Sergio Martinez scored the basket to cap off the impressive comeback, which unfortunately fell short of its prize, the win. The pass by the winger on loan from Barça was one of the most tense moments experienced in Fontajau on Saturday, “These minutes go like this. Colom passed me the ball and I finished the counterattack with the passed hoop and I went crazy with the people of Fontajau”, with these words the player himself explained.
The eleventh win of the season will have to wait. At least one more week. Permanence is not guaranteed and neither is the new goal of competing in Europe.
The first twenty minutes of the derby were of a very high standard. By both teams. The improvement in defense of the whole of Fotis Katsikaris is remarkable and Baxi Manresa, which is having a great season, is the team with the clearest ideas in the entire league. In addition, the escort Ike Iroegbu he has fine-tuned his aim again, after some very gray matches in attack. In the second half, the visitors stretched officio, they threw a lot of mud on the way to have the offensive continuity, which was doing so much harm to the lazy people.
Sergi spoke clearly and in Catalan. “The game was based on the offensive rebound. In a game like that, if they get that many rebounds it’s very complicated. We didn’t lose the game on the last play or in the last few minutes. We lost it on the offensive rebound and at the beginning of the third quarter.” The Girona Basketball player is absolutely right in the world, but he should not be left in oblivion in what situation the team was in. The mentality of the players has taken two steps forward. This same duel could have had the same result as the match against MoraBanc Andorra. A total undoing. But no. “Playing in Fontajau gives you something extra. We feel the people closely, we feel how they press. Even if we are not in a good moment, the fans help us to have the ability to react and turn the situation around».
And Fontajau will be key. Basketball Girona has one of the most complicated calendars until the end of the season. The next matches are at home against second-placed Unicaja de Málaga and Lenovo Tenerife, who have won seven of the last eight games.
The goal of the season is very close, but at the same time very far. With a distance of three victories compared to Covirán Granda, a team that marks the end, the Girona team cannot leave the permanence for the last day, like last season.
There are two confrontations marked for some time. Bilbao and Zaragoza must visit Fontajau in the coming weeks. These two teams are the most affordable matches, taking into account that any team can beat you and, which Basketball Girona should win, at least, one match to achieve permanence once and for all. In the second season in the ACB, the season to get used to it, he must show that he is capable of this and more if he wants to take the next step, play in two competitions.
2024-03-25 05:30:38
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