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A good Basketball Girona gives Sevilla the first win of the season (71-79)

160 minutes later, Basketball Girona already knows what it means to win in the ACB. Aíto Garcia Reneses’ team completed a very complete match against Betis and thanks to a choral performance led by a stellar Fjellerup (18) they defeated an Andalusian team very dependent on their star, Shannon Evans (31) . Garino (13), Taylor (13) and Gasol (11) have supported the young Argentine perfectly.

Girona started with small advantages thanks to Garino’s aggressiveness towards the basket, who was the author of 4 of the visitors’ first 8 points. In defense, Aíto’s men didn’t let Shannon Evans get comfortable, but they couldn’t prevent him from scoring a triple from long range. In addition, the Andalusians moved the ball well and found their free kicks, but luckily for Girona they were not successful. Finally, Bertans found the target and an away loss allowed Betis to take the lead (9-8). Girona has been stuck on 8 points and the locals have taken advantage of this to widen their lead (12-8). But a partial 3 to 12, led by Miletic first, and by the connection between Fjellerup and Gasol in attack, together with the Andalusian inaccuracies, allowed the Girona players to leave at the end of the first quarter with a 5 point lead (15-20) .

With the start of the second quarter, the dynamic has not changed. Evans was very alone for the home side and Fjellerup and Gasol extended their stellar moment to make the biggest difference (23-31). Betis needed points and Casimiro turned to his best weapon, Shannon Evans. With the return of the American to the court, the Betics have recovered and a three-pointer and two baskets in transition, with a spectacular break from Gerun, practically squandered all the advantage of the Aítos. But at this point the much-needed outside success of players like Taylor and Garino has appeared. The same Argentinian also scored a 2 basket of merit and Girona escaped again (32-41). Before the break, Cvetkovic answered with a three-pointer but the difference was almost intact at the break thanks to two final points from Miletic (35-43).

At the restart, two three-pointers from very far away from Evans brought Betis closer (41-45), but Aíto’s men resisted the American’s stellar moment and Franch and Prkacinc once again gave Girona peace of mind (41 -50). It looked like Marc Gasol’s team could break the game open for good, but some poorly executed attacks and two three-pointers from Cvetkovic kept the difference under 10 points. Fjellerup, one of Girona’s best yesterday, scored seven almost consecutive points to cool down any Andalusian comeback attempt (49-57). The two teams exchanged baskets in the last quarters of the quarter and Básquet Girona kept a valuable possession before the final period (55-63).

The last 10 minutes have started with a lot of uncertainty from both teams. In four minutes, only Evans and Garino scored on either side (57-65). Girona looked comfortable with this difference, but it was still not enough to claim victory. Gasol and Fjellerup, with 8 points almost in a row, put it very downhill (62-75) with three minutes to go. Betis did not give up and Evans reduced the difference to 9 points (66-75). Taylor lost the ball but in the following play the Betic star did the same and it was already impossible for Girona to miss the first victory of the season in the return to the elite. It took a while, but Aíto’s have already taken the pressure off with a vital victory that allows them to escape from the tail of the ACB.

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