The base Angel Moro He had high hopes for this season after overcoming a major injury suffered last year, but the Gijon man was injured again when just five days had passed and he was unable to play again. Again a torn ligament in one knee. He was followed by the base-escort Jabs Newby, who was also seriously injured and had to leave the team after breaking his Achilles heel. The third injury of importance was that of the young man Alejandro Rodriguez, Chuchi, on loan from Oviedo Baloncesto and who could barely play a couple of games after tearing his ligaments in training. These injuries forced the Gijon club to seek quick solutions. One of them came from Oviedo, Olechnavicius, which became an important part in the rotations of Nacho Galán. The other addition was that of Greenaway, who also had good performances. But although these were the most serious injuries, they were not the only ones, since other players such as Portález, Lucas or Llano missed several games for that reason. In fact, only Turi Seara Y Hello Marin they played all 26 games.
As the competition progressed, Círculo Gijón showed a trend similar to that of past seasons: good performances on their own court but terrible results away from home. It didn’t take long for the fans to realize that this season the squad was at a higher level than in the past and that the team’s greatest potential was in its outer men. Turi Seara, Alo Marín and Olechnavicius, after their arrival, got on very well and their shots contributed many points. Unlike in other seasons, the team went further and the triumphs away from the Palacio de los Deportes began to arrive. The final leg of the regular league, with seven victories in eight games, was spectacular and decisive in achieving the goal of permanence and even qualifying for the play-offs due to promotion.
The team’s game was quite collective, but it shone especially in one aspect, the triple throws, to the point that it had an average accuracy of 39.4 percent, the best of the 28 teams that make up the two groups in the category. . With an average of 78.3 points per game, he was the fifth best in that section.
However, in the individual aspect, one player stood out above the rest: Alo Marín. The guard had a superb season and his numbers say it all: he was the first in PIR with 472 points (18.15), the second highest scorer in the regular league with 439 points (16.8 on average), in recoveries with 48 , in minutes played with 874.30 (33.38) and in triples with 68 of 152 shots, which represents a success rate of 44.74 percent. In addition, he was seventh in assists with 99 (3.81).
Marín was seconded by Marcos Portález, who finished as the sixth rebounder for the LEB Plata with 178 sacks (7.74); Turi Seara was the second most fouled player in the entire category, 126 (4.85). The shortage of troops in the squad of Círculo Gijón forced several players to accumulate many minutes on the court. Thus, to Marín we must add Seara with 835 and Olechnavicius with 619, both among the first in that classification.
Throughout the season Nacho Galán gave minutes to three players from Pumarín, a linked club: Ismael García Yaya, David Jiménez and especially Adrián Riesgo.
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