The Spanish men’s basketball team lost (58-53) this Sunday against Belgium on the second day of the qualifying phase for the Eurobasket 2025two out of two in defeats for a current champion far from her best version.
Ricky Rubio He returned to play, in his second game of his return to the competition, he started again and scored 4 points, all from free throws.
Those of Sergio Scariolo They even worsened Thursday’s bad image before Latvia, penultimate in Group C with a team that has not been able to understand each other. In the Dôme of CharleroiSpain led by ten at the beginning of the third quarter, but with a poor success and without its defensive strength, the victory vanished again on its continental path.
With three of the four teams qualifying, the situation is far from being dramatic, but Spain will need to improve and not get complacent. Next July their ticket to the Paris Olympic Games will be played in the pre-Olympic tournament to be played in Valencia and these defeats can undermine confidence.
Bad in attack
The Spanish team made water in attack, with 14 points from Darío Brizuela and 10 from Joel Parra without getting rid of the bad percentages that marked the match. Belgium wasn’t much better, just enough to count their games by wins for now.
Parra’s initial success was a mirage, as was Brizuela’s triple to close a first quarter down (11-14). The good news was that Belgium was also suffering, unlike Latvia’s good score three days ago, and Scariolo was looking for solutions. Yankuba Sima gave them, but on the other side Ismael Bako also added on the inside, since no one was connecting on the outside.
Ricky Rubio’s presence did not find any progression after his return to the fields in Zaragoza, although the Catalan point guard was one of the most valued at half-time. He shared the game and grabbed rebounds but was not important in attack.
Scariolo’s men managed to put the game back on track at the start of the last quarter but, this time without Rubio in the finale, there was no conviction, success or defense in an unknown Spain. The losses and failures marked the sentence of Scariolo’s team, who hopes to put together a team with more guarantees and confidence for the Pre-Olympic in July.
Datasheet
Belgium: Van Buggenhout (0), Mwema (6), Gillet (15), Bako (8), Obasohan (19), -cinco inicial-, Samardzic (1), Schwartz (2), Vanwijn (0), Ridder (2 ), Delalieux (5), Tumba (9).
Spain: Ricky (4), Xavi López Arostegui (1), Joel Parra (10), Juancho Hernangómez (2), Pradilla -starting five-, Brizuela (14), Díaz (5), Abalde (0), Claver (0) , Fernández (5), Saiz (2), Sima (6).
2024-02-25 17:49:36
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