The players of thespar girona have been dazzled on the track of the Cukurova Turkish The individualities of the titular quintet of the team of Myrtlewith almost no turnovers, were enough to distance themselves on the scoreboard in the first quarter and hold the result throughout the game. Chelsea Gray, who played in Girona in the 2020-21 season and just joined the team, had a stellar performance with 23 points and 9 assists. Bernat Canut’s players, with little clairvoyance in attack and outmatched in intensity, have not been able to react.
The starting quintet of Cukurova could perfectly play in the finals of the WNBA. In fact, all of their players are or have been starters for their respective North American teams. That’s why it wasn’t strange to see the Turks take the lead as soon as the duel started. Led by a magnificent Chelsea Gray, the CBK has shone in the hands of Jonquel Jones i Tiffany Hayes in an overwhelming first quarter. The women from Girona were knocked out by the avalanche of offensive individuality from the Turks and they fell on the scoreboard (25-13).
A mid-range shot ofIrati Etxarri has allowed the ten point difference to be reduced. The joy was short-lived as Jonquel Jones dominated under the hoop to manufacture quick points for his team. The ex of Perfumeries Avinguda, Tiffany Hayes, wasn’t far behind either with 17 points in just fourteen minutes. Uni has improved in the defensive aspect to reduce the torrent of points of the Turkish stars. Despite this, Bernat Canut’s team did not find fluency in attack and were outmatched in rebounding, which is why they went into the break behind their opponents (37-27).
After the break, Gray and Hayes had more points than the entire Catalan team. In fact, a three-pointer by the ex-Spar has staged the biggest difference (42-27) of the game. The Catalans have remained dry with almost six minutes without scoring, while the American point guard has done absolutely what he wanted on the court, with five scandalous triples and giving play to his entire squad with nine assists.
A partial 0-5 after a triple of Parra and a counterattack gave wings to the Girona team at the start of the last quarter. Even so, the Turks – who have barely made any rotations in the starting quintet – have remained equidistant from Gray’s hand and have ruled the game with a comfortable 64-50 on the scoreboard.
