San Jose extend lead at top with victory over Felix Perez Cardozo
San Jose beat Felix Perez Cardozo 93 to 75 in the LNB on Monday evening. The visitors moved clear at the summit of the Paraguayan league with their thirteenth win from fourteen matches. The hosts fell to their sixth defeat.
San Jose shot ten three-pointers from thirty attempts while the home team managed just six from the same number of tries. They also recorded twenty-nine assists against sixteen, which tells you they kept the ball moving far better. The visitors were clinical when they found space in the paint.
The rebounding battle was decisive. The visitors pulled down forty-four boards to twenty-nine, including ten offensive rebounds that gave them extra possessions. That second-chance work helped them build an eighteen-point cushion.
The home side had fewer turnovers at fourteen compared to seventeen, but that advantage meant little when the score was already slipping away. Felix Perez Cardozo committed seventeen fouls while San Jose went twenty-one, yet the difference in the scoreline was never close. The hosts could not turn their ball security into momentum.
The result leaves San Jose at the top with thirteen wins and only one loss. Felix Perez Cardozo remain fourth after eight victories and six defeats. The gap between them in the standings is now wider.