Defeat in Castellón

The first team falls to Ciutat de Castellón after losing an important advantage in the last quarter

| Tuesday, 28 September 2021

The first minutes of the game began with little scoring and quick possessions that led to a low score just before the end of the first quarter (3-5, 4′). Since then, the team from Girona has generated a partial 2-14 – from 4-8 to 6-22 – which has catapulted them to the electronic based on a very fluid movement in attack and a solid performance in defense, covering Castelló’s interior attack very well, his main weapon (9-24).

After a basket in transition by Karamo Jawara, Basketball Girona has achieved the second maximum of nineteen points (13-32, 14′). Then, ex-Gironi Davis Rozitis appeared in the local offensive plot to add twelve points in the second quarter and put his team on the scoreboard – from 13-32 to 28-39-. A partial 2-5 Girona almost restored the same difference as at the end of the first quarter (30-44).

The second part has been negative for Girona’s interests. After resuming the game with the same five-point lead that ended the first half (30-49), TAU Castelló went on a 20-8 run that reduced the deficit below ten points after many minutes (50-57). The last period has been devastating. A partial run of 26-6 has faded the visitors’ hopes of victory with an energetic opponent on both sides of the court (76-63).

Statements by Carlos Marco:

“We played at a good level for thirty minutes and then they got closer with the ups and downs of the pre-season. It wasn’t easy after the game against El Prat, where we were bad, to play those thirty minutes at the level we have played against Castellón.”