The tie in the first round is caught and Básquet Girona continues to look at it from the bottom of the classification, all the while waiting for an opportunity to revive that has not yet arrived. Perhaps Aíto García Reneses was right, when he said last Friday that the situation could have been a little different (therefore better) if instead of having already faced most of the teams from the top, the first rivals of this section of the championship they would have found themselves fighting for other objectives than sneaking into the leading positions of the table. Who knows, all guesswork. This may have influenced the current reality of the team, third in the row with only two wins (against Betis and UCAM) when nine games have been held. But there are a few more factors that explain this present and these do not admit of discussion. The mishap begins to cause the first consequences. You can’t get ahead of the games, you lose positions and your backpack starts to get heavy. Girona is not a group whose aim is too fine. It is clear that he has strong points and he has offered excellent moments so far, fighting most matches. But this sport, like others, is a very thin line and whether the ball goes in or not ends up being decisive. In Fontajau, at the moment, it is difficult for this to be the case.
To start this chapter, an overwhelming fact. Basketball Girona has scored 662 points after the first 9 games. This means that the average is 73.6 per performance. In other words, the lowest of all the ACB. Even the two teams that are currently sailing below in the standings score more points. 74.2 per game for Betis and 83.2 for BAXI Manresa, penultimate. One and the other, yes, have much poorer numbers in defense, which explains why they are, right now, more poorly classified. Adding to the confusion is the precipitation. bad combination Aíto’s is not a patient team, which likes to chew the plays while looking for the best option and the precise hole in the defense. The people of Girona run, run and run. They go for work. This works, if the shooters are top notch, and if the gear works perfectly. For now, sparks of quality and little else. The clearest example is from a few days ago, in Vitoria. They tried to match the dizzying pace of Cazoo Baskonia and it was very clear what the difference is between another team. The locals converted three-pointers at dojo and mid-range shots went in without too much trouble. The complete opposite of Básquet Girona, which was a type of shooting, especially from the outside, but confirmed that it is not correct. It’s not that they aren’t among the top five teams in shooting percentage, but they put up some of the lowest numbers in that regard. He is sixth worst in the ACB in terms of shooting from beyond the three-point line: 32.5%. And the fourth worst in the entire championship in shots from two, with 47.2%. An endent subject, as is evident.
Choral problem? Individual errors? Everything adds up, but one data is relevant to illustrate this deficit. There are eight players (counting Bursac, who is no longer there but who has also fattened the statistic by playing the first games of the calendar) who score less than 4 points on average. A very poor contribution, due to which certain parts are excessively dependent. One of them is Marc Gasol, still the MVP of the League. The pivot catches 14.4 points per performance. The tenth best of the ACB in this section. Eighteenth is Kameron Taylor, off at Buesa Arena but able to offer a card of 13 points per game so far. There are only two Basketball Girona players among the 50 best shooters in the competition. Fjellerup rises to 9.4 points, thanks to Quino Colom’s 8.3. This statistic is made up a little by Eric Vila, with 5.3. The rest, all below 4 points.
Uncertainty, one of the main problems. Not the only one, of course. Haste and the urge to run also lead to losing balls too often. It happened in Vitoria and has happened in other days. The Girona team, with 15.11 losses per game, have the fourth worst record. Aíto’s notebook smokes. He, who does nothing but ask his people to improve every day. There is work to be done, as well as time to take off.
