Basketball: home defeat to end the Liga regular season | OneFootball

FC Porto lost to CP Esgueira this Saturday, 85-86, at the Dragão Arena, in the 22nd and final round of the regular season of the Portuguese Basketball League. The Dragons finished the regular season in third place and will face Imortal BC in the Playoff quarter-finals, played in a best-of-three format, with home-court advantage for the Porto side.

The Aveiro team still managed to stay in contention during the first half, but had trouble containing Porto’s efficiency and went into the break trailing 50-37, largely thanks to the American duo of Jhonathan Dunn, with 14 points, and Cornelius Hudson, with 12, who accounted for more than half of the Dragons’ offensive output.

Halftime did not give Fernando Sá’s side any momentum, as CP Esgueira cut the gap in the third quarter and tied the game at 75 with just over two minutes left to play. With the scoreboard at 85-86, Jhonathan Dunn’s final shot did not go in, and the Aveiro side ended up winning at the Dragão Arena.

Cornelius Hudson, with 18 points and 7 rebounds, Jhonathan Dunn, with 17 points, Corey Allen, with 13 points and 7 assists, Tanner Omlid, with 10 points and 8 rebounds, and Javian Davis, with 10 points, stood out for Porto.

FC Porto will play again next Thursday at 9:00 pm, with live coverage on FPB TV, at the Multiusos Pavilion in Gondomar, against UD Oliveirense, in a quarter-final game of the Final 6 of the Hugo dos Santos Cup.

MATCH SHEET

FC PORTO-CP ESGUEIRA, 85-86Portuguese Basketball League, Matchday 2225 April 2026Dragão Arena

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