With Frazier the protagonist on the court on the day of his debut in green and white and a magician like Shannon Evanssitting at the foot of the court watching the game, which left the last best moments of basketball in a San Pablo that has lived sweeter days, the Betis Baloncesto started the fourth victory of the season by overcoming the combative Alega Cantabria Group by 80-70 in a clash that was only resolved in the last quarter.
It was already known that Frazier had been in Seville for days, but the club surprised before the duel with Rakocevic cutwho although he has not been the expected scorer – who has been? – has not been much worse than a Rogic who still does not raise his head or a Polanco who has fallen into decline and who could lose a lot of prominence with the new green and white reinforcement, who scored up to 20 points in his debut, although he ended up eliminated due to fouls. It seems that the American could be an interesting acquisition, since he has points on his hands and every time he drives to the basket it seems that things happen, but Bruno Savignani’s team continues to stumble over the same stone. Stones in this case: unable to close the rebound, stubborn from the triple (he shot three points more times in the first half than two) and with a defensive weakness That against a rival with greater potential will surely complicate the duel quite a bit.
At least the Sevillian team won, which continues to reform itself through signing, by removing and adding like changes of cards (until March 29 there is an open bar) to redo what the Heliopolitan entity did before the entry of the XOY group. Rakocevic is not to blame for the negative balance (4-9 at the moment), but the truth is that The first feeling is that Frazier can provide leadership on the court, the lack of which the group suffered from. And he started by throwing a real melon against the board, which was not the best calling card on the first play of the match.
But the truth is that as soon as he warmed up in a cold Sports Palace that offered again a sad image with about 700 spectators in the stands – it would not hurt to consider changing the time at home to Sunday at 12:30 – pulled the team in the second quarter, when Betis Baloncesto staged its first escape with seven points of its own (35-26). Before, in the first 10 minutes, the Seville team abused from the triple (four of the first five shots were from beyond the 6.75 meter line), with Dedovic posting continuously and Berzins, the green and white ceiling with his 2.12 meters, shooting from outside. The world upside down.
After 19-17 in the first quarter, Savignani opted for a 2-3 zone on the first play of the second and Walker scored easily under the basket. This topic is not very worked on yet. Frazier took command of the operations, to the point that he was the one who set up the attack when he met Rogic on the court., increasingly declining and with little prominence. As soon as Pacheco is recovered and with rhythm, he could be the next to pack his bags, although the Brazilian is more of a shooting guard than a game director. The starting point guard is Barnes, who continues to take steps forward in his adaptation and although this time he did not attend like other days, he was inspired in the scoring section (16 points) accompanying his compatriot.
A 16-2 run from 19-24 allowed Betis to threaten to break the match for the first time (35-26), but it is still a very weak defensive team in which many players find it difficult to put on their work clothes at the back. Only Dedovic struggled to stop Bulic, the leader of the Cantabrian team, but four attacks that ended in nothing from the locals allowed the visitors to sign a 0-9 to reach the rest fully involved in the game (35-34).
However, as soon as this Betis Baloncesto accelerates, it has, a priori, more talent and points than a Cantabria team that, without the inspiration of Bulic, found it difficult to attack and with Frazier once again as the protagonist, the Sevillian team gave another push (46-38). The former ACB Nogués took advantage of an easy offensive rebound to hook his team again (46-43) to stay hooked at the end of the third act (50-45).
Bulic, who capitalized on almost all of his team’s attacking actions (18 field goals), did not prevent between Frazier, Barnes and Kuksikswho appeared to score his classic triples that allow him to make up for his defensive weakness, They definitively broke the clash (71-57). Four minutes of tranquility to enjoy a victory that in the end was more peaceful than the duel actually was, but which still does not hide the problems that Betis Baloncesto has to solve if it wants to aspire to still get on the train of the play off.
It is urgent to have a center who does not flee the area being alone under the basket and who closes the rebound. If he is able to generate his own baskets it would be the definitive step, although it does not seem that Wembihe cinco designated by Iván Déniz to complete the squad, be it that profile. Savignani’s team needs to govern the games better (Cantabria made 12 more shots from the field) and Frazier may be the one who gives him that crucial characteristic to begin to believe that he can be higher up.
2023-12-15 21:56:25
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