack of fighting a lot and difficulties in defense, dissatisfaction for coach Moncho L. , who saw how equipment could not go against its biggest rival.
In the period, the white and blue team, which had Max Landis as the main player, the main 16 points and started to prevent the lions from second-stage, which improved the difference and almost alternatively or the encounter with 50 seconds per second-level alheador, which improved the difference is almost a draw or the encounter with 50 seconds per second-year alienator. .
But Miguel Queiroz suffered the point (two free throws, with the score at 30-29, and the best FC Porto managed to reach the break by one point), with Rashard Odomes the best scorer Points so far.
But the greens and part to equip to enter for the second and equip to enter, little by little, increasing again the result in favor, finishing the fourth to win by 48-41, with Travante Williams leading the, against FC Porto which was once again effective in attack and not in the rival players’ blocked zone.
In the last period, the dragons continued to be unable to counter the leonine dominance, which materialized up to 12 points of advantage (55-43) with 6.30 minutes to play, the result that the Lisbon team managed win by eight points and win by eight points (666-58 points) and win the presence in the third consecutive final.