Perfumerías Avenida does not raise its head. In ten days of true horror, the azulonas have fallen for the fifth consecutive time against a very toned Celta Zorka in Vigo, 80-77, leaving the team shaken before the mini Christmas break. Always in tow, in a duplicate duel and already seen on several occasions this year, the azulonas did not consider the game lost when it was, and very much so, and they had the final ball to tie with a triple that, as the culmination of a disastrous day, We didn’t even get to shoot. Another hard blow that gives way to a necessary rest in which to reflect and return with more strength.
It’s okay that the team is extremely tired, that not even 48 hours ago they had suffered a beating, but, again, the start to the game was unacceptable. Conceding a lot in defense, in fact the Viguesas shot without fail at the beginning, and denied facing the rim. The opponent, whoever it may be, uses the tactic of closing in, getting physical and waiting for the failure that came in each action at the beginning. The 9-0 start forced Pepe to take a timeout, which was responded to by the entry into the game of Sika, who was still limping. A scoring route was found, but the team’s defensive leak was very big, conceding 23 points in ten minutes.
If it was necessary to react, it should be from the defense, but no, it didn’t come. Musa was already at ease in the middle distance without any opposition. Second and third options in offensive rebounds, nothing was not noticed and the advantage increased and increased until the red alarm of 41-21. The team was, once again, broken with about five minutes to go before half-time and once again pulled on their caste and defense, taking advantage of the rotation of Musa, to get into the game. A partial score of 0-10 gave life, although Celta’s three-pointer at the horn was a splash of cold water, 44-31.
Absolutely everything had to change during the restart and the first green shoot came on the first play. First triple of the game for Avenida in more than twenty minutes. Silvia was its author and there the first green shoot was nipped in the bud. He tightened the screws again Celta playing very simply, taking advantage of Musa who saw the ring as a swimming pool and the score returned to +17. Stop and recompose. Now the triples were coming in, from Toni who was especially active and from Leo. But “a skinny dog”… Silvia notices a puncture in her thigh and we are left without a captain. Even so, the team pushed forward and managed to maintain the distance with ten minutes remaining, 63-51.
If it was going to be, it had to be heroic. There was no other way out. The defensive intensity not shown practically at any time in the first fifteen minutes was now the hallmark. For the first time, the Azulanas dropped below ten until Celta hit two triples in a row that felt like a kick in the team’s butt. When things are about to go wrong. The azulonas did not give up and Vilaró and, above all, Leo appeared to restore hope to the displaced parish. Avenida was within two with 90 seconds left, but in the next action Samson found the basket. Leo responded and immediately the foul came to send Samson to free throws, who missed one. Three shots to get within just one point and he ended up entering Leo’s third from the triple, but with very little left to play. The Galicians did not fail and there were barely two seconds left to shoot from three, something that Olcay did not even manage to do. Another challenge that will have to be recovered with full force in just a few days.
2023-12-23 01:16:53
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