They are five already the defeats that chain the Girona basketball, which has not won since last October 13, when it prevailed in El Prat. He lives during the first two quarters, while Kaspars Vecvagars has been inspired, a second half to forget has condemned those of Carles Marco, who have been clearly overtaken by Granada, much better individually and collectively, offering arguments for justify their leadership in the LEB Gold. He has lost 21 points of difference the Girona team, which in spite of this has ended up making up the result until the 83-72 final.
If on Saturday it was Albert Sàbat, stratospheric, but insufficient to beat Valladolid, today the reliability from the triple has been borne by Kaspars Vecvagars. The Latvian scored 14 points in the first quarter and was the only one in charge of keeping Granada at bay, which has always been ahead on the scoreboard but without being able to take off. With as many resources as the Andalusian team has, he has found Pere Tomàs, also successful in the outside shot, his best weapon to distance himself and get to dominate 10 (33-23). Vecvagars was watching him from the bench and when he came out, he scored a couple of free throws. He hasn’t even tried it from the outside. No one was letting him breathe anymore and the alternatives have not worked. Sàbat has seen less basket than the other day, Schaftenaar was fine nor Eric Vila. It has been above all Noise the person in charge of saving the furniture. With an interesting basket, a free kick scored and an excellent offensive rebound. Tortosa accumulated 7 points at the break. A couple more added Bropleh, one of the most outstanding players of the locals, who have faced the third quarter with an advantage (41-35).
The American has had no pity. Two free throws and a throw of two, all in a row, has been a hard blow for Girona, who had started well with the success of Josep Franch. But since then, the decline has been a fact. Very misguided in front of the basket and also in defense, they let their opponent score easily. Franch’s own losses did not help either and the advantage of the home team has been increasing until the 21 points difference, already in the last quarter (72-53). With all given and blessed, Marco has chosen to give rest to his most important men and three quarters of it has made Pablo Pin, coach of a Granada that has managed to maintain its advantage. Schaftenaar, with a pair of triples and two free throws in the last sigh has been key to narrowing the gap. Despite this, defeat is a fact. The fifth in a row. And on Sunday, another high-profile rival plays, a Coruña that has won again and is also very high in the standings.
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