Dusk too early in Illunbe

Porfi does not give truce. They won their tenth game against GBC, who could not stand the exchange of blows with Gran Canaria. The yellow team is a true reflection of how tough the league is, it doesn’t matter if they have casualties or that they played in Trento three days before. Nicola’s team got dark too soon, when they had the strength to fight for the game. But conceding a 0-13, going five minutes without scoring in the decisive quarter, is too expensive a toll. Porfirio knew it well, who has even spoken with the wolves that come out to guard the winter nights outside the gigantic pavilion. A shame Did the GBC play badly? It couldn’t be said. He was close to raising the third victory but lacked a little. The game this Saturday is an apprenticeship because he fought it one-on-one. It is necessary to file those moments in which the team disintegrates. He does not know what he is playing, when seconds before he has given a recital.

‘Granca’, a submachine gun

Little can be done when the rival gets everything. And Gran Canaria in the first minutes of the game saw the GBC ring as a pool. It is true that perhaps Echenique could have defended more vigorously, or Radoncic took a step forward, but the 13-22 (min. 7) clearly reflected the level of success of Gran Canaria and its status in the league. A team that plays the Eurocup, no matter how many casualties it may have.

Only two shots missed to that point those of Fisac. A scandal. And that the staging of the Acunsa GBC was not bad. That he also saw a hoop, with a very active Faggiano, but nothing to do with the yellows. Oroz and Okouo came out to give some more packing back and a triple from Tomàs and a basket from the Congolese arrived, 18-22 (min. 8). Sterile because Herbalife once again feasted from beyond 6.75 with John Shurna’s third triple and Okoye’s second, to slaughter the GBC in the first quarter, 20-31 with a spectacular six of eight from beyond. Of the arc.

From the machine gun in the first room, he went to the slingshot in the second. Except for a basket from Okoye, Gran Canaria did not score again until six minutes later. Something was taken advantage of by Nicola’s team, although it did not have the splendid success of its rival. However, he was reducing the difference with Magarity -good minutes for the Swede after a month off the courts-, Radoncic and Dee on the track, 25-33 (min. 16). Nicola put a quintet with points in his hands and then the returns came with two triples from the Denver gunman, who together with one from Radoncic and a great rebound in attack from Echenique, put Acunsa GBC blowing on the nape of the canaries, 36 -37 (min. 19). However, a last push from the islanders with a triple by Slaughter and a poor defensive balance that Stevic took advantage of, left the light at 36-42.

A breath of hope

A cyclogenesis was the Acunsa after the break. He signed an 11-0 partial, sending his rival to the canvas momentarily after two excellent minutes. The best way to show that in a basketball game what is lost can be recovered in a jiffy. Radoncic and a two plus one from Echenique tied the game. Then came a tray from Span and a triplazo from Oroz for Porfi to stop the game, 47-42 (min. 22). Madness had come to Illunbe with that couple of minutes of magic. The happiness in the poor man’s house was short-lived and Herbalife returned the blow with a 0-8 partial that was cut by Okouo, 49-50 (min. 27). The last three minutes of the quarter were settled from the free kick, the GBC played without five, with Magarity and Radoncic on the inside and the Montenegrin put the tie at 53 after a trip-goal from the corner to leave everything to the law of the last ten minutes . The one that is said fourth of the truth. The one that was fatal for Acunsa Gipuzkoa Basket.

So much so that the party escaped. All the effort wasted because the cold night outside Illunbe sneaked into the facility. The Canarian team endorsed a 0-13 partial from which the GBC did not rise. Nicola’s team missed their first four shots and the Argentine stopped the game after Burjanadze’s triple, 53-61 (min 33). Problems continued in attack. The ring was a thimble and the yellow box did not stop scoring. Dee cut the indentation, 55-66 (min. 35). Slaughter nailed a triple and Albicy began to sentence from the line, 57-71 (min. 34). The last arreón led the GBC to get to ten after a triple by Oroz and a basket by Echenique, but there was no room for the crush and the game escaped.