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The X Miguel Alcázar Memorial was a great success. This Basketball Marathon had more than 50 teams playing on 4 courts, plus one more court for the “rookies” (kids under 12). It all started last friday with men, women, young men, young women and kids. And it lasted until late on Saturday night without a pause.

There were four games at a time, starting each hour. About 500 people in the gym and the surrounding courts, plus fans, relatives and friends of the players. And, of course, high-level basketball, including a good bunch of pro players from the Spanish LEB categories (Gold, Silver and Bronze), featuring the ACB player Nacho Martín as well.

From Friday evening until Saturday afternoon it was time for the Round Robin Phase. The teams were divided in groups and fought hard to advance to the final rounds. At 5 pm the 3-point shootout took place. Felipe Arroyo won in the men category and Susana Bacete made it for the women.

Afterwards, it was time for the win-or-go games. The quarter final round featured a thriller with the B-Squad facing the future champions, the team named Leclerc. Some members of the B-Squad have already been featured on Ballers Network, and they are a very well known streetball team in Spain, but the rivals also included top level players and the battle was hard until the end.

The other quarter final games and the semifinals were as exciting as that game. The final game was played by Leclerc vs. Tien21 with pro players in both sides like Víctor Chuán, Jan Martin -who was later proclaimed MVP-, Josep Mestres, Adrián García in the former, and Roberto de la Mata and Carlos Arjonilla in the latter.

The final score was 71-69 after a lot of missed free throws and the chance for the runner ups to win the game with the last shot… but the ball failed to fall through the net.

These were the winners in the different categories:

SENIOR MEN
CAHMPION: E.LECLERC
RUNNER UP: TIEN 21
SEMIFINALS: Bachata Team and NORMAVISIÓN

SENIOR WOMEN
CHAMPION: BICHOS OJOS
RUNNER UP: Las Reinas de la Pista

VETERANS
CHAMPION: ROARCON
RUNNER UP: QUERCUX BULL

YOUNG WOMEN
CAHMPION: Club Villa de Aranjuez
RUNNER UP: Chatis

YOUNG MEN
CHAMPION: La Mariblanca
RUNNER UP: Club Olímpico

Nacho Martín wins Last Man Standing

Moreover, Nacho “DaFlow” Martín was the winner in the “Last Man Standing” tournament that took place one week before in Platja D’Aro (Girona, Spain). The runner up was his B-Squad teammate Juli Garrote. The prize for the first was 1000€ and a trip to New York City, and 300€ and the same trip for the second one. The final score in the final game was 8-6-

Jaime Martínez Lafargue is the BallersNetwork.com blogger for Spain. Jaime is the Editor-in-chief of basketball website Solobasket.com. You can reach him at jaime@solobasket.com

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