With no player expected to arrive and with Jeremiah Hill’s poor performance, al Basketball Girona he will have to rely on the consistency of Kameron Taylor to reverse the bad dynamics and not suffer more from the account to certify permanence.
The one from Maryland has amply demonstrated during the season that he is a player very committed to the project and who is always ready to show his face. He doesn’t shy away from responsibility when things get worse and he’s almost always the one captains the team’s reaction moments and positive stretches with his defensive aggressiveness and verticality towards the basket.
The American has only fallen short of double figures in scoring in four games and has signed big numbers both in big matches of his team and in loose duels like the one on Saturday, when he climbed to the sixteen points and he put the team on his shoulders in one of those small Girona reactions that did not continue. In fact, despite the bad streak of Girona after the FIBA windows he has remained around the 14.5 points per game. He also stands out in recoveries, a facet in which he is the second best of all the league and is only behind Marc Gasol in the overall rating section with 15 credits.
He is also a player who seems to have internalized perfectly his coach’s speech. On Saturday, after the hard defeat against BAXI Manresa, Taylor pointed out to the microphones of Diari de Girona that they had to focus on improving those things that depended on them the most, such as energy, rebounding, defense and generally being more aggressiveremembering that the rickety outside percentage is a more difficult aspect to control.
Discontinuity in the rest
Taylor’s regularity contrasts with the intermittency of the rest of the players in the squad. Saturday the best was Colom and Gasol also played a good role in the second halfbut both they have completed other very loose matches of late.
On the other hand, who had almost zero incidence against BAXI Manresa is Maxi Fjellerup (only played six minutes), despite coming from a great game in Bilbao. Other examples of players who have been unable to maintain some consistency are Dusan Miletic and Roko Prkacin.
The abyss of relegation continues far away
Básquet Girona maintains a cushion of three victories over relegation, after Unicaja defeated Betis in the Andalusian derby yesterday. Despite the last five defeats in five games, Aíto’s keep a cushion of three victories with the abyss of the LEB which allows them to focus on upcoming commitments with less urgency. The Girona players will face the Sevillians in the penultimate day of the league, next May 9. Aíto’s would do well, however, to finish their homework earlier and not have to gamble everything in a game that could be dramatic.
There will be plenty of good opportunities, especially in Fontajau. In two weeks’ time, on Easter Sunday, Fuenlabrada will visit Girona, who with three victories and sensational sensations (they haven’t won since November 5) almost have both feet in the LEB. Another good option will be with Granada’s visit on April 22. With two wins in these games, the permanence would be practically a reality.
