ZARAGOZA (Supercopa ACB) – It didn’t take long for Argentina’s Olympic bronze-medal winning point guard Pablo Prigioni to add more silverware to his trophy cabinet.
The 31-year-old playmaker of the Albiceleste in Beijing buried six three-balls and finished with 22 points to fire Tau Ceramica to an 86-85 win over hosts CAI Zaragoza on Saturday in the final of the Supercopa ACB.
Tau had a comfortable 68-58 advantage early in the fourth quarter but then struggled against a zone employed by Zaragoza, who went on a 19-2 run for a 77-70 lead.
A Prigioni three with under three minutes remaining stopped the rot and closed the gap to 77-73, yet Zaragoza looked as if they would prevail after a three-point play by Lewis re-established an 80-73 advantage.
Prigioni struck again from long range to keep Tau within striking distance and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Mirza Teletovic eventually hit a three to give Tau an 85-83 lead.
A Lewis basket to left the score knotted at 85-85 but Tau’s Serbian shooting guard Igor Rakocevic drew a foul by Zaragoza’s Lucas Victoriano and made the second of two free throws for a one-point lead.
Prigioni and Co then breathed a sigh of relief as his fellow Argentina Olympian Paolo Quinteros was off target with a running long three-pointer right at the buzzer.
"It was a very intense game that we controlled for the majority of the time but the (2-3) zone in the fourth quarter took us out of our rhythm,” Prigioni said.
“When they looked as though they were going to win, perhaps they thought it was all over and that is when we showed our desire to win the title and won.
“The fact that we showed this desire proves that we always aspire to the maximum.”
Lewis had 19 points to lead Zaragoza, while Quinteros weighed in with 14.
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