The Melilla Basketball Club began the second round playing against one of the best squads in the competition, Hereda San Pablo Burgos. In addition, this match had a special aroma, Gonzalo García de Vitoria was returning to the Melilla Sport Capital bench and he wanted to do it with a victory that would give confidence to the squad.
Melilla Sport Capital started the first quarter very well, a lot of intensity both in attack and defense, but the people from Burgos started with a brutal success from the triple, this made it look like a very nice and even first quarter, we reached the middle of the fourth and the score was 13-14 in favor of San Pablo Burgos, the first time they had taken the lead. From this moment on, the Melillans could not keep up with the scoring rhythm of the visitors and ended the first 10 minutes with a result of 19-24, the maximum difference for those from Curro.
Burgos began the second quarter with a 7-0 run, due to several losses by the dean, this allowed the Burgos to get away on the scoreboard and get a distance of 11 points, a distance with which we would reach the middle of the quarter. Hereda San Pablo Burgos continued throughout the second quarter with a strong defense, this meant that, added to the low success of Club Melilla Baloncesto in attack, the visitors had a 10-19 run in the quarter. In this way they went to the changing room tunnel with a score of 29-43.
In the third quarter the game balanced, the two teams had a similar success facing the hoop, this kept the distance between the two, there were only 2 minutes left in the quarter and the electronics had a score of 40-55. In these last two minutes, Curro Segura’s team demonstrated the quality they treasure and achieved a 3-10 run, which translated into a distance of 22 points, 43-65. Finally, and after a triple by Sergi Huguet, the fourth would end with a difference of 19 points, 46-65, a distance that seemed practically insurmountable for the dean.
The last quarter had no story, the people from Melilla were fighting to lower the difference, but the people from Burgos denied it, thus the game would end with a wide distance for Hereda San Pablo Burgos,
Melilla Sport Capital suffers the first defeat of the second round, in addition to being the first with Gonzalo García de Vitoria on the bench. We saw a team with a lot of intensity on both sides of the pitch, but it wasn’t enough to beat one of the best squads in the LEB Oro. Neither Bright Mensah nor Alex Thompson were able to play the match due to illness and flu respectively. Now it’s time to recover quickly and think about the next match, since in just 5 days we have a very important match against Juaristi ISB. This match will be held on Wednesday, February 1 at 8:30 p.m. in Azpeitia.
