Hurricane Acunsa sweeps through Almansa (76-105)

Acunsa Gipuzkoa Basket did not want to wait and showed all their cards at the first exchange. He jumped onto the Almansa sports court this afternoon and swept everything away. It was an undeniable victory, 76-105, and the best news is that the game played will hook any basketball fan. The Lolo Encinas team has been fired from the track in the town of Albacete to a loud ovation.

After the initial 3-2 marked by Polanco, the best of the locals with 28 points, Hurricane Acunsa made landfall and had no mercy on the rival. Mallers triple, Simons triple, Mallers triple. 3-11 in a seen and unseen that had continuity with an excellent Proleta, strong in the area and successful in the shot. He has made 3 of 3 in triples and has finished with 15 points.

The defensive intensity has meant that the locals did not stop losing balls (ten at halftime, fourteen in total) and that Gipuzkoa Basket played at pleasure in transition. The points fell incessantly on Almansa’s basket and the first quarter was closed by Barton, of course, with a triple. The score was 9-27, 18 ahead, but it has only increased.

The top scorer has been Icelandic Aegir Steinarsson, who can be called the ‘Campazzo de la LEB’. He is the engine of the team, he sets the tone in defense, the speed in attack and with triples and penetrations to the basket has reached 27 points and 32 valuation credits.

Midway through the second quarter, Lolo Encinas’ team had already 42 points and a percentage higher than 50% in the triple: 8 out of 15. On the other side, Almansa added, above all, from the free throw line to reach 33- 58 at halftime. The maximum income has been reached by Gipuzkoa Basket minutes before, with 27-56, and has repeated it in the last possession, when Barton has made the seventeenth triple of the night and has certified the final 76-105.

Acunsa Gipuzkoa Basket finished with 17 3-pointers out of 39 attempts and their percentage in two-shot shots was 70% (21 out of 30). Of the 38 baskets scored in play, 19 have come after an assist according to official statistics and to round off the first victory, the Gipuzkoans have only committed four turnovers.

On Tuesday they will play their first game in Illunbe at 6:00 p.m. against Cáceres.