Girona Basketball has celebrated its first victory of the season in Fontajau, the second in a row after beating Betis at home seven days ago. Always ahead on the scoreboard, Aíto’s team signed some of the best minutes of the course and dispatched a UCAM that went from less to more and put on a show until the last breath. Gasol (24 points), Columbus (20) and Taylor (20) they have led a team that will visit the Palau Blaugrana next weekend.
Good news hastened to arrive, both necessary and welcome. They have been 52 points scored in the first halfwith a Imperial Marc Gasol (14 points and 4 rebounds at halftime), a freed Quino Colom (leading and scoring) and the talent of Taylor and a Miletic who nailed three consecutive triples, delighting the public. Good inertia in attack and remarkable defensive work, especially in the first quarter, when UCAM was left with only ten points. Everything has not been flowers and violets, because Joseph Franch has lasted a little less than four minutes on the floor, before retire limping, injured. Colom and Figueras have shared the minutes in the base position and they have done so with credit.
Right from the start, the command for those of Aíto. able to grab a 14-point lead (24-10) at the end of a first quarter with a high outside hit, and to widen the differences even when UCAM pressed the accelerator at McFadden’s pace. To each visiting basket, forceful response, especially when Miletic scored nine points in the blink of an eye to go from 28-21 to 37-23. Fontajau was having a good time, who played bravely until he caught the 52-33 to reach the break.
There is no desire to leave the party halfway, so the hunger for Basketball Girona has increased. Taylor, Gasol and Colom have continued to do their and the difference has reached almost 30 points. Until the game is stuck. The pace, vertiginous for many minutes, was interrupted by fouls, reviews by the referees and the repeated protests of Sito Alonso from the bench. The free throws have piled up and The UCAM, grinding stone, has reduced the distance. 79-60, already in the last quarter, with 8 minutes left. Considerable differences, but still time to play. Gasoline, increasingly scarce, has given a spark of more talent, with a couple of triples from Taylor and Garino. But it was not all given and blessed. Especially when Aíto had to claim a timeout, in front of the partial 0-8 that squeezed, and in what way, the scoreboard (88-75).
Three long minutes in front and Fontajau pressed bravely. He went from making the wave to whistling every possession of the opponent, who bet everything on a single card and missed two consecutive three-pointers. Not Gasol or Columbus. A little air with the 94-77, enough to breathe easy and not let the victory slip away. The second in a row, the first of the course in Fontajau, finally reaching 100 points and winning the ovation of the more than 5,000 spectators who gathered in the pavilion.
Technical sheet
BASKETBALL GIRONA: Josep Franch, Taylor (20), Prkacin (3), Èric Vila (5) and Marc Gasol (24) – starting five – Fjellerup (3), Colom (20), Figueras (1), Miletic (13), Garino ( 8) and Sorolla (3).
UCAM MURCIA: Luther (3), Trice (25), Davis (7), Rojas (4) and Pustovyi (1) -initial zinc- Bellas (3), Sakho (4), Jelinek (11), Giffey (12), Radovic ( 6), McFadden (10) and Diop (3).
