Updated Thursday, August 17, 2023 – 23:48
The selection falls in a friendly against one of the favorites in the World Cup (80-85)
Llull, against Canada, this Thursday.Pepe TorresEFE
And Shai Giljeous-Alexander especially brilliant in the first part of the duel and a RJ Barrett that, after practically disappearing after signing a good start, knew how to come back on time in extra time were the great arguments of Canada to prevail over a Spain that, once again, stood up against one of the favorite teams to win the next World Cup. , but, once again, they found themselves surpassed on the scoreboard (80-85). A great second quarter, both in attack and defense, and the maintenance of good defensive performance in the third, in this case, were not enough to win a victory that would have been a blow to morale for the team led by Sergio Scariolo.
Canada, through a very intoned RJ Barrett, left very early with six points on the scoreboard at the start of the duel. Spain was largely overwhelmed by the talent exhibited by both the Knicks guard and Shai Giljeous-Alexander who already claimed the attention of the spotlight in the first quarter so that his team would come to treasure a maximum advantage of 9 points. (10-19). Scariolo’s ensemble, once again specially entrusted to the contributions of the brothers HernangmezDespite everything, he knew how to close the gap, put himself three points below with a great dunk from Garuba (21-27) and close to the tie with a triple by Rudy that, despite the suspense, was lost in limbo. Lack of fortune, moreover, would punish her forcefully. Nickeil Alexander-Walker from beyond the 6.75 line to close the first period with a painful 21-27.
The setback, once again, far from eating away at the morale of the Spaniards, became a stimulus. Scariolo’s team took a step forward defensively, giving up just one point for the Canadians and also putting their batteries in attack to take the lead for the first time on the scoreboard and open a timid three-point gap (31-28) with a partial from 10-1. With a little more success, the locals could have widened the gap a bit, but they ended up seeing how Canada, led mainly by Shai Giljeous-Alexander and Dwight Powell, he managed to bring the game to an exchange of blows in which, in the end, the Spanish would know how to emerge victors. Thanks, in large part, to the intensity of Juancho Hernangmez and the good hand in the triples of Victor Claver. Spain knew how to respond perfectly to the Canadian rebellion attempt and ended up going to rest with a partial victory by 23-13 and four points ahead in the light (44-40).
Spain lowered its offensive performance to unsuspected limits at the restart. Canada’s defensive intensity caused him to reach the limit of his possessions over and over again and he couldn’t quite find his way to the basket. At the defensive level, his performance followed more or less the path marked out in the second quarter. Thus, it is explained that, despite the drop in attack, he managed to reach the end of the quarter one point above the score (56-55). Hand in hand, in this case, with a Santi Aldama very intense under both baskets, some flash of Abandoned and a very opportunistic triple of Rudy Fernndezand as much as Canada, more due to flashes than good collective play, came to put itself timidly ahead on the scoreboard for a moment.
The fourth quarter was largely a carbon copy of the third. Canada maintained its defensive intensity to make Spain unspeakably uncomfortable, which, despite everything, managed to score 17 more points to their scoreboard thanks, above all, to two well-timed triples by Joel Parra, another shot from beyond the net. 6.75 line Daro Brizuela and the fight between Aldama and Garuba. Canadians, with Olynyk y Bell-Haynes As the most prominent, they managed to force overtime and even had one last possession to win the game, in the hands of a Shai Giljeous-Alexander whose performance was declining as the minutes passed, that the Thunder point guard he failed to convert on the winning shot.
In extra time, with the return to his best clothes of a RJ Barrett largely missing in the second part of the duel, Canada would end up taking the game definitively, no matter how much Spain tried to resist tooth and nail through good deeds. of Garuba and Juan Nez and a great triple of Claver. those of scario, as before the United States, they fell again with honor. In this case, 80-85, against a team that, like the Americans, also aspires to win the next World Cup.
2023-08-17 21:48:13
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