{"id":120208,"date":"2026-06-01T11:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/metres-giants-and-heroes-initial-triumphs-in-the-lnb\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:04:34","slug":"metres-giants-and-heroes-initial-triumphs-in-the-lnb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/metres-giants-and-heroes-initial-triumphs-in-the-lnb\/","title":{"rendered":"Metres, Giants and Heroes: Initial Triumphs in the LNB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inaugural Triumphs in the LNB Super League Qualifier<\/h2>\n\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 The elimination phase of the LNB Super League kicked off on the right foot for the Metros de Santiago, Gigantes del Cibao and H\u00e9roes de Moca, who secured victories in a day marked by offensive balance and defensive solidity.\n\nIn Santiago, the Metros defeated the Reales de La Vega with a score of 91-78 at the Oscar Gobaira Arena. Florent Thamba and Jordan Hall led the offense, scoring 19 and 18 points respectively. Thamba also contributed with 9 rebounds, while Hall added 6 assists. Tony Cracknell contributed 16 points for the Metros, who now hold a record of 13-4, consolidating themselves at the top of the tournament.\n\nThe Metros showed high efficiency in their shots, with 53% effectiveness, and limited the Royals to only three three-pointers out of 16 attempts. For the Royals, Malachi Richardson stood out with 25 points, followed by Ram\u00f3n Galloway with 17 points and 8 rebounds.\n\nIn San Francisco de Macor\u00eds, the Gigantes Basketball Club defeated the Ca\u00f1eros del Este with a score of 85-81 in a close match. Charles Brown Jr. led the Gigantes with 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Francis Fitzgerald added 20 points, and Luismal Ferreiras achieved a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.\n\nThe Giants tied the Mets&#8217; record, standing at 13-4, while the Ca\u00f1eros fell to 8-9, despite the 18 points from Yeison Colom\u00e9 and Marvin Smith.\n\nIn Moca, the Heroes dominated the Titans of the South with a score of 90-68 at the Moca 85 sports complex. Jayson Valdez was the key figure with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, followed by Kevin Obanor with 17 points.\n\nThe Heroes&#8217; strong defense was crucial in neutralizing the Titans, who struggled to stay competitive. The Heroes improved their record to 10-7, securing third place in the championship.\n\nThe elimination phase will continue this Tuesday with the Titans facing the Metros in San Crist\u00f3bal and the Ca\u00f1eros playing against the H\u00e9roes in La Romana.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inaugural Triumphs in the LNB Super League Qualifier Santo Domingo \u2013 The elimination phase of the LNB Super League kicked off on the right foot for the Metros de Santiago, Gigantes del Cibao and H\u00e9roes de Moca, who secured victories in a day marked by offensive balance and defensive solidity. In Santiago, the Metros defeated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[389,1048,1451,3067],"class_list":{"0":"post-120208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-lnb","11":"tag-meters"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120208","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=120208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}