BSN League Final: Mets de Guaynabo vs Capitanes de Arecibo
The BSN League has come to an end. In the next ten days, we will get a champion in the country’s basketball league located in the northeast of the Caribbean Sea. In the final, we will have the opportunity to watch Capitanes De Arecibo and Mets de Guaynabo. What is certain is that we will get a new champion, considering that the most trophy-winning team, Vaqueros de Bayamon, will not defend the title.
Mets de Guaynabo
The team which won the BSN league title fifteen times this season finished the competition in the semifinals where it was eliminated by the aforementioned Mets de Guaynabo. Now the former champion has been eliminated after six games played. The Mets de Guaynabo had previously beaten Leones De Ponce after six games. In that way, the mentioned team knocked out of the playoffs two teams that were better placed in the regular part of the season.
Guaynabo has won three championship titles in its history. The last time this team was the champion of Puerto Rico was in 1989. They won all three titles during the eighties of the last century. The team from the bench is led by Brad Greenberg. Before coming to Puerto Rico he mostly worked in Israel, leading teams there such as Maccabi Ashdod, Ironi Nes Ziona…
He won the FIBA Europe Cup last season and has won the Israeli title with Hapoel from Jerusalem, which he reached in 2013. The leader of this team is a former NBA player and a guy who also played for some Euroleague teams, Justin Dentmon (17.4 pts). In addition to him, other experienced players such as Renaldo Balkman (13.6 pts), Tony Bishop (16.1 pts), Durand Scott (13.0 pts) play for Mets.
Capitanes de Arecibo
Capitanes de Arecibo took first place in his group in the regular part of the season. In the playoffs, they played one game less than their rival in the final. First, they eliminated Cangrejeros in the quarterfinals after six games. They needed one match less for the final victory against Cariduros Fajardo.
Capitanes has had more success in its history so far, considering that it has won the champion, Puerto Rico, seven times. The last time they did that was three seasons ago. In addition to seven titles, they were runners-up nine times. The team from the bench is led by Rafael “Pachy” Cruz.
The team’s top scorer is Walter Hodge (19.2 pts). He also had experience playing in some quality European teams such as Asvel, Zenit, Laboral Kutxa Vitoria. The experienced center and former Real Madrid player Gustavo Ayon (10.3 reb)also play for Capitanes. We will have the opportunity to watch a great final. We will see which team will enrich its trophy treasury. Whether the Mets de Guaynabo will reach their fourth or Capitanes de Arecibo to their eighth title?