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Gipuzkoa Basket visits the hitherto impregnable Pisuerga pitch this Wednesday with the confirmed absence of Mikel Motos
Guuk Gipuzkoa Basket visits the Pisuerga sports center tomorrow to face Real Valladolid at 8:45 p.m. in a match between direct rivals fighting for the most noble positions in the playoff. Lolo Encinas appeared this Tuesday in the press room of the Angulas Aguinaga Arena and the first thing he did was confirm the withdrawal of Mikel Motos for tomorrow’s match.
Mikel Motos, trouble
“We were very scared when we saw it because of how it fell. He will not even be able to travel to Valladolid, but the tests have gone well and it seems that it is less serious than it seemed and we will see if we can recover it for Almansa next Tuesday ».
Two games on special days
«I told the locker room that we had two important games left to finish the year. These dates are a little different and it costs more to train because the families of the players come to spend Christmas, but we will not be able to have Christmas and we will change it to New Year’s Eve, which we will take advantage of to get some air and give them a few days.
Real Valladolid, a very tough rival
«It is one of the teams that is fighting to be top in the League. They maintain the final dynamic of last year and it is the second best defense, which already speaks of the level that we are going to find there. They haven’t lost in Pisuerga so far this season and let’s see if we have Olentzero’s gift and we can attack him tomorrow. They play very physical and grow from behind, they cause very bad shots and make you play badly in attack. At home you have to maintain their intensity and you have to arrive with spark.
Hunting
«We are one game away from them and that means that we are having a good first round and we want to finish it off so that it is a very good first round. Apart from Castelló I am very happy with how we have competed and if we take that step on Wednesday it will mean that we are involved in the fight with all those above.
The Guuk, at a high level in defense
«The two victories help and we are confident. At first we needed to hook the new players to last year’s defensive rules and now they are understanding it. We still have failures, especially in communication problems. If the communication is good and we fail, we know where we failed. They see it on video and realize it. If we improve that we can raise the level a little more, but it is not easy in this league to leave the rival below 70 points in four consecutive games (Lleida 69 in four quarters, Estudiantes 68, Coruña 68 and Melilla 63), and with that I am happy”.
