The first victory is for Fairs

The team does great teamwork and remains consistent throughout the forty minutes to achieve the first victory of the season (85-81)

First Team | Sunday, 26 October 2025

Bàsquet Girona started with the desire to impose itself in the rhythm and the score from the beginning with an initial 14-5 run with a great Otis (author of 11 points and 16 evaluations in the first half). The other Girona player who scored 11 points in the first period was Mark Hughes, leading the scoring and contributing on defense. Despite being able to run in the opening minutes, Gran Canaria adjusted its defense and was able to attack better, which allowed it to tie the game with six seconds left in the first quarter (23-23). ​​The Canaries started the second better but, when the Girona team was at its worst, a 16-4 run with a prominent foreign participation (4/6 in three-pointers) restored the local advantage on the scoreboard (47-43).

In the second half, in the shortest half of the two teams (17-16), Bàsquet Girona began to extend its initiative with an initial lead of eight points (59-51). When the Canaries managed to reduce the deficit to two points, the Girona team again established a new distance of seven points (64-57) thanks to good inside points. In the last quarter, a 0-6 run put Gran Canaria within one point with six minutes to play. In the closing minutes, three Girona triples put the lead at +8 and put the home team on track for victory, which ended up securing it with two free throws from Pep Busquets with five seconds left, with no time for any rival comeback (85-81).