Unión beaten by La Unión de Formosa in their LNB debut | OneFootball

In their debut in the 2025/2026 National League season, Unión lost 83-80 as visitors against La Unión, who achieved their third consecutive win.

Unión made their debut in the 2025/2026 National Basketball League season with a loss to La Unión at the Cincuentenario Stadium in Formosa, by 83-80.

La Unión de Formosa 83-80 Unión

A night of a closely contested game, decided in the final seconds. There, the home team once again showed great character to pull off the win. A crucial three-point play plus a free throw by Nuno gave the home side a 5-point lead. Graterol recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, Elsener added 14 points, Machuca 12, and Nuno 11. For Unión, Basabe and Vogt each scored 16, and Balbi had 12.

Both teams struggled offensively, with the home side leading 5-4 after 4 minutes and 8-7 for La U at 5:30. With Basabe leading the offense, Unión took a 12-10 lead, but Alorda responded with 6 straight points to put his team back on top by two. As the visitors unsuccessfully searched for three-pointers, the home team found opportunities to run the floor, and Machuca, with a three-point play, put them up by 5. The pattern repeated, and with contributions from Alorda and Moresco, La U led by 8 (20-12). A three-pointer by Elías ended the visitors' drought, but more points from Alorda and Machuca at the line allowed Narvarte's team to pull ahead by 9.

Unión came out more aggressive on defense in the second quarter, after falling behind by 11 (26-15), and with a 9-0 run closed the gap to 26-24. Graterol ended the negative run with a fast-break play, with his team having scored only 4 points in 5 minutes, but it was clear Unión looked better, and with Queiros they got within one with 4:22 left. The game was tied at 28 with a Vogt free throw, and from there until the end of the quarter, Unión took the lead with Balbi at 32-31, but the home team fueled their offense with three-pointers from Acevedo and Machuca to reach halftime ahead.

Both teams were active on offense at the start of the third, with a 5-0 run from Elsener and a 5-0 reply from Vogt and Basabe. The lead fluctuated between 4 and 2 points in favor of La U until Chamorro tied it at 48 near the 5-minute mark. Hure, with a three-pointer, put Unión ahead 51-48. Tied again at 55 in the final 3 minutes of the period, Chamorro and Alessio scored near the rim and Unión went up by 4, a margin Elsener cut with the last points of the quarter (62-60).

Beavers made his presence felt at the start of the final quarter with his first points of the night, quickly putting his team in the lead. As the game continued, both teams struggled to score, tied at 66 with 3:30 to go. Guerra did what Beavers did, scored his first points—crucial at the moment, as Unión led 68-66. With Marina effective from the free throw line, La U was up by two (75-73), and two from Acevedo made it a 4-point lead. A huge offensive rebound by Nuno led to a basket and a free throw to restore the 5-point lead. Tension rose with a Balbi basket, Beavers traveled on the other end, and with 54 seconds left, the ball belonged to Unión.

Acevedo's defense on Cabrera recovered the ball with 45 seconds left on the clock. Another turnover, this time by Nuno, with 25 seconds remaining. Guerra went to the line for two free throws with 5 seconds left, making one, and Acevedo grabbed the rebound and was fouled with 3.8 seconds left. He also made one, and on the last play, Balbi tried a long three-pointer that missed.

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