{"id":100732,"date":"2026-01-04T09:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/duarte-scores-11-but-unicaja-malaga-falls-to-breogan-and-delays-copa-del-rey\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T09:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:38:18","slug":"duarte-scores-11-but-unicaja-malaga-falls-to-breogan-and-delays-copa-del-rey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/duarte-scores-11-but-unicaja-malaga-falls-to-breogan-and-delays-copa-del-rey\/","title":{"rendered":"Duarte scores 11, but Unicaja M\u00e1laga falls to Breog\u00e1n and delays Copa del Rey"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Chris Duarte Shines in Unicaja M\u00e1laga&#8217;s Defeat Against R\u00edo Breog\u00e1n<\/h2>\n\nM\u00e1laga, Spain \u2013 Dominican player Chris Duarte scored 11 points, but Unicaja M\u00e1laga couldn&#8217;t avoid the 98-82 defeat against R\u00edo Breog\u00e1n. This result complicates the Andalusian team&#8217;s aspirations to secure their early qualification for the Copa del Rey, which will be held in February in Valencia.\n\nThe R\u00edo Breog\u00e1n, with a solid collective performance, dominated the match from the second quarter onwards. Mihajlo Andric, with 22 points and six three-pointers, and Danko Brankovic, with a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds, led the Galician team. Their intense defense and balanced attack were key to the victory.\n\nDespite the defeat, Unicaja maintains a record of 8-11, placing seventh in the Liga Endesa. The team will need one or two more victories to secure its place in the cup tournament.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Party Development<\/h3>\n\n\nUnicaja, coached by Ibon Navarro, started the game with great effectiveness from the perimeter, achieving five three-pointers and an 83% success rate in long-distance shots in the first quarter. Olek Balcerowski and Killian Tillie boosted the team, taking the early leads (10-15, 12-19 and 19-25).\n\nHowever, Breog\u00e1n reacted with Dominik Mavra&#8217;s leadership, Bakary Dibba&#8217;s work, and increased defensive intensity. An 11-2 run turned the score around (30-27), forcing Navarro to call a timeout.\n\nAlthough Unicaja tried to respond with two consecutive three-pointers from Alberto D\u00edaz, Breog\u00e1n continued to punish with offensive rebounds and fast transitions, reaching halftime with a 50-43 lead.\n\nAt the start of the third quarter, Breog\u00e1n extended their lead, with Arturs Kurucs scoring eight of his team&#8217;s first ten points, reaching a 20-point difference (68-48), with Andric standing out on both sides of the court.\n\nUnicaja tried to react with Augustine Rubit and outside shooting, but misses on open shots, including two three-pointers by Alberto D\u00edaz and Chris Duarte, prevented a bigger comeback.\n\nAfter a new reaction attempt (75-60), Breog\u00e1n sealed the match with three consecutive three-pointers from Andric and Mavra, following a technical foul called on coach Navarro, leaving the score at 85-69 with five minutes remaining, with no final response from the visiting team.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Duarte Shines in Unicaja M\u00e1laga&#8217;s Defeat Against R\u00edo Breog\u00e1n M\u00e1laga, Spain \u2013 Dominican player Chris Duarte scored 11 points, but Unicaja M\u00e1laga couldn&#8217;t avoid the 98-82 defeat against R\u00edo Breog\u00e1n. This result complicates the Andalusian team&#8217;s aspirations to secure their early qualification for the Copa del Rey, which will be held in February in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[389,11204,11203,8688],"class_list":{"0":"post-100732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-breogan-river","10":"tag-kings-cup","11":"tag-unicaja-malaga"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}