Defeat against CB Gran Canaria in the semifinals of the Ciutat de Maó Tournament

The team could not take the victory in a game where it went from less to more, playing a great last quarter again (76-71)

| Saturday, 10 September 2022

New pre-season test for Girona in the semifinals of the Ciutat de Maó Tournament. In front, a consolidated team in the ACB, which contested last year  the playoffs, with a record of 17-19 in the regular season. The Great  Canaria  presents this year its main novelty on the bench:  jacket  Laković  he will be in charge of leading the team this season.

The start of the match was somewhat erratic on the part of both teams, who are still in the midst of preparation and adaptation to the new season. Little by little they have been getting into the rhythm of the game and have been  Kameron  Taylor and  Alexander  Bursać, both with 4 points, who marked the way to scoring for Básquet Girona at the beginning. At the end of the first quarter, the score was tied at 15-15.

The maximum difference in favor of Gran Canaria had been five points (24-19) at the start of the second period, an advantage that the team led by  Here  he managed to come back with a Marc Gasol strike and a Josep triple  French Then, a partial 12-0 favorable to those of  Laković, with John  Shurna  with a very hot wrist and 3 minutes without scoring on the part of Básquet Girona, they took the game to halftime with a 39-32 lead.

one  alley-oop  of  Kameron  Taylor, assisted by Pol  Fig trees  in transition, it served to open the Girona can in the second half. From there, the Canaries had their best minutes from the outside and began to break up the game. The last quarter was reached with a 10-point deficit (59-49).

The Canarian team has also excelled in capturing the rebound (39 in the total of the match to 27 by Básquet Girona), and this has led to points in second chances. Despite this, the Catalans came out in the last period like a gale, achieving a partial 0-6, which forced  jacket  Laković  stop the game Taylor still had the strength to appear prominently (22 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in total), bringing the game to just 2 points with 4 minutes remaining.

When it seemed that Gran Canaria was taking the lead again, with a 6-0 run with 3 minutes left, it appeared  Quino  Columbus, scoring a three-pointer and an additional free throw, to tie the game again. In the final minutes, the Canaries were more successful and took the first semifinal of this Ciutat de Maó Tournament by 76-71.

Tomorrow’s opponent will be Hestia Menorca, who lost to Baxi Manresa by 72-100.

STATEMENTS

Here  García  Reneses: ‘Gran Canària played with more energy than us, especially in the first half.’

‘These matches serve to learn technical and other aspects  so  important things like having the energy when you defend, when you go for the rebound or when you change the rhythm in attack.  We will continue to learn  to get better at the beginning of the league’.