The Alimerka Oviedo Baloncesto returned to training yesterday at the Pumarín sports center with only one idea: to leave behind the frustration of the last two defeats, in which the Oviedo players let two victories slip away that they had in their pocket, and focus on the match in Saturday (5:00 p.m.) against Betis. Against Amics Castelló, the Oviedo team fell (80-81) when they had possession of the ball and led by one point in the last seconds due to a loss by Demetric Horton. Last Friday, against Alega Cantabria, it was even worse, Javi Rodríguez’s team let a five-point lead slip away with 22 seconds left, missing four free throws in a row, which allowed the game to go into overtime that ended. He also escaped in the last action (84-83).
Two defeats that add to others in which they did not know how to manage the end of the game, such as those they suffered against Melilla (84-81), in this case after the scoring table did not add two points that the referees had awarded. , something that the Competition Committee of the Spanish Basketball Federation considers did not affect the final result of the match; against Ourense in extra time (88-83); against Lleida (73-75) with a final basket by Kenny Hasbrouck; and against Fuenlabrada (74-69) when they also had it in their face. The bad streak seemed to have ended after the victories against HLA Alicante (89-83) and Clavijo (78-81), but these last two defeats, and especially the way in which they produced, once again left the squad very shaken.
But, despite everything, OCB has ten victories, is three away from relegation, and with a high probability two more in the last seven rounds could be enough to achieve permanence. The first of them wants to try to get it on Saturday against Betis in a match that will be difficult, against a rival that has improved a lot throughout the season and that right now occupies ninth position, the last one that qualifies for the play-off promotion to the ACB.
The club wants Pumarín to be a hotbed that day and for that they have launched a promotion for Real Oviedo season ticket holders. All those who want to support the basketball team in its fight to remain will have a 30% discount on their ticket, which they can purchase through the online store. The schedules of the Oviedo football and basketball teams rarely coincide anymore and on this occasion Luis Carrión’s team will play in Elche on Friday (8:30 p.m.) in a decisive match in their fight for the play-off.
The match lost against Alega Cantabria, although painful, left one of the Oviedo team’s players in the best quintet of the day. This is point guard Josep Pérez, who had an outstanding performance, with 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 fouls received, adding 22 rating credits. The pity was that the best of the day was precisely one of the rivals they faced, Mirza Bulic, who added 31 rating credits. A player who, in addition, was the protagonist of some of the controversial actions, if any, of the match.
The power forward fell to the ground when Oviedo led by five points in the final stretch, giving the referees the impression that he had been pushed by Mikel Sanz, to whom they pointed out an unsportsmanlike foul that, after reviewing the images, is completely non-existent. . A more than dubious foul was also called against him in extra time, when Cantabria was one down, in a great defense by Dan Duscak, which allowed him to score two free throws that in the end were decisive and established what was the final score. .
But yesterday’s OCB training session closed that chapter and opened that of Betis, in which Javi Rodríguez’s team has the obligation to continue competing and the possibility of winning and taking an enormous weight off their shoulders.
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2024-04-02 02:01:06
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