San Pablo Burgos, 89; Alimerka Oviedo, 64
Rooms: 15-14; 29-12; 21-22; 24-16
Referees: Guillermo Ríos, Daniel Checa and Jordi Domingo.
Coliseum Burgos: Good entry.
The debut of Guillermo Arenas at Alimerka Oviedo did not serve to see a better team against the powerful San Pablo Burgos -there has not been time to change too many things-, which clearly prevailed over the Asturians, but it did to intuit where they are going Things are going to go from now on in the fierce fight that the OCB is going to wage to achieve salvation in the LEB Oro. Guillermo Arenas’ team competed in a crazy first quarter and lost the oremus in a second set in which they were left in evidence that so much change in such a short time ends up taking its toll on some players who lost 21 balls.
This new Alimerka Oviedo goes at full speed, spending little time on each attack, shooting the first time he has a good position to shoot. Arenas tried to turn the match against Burgos into a round trip in which, on a day inspired by shooting, he might have managed to face a great team, with decisive players like Mahalbasic, Norelia, Kacinas, Rupnik or Corbalán, that as soon as the OCB began to break down, they mercilessly sentenced the Asturian team.
The change in the roles of some of the players was also interesting, with Marc Martí who played 25 minutes and left very good things, with actions under the basket in which he got on very well with Oliver Arteaga, an inside couple who does everything indicate that Guillermo Arenas plans to use much more than his predecessor on the bench, Trifón Poch. The Catalan power forward, who finished the game with 13 points, gives the impression that from now on he will also take many shots from three. Thorir Thorbjarnarson also saw himself looser and doing more things, who hit the three triples that he tried, rebounded, assisted and ended up adding 20 valuation credits.
On the opposite side, players who to date had added many minutes of play, being very important to Poch, such as Craig LeCesne and Nigel Pruitt, had a testimonial participation in the match, without taking advantage of the time they were given on court. These are very important pieces for the blue team that have to take a step forward for this OCB to start carbureting. It also drew attention that Ángel Comendador did not play for a single minute. All of them will have to enter into the dynamics of an Oviedo Baloncesto that will play differently from now on and that will run out of opportunities to get out of the situation in which it finds itself.
The best of the duel for the OCB, who started the match with Peñarroya, Crouch, Thorbjarnarson, Brown and Arteaga, was the beginning, surprising with devilish speed. Two triples by Crouch and Thorbjarnarson shot the lead to six points (4-10) in something that was little more than a mirage. At the end of the first quarter, Burgos was leading by one point (15-14). But three and a half minutes into the second quarter, Burgos finished with a 14-0 run (29-14) in which, suddenly, the OCB fell, empty passes began to be seen and chaos took over the team . That partial was final. From now on, the OCB tried to insist on the things that Guillermo Arenas wants to introduce into the team and the San Pablo Burgos to add good feelings in their fight to ascend to the ACB. The important match for Alimerka Oviedo Basketball will be played on Saturday, March 5 in Pumarín, against Iraurgi, their direct rival. That is the day to begin the resurrection.
