For the Ca\u00f1eros, Martin Smith Jr. led the attack with 18 points, followed by Corey Boyd with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Brayan Mart\u00ednez contributed 12 points and Matt Herasme added 9 points and 6 assists.<\/p>\n\n\nThe game, which maintained the tension until the last second, saw the Ca\u00f1eros react in the last quarter, managing to get ahead on the scoreboard. However, the Leones responded with a 12-0 run, which allowed them to regain the lead. Although the Ca\u00f1eros tried to get closer in the final seconds, Gerardo Suero’s free throws sealed the victory for the Leones.\n\nWith 3.9 seconds left, Luixander Blanco fouled Gerardo Suero, who from the free throw line scored the two that ended up sealing the victory for the capital team, as Herasme missed a three-point attempt just before the final buzzer.\n\nThe first quarter was dominated by the Ca\u00f1eros, with a score of 22-19. However, the Leones managed to tie the game in the second quarter, although the Ca\u00f1eros went into halftime with a slight lead of 44-39.\n\nIn the third quarter, the Lions took the lead with an 11-0 run, extending their lead to 66-60 at the end of the period.\n\nThe partial scores of the match were: 19-22, 20-22, 27-16 and 21-24 for the Lions.\n\nThis Friday, the Reales de La Vega will face the H\u00e9roes de Moca at 8:00 PM at the Palacio de los Deportes Fernando Teruel, while the Gigantes Basketball Club will play against the Metros de Santiago at the Mario Ortega in San Francisco de Macor\u00eds at 8:30 PM.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lions of Santo Domingo break losing streak against Ca\u00f1eros del Este In an exciting match played this Thursday at the Eleoncio Mercedes Sports Center, the Leones de Santo Domingo managed to defeat the Ca\u00f1eros del Este with a final score of 87-84, ending a streak of four consecutive losses in the 2026 season of La […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[389,4205,11842,1451],"class_list":{"0":"post-117592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nationals","7":"tag-basketball","8":"tag-caneros-del-este","9":"tag-lions-of-santo-domingo","10":"tag-lnb"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117592","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=117592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}