Despite the fact that it lost 96 to 77 against the champion and candidate Instituto yesterday in the morning, the trip to Córdoba ended up being highly positive for Gimnasia due to the two wins it achieved, because they allow it to remain in the first places of the National Basketball League. The next commitment will be on Saturday the 19th at Socios when he will receive Ferro from 8:00 p.m. Meanwhile, he will continue to search for a power forward to replace Karachi Edo, who practically did not add minutes in recent presentations.
Yesterday he had a substantial first half, with vitality and with high percentages and even in the third quarter he was up 14, however, later he could not counteract the enormous reaction of the people from Cordoba, who totally unblocked and uncovered themselves in the pitches and They ended up going over the cast of Martín Villagrán, who was no longer the same as in the first part and it was evident that he was affected by physical fatigue.
The game started with an intensity that was maintained throughout the first half, as well as the high effectiveness that lasted a long time. Gymnastics began surprising with a couple of triples by Gerard DeVaughn, who was also in charge of the internal scoring taking advantage of the fact that the starting pivot Tayavek Gallizzi did not play in the rival, thus, and with a couple of important defenses, he made a good presentation and was up after the first ten minutes.
However, in the second quarter, the Cordobans extended their defense and totally complicated the transfer, stealing balls and converting assiduously to turn the picture around and go forward with different scorers. Although there was a particular play that practically turned the game around, where Yoan Mencía, in just one action, scored seven points. It is that there was a double fault on the Cuban who scored the four corresponding free kicks and, as he was in possession, at the start he took an open shot and scored the triple to give control of the result to his team at the end of the first half, because it also had a lot of external effectiveness.
The start of the ST was very erratic and the two spoiled all the good they did during the first 20 minutes, but then Gimnasia made a great production moving the ball well and giving continuity to the external points, they enjoyed their best passage and moved away to +14, although the locals, encouraged by their coach Lucas Victoriano, after a time-out came out with a lot of energy to defend and soon returned to the game and made a much more balanced process by substantially improving the percentage of three-pointers.
In the decisive quarter, everything that was hinted at in the previous one was confirmed: the remarkable improvement of the premises that made a great effort to score and continued crushing from distant areas to have everything in their favor against a Gimnasia that was decreasing and where it became evident physical exhaustion.
Looking for a new addition
Gymnastics is looking for a new player to initially replace Karachi Edo. Since the squad was assembled, coach Martín Villagrán wanted a shooting power forward, but since he didn’t get it, he decided to reassemble the team and keep Mencía at four.
Although the team is doing well, the coaching staff intends to improve the performance and points to a four that comes out of the low post and produces from the outside, considering that they also have one more free chip available.
Panorama
Friday
Union 72 – Obera 82
Athens 68 – Iron 85
San Lorenzo 69 – Mouth 75
Saturday
Institute 96 – Gymnastics 77
Argentine – La Union, at closing
Saturday 19
Gymnastics – Iron
