Defeat in Mallorca

The team fights until the end and almost wins against Palmer Palma (78-73)

| Saturday, 16 April 2022

Básquet Girona has fallen at the Son Moix pavilion by 78-73. The Mallorcan team took the lead for most of the match but saw the lead slip away in the final minutes (73-73, 39′). A triple by Pol Figueras in the penultimate possession decided. Girona’s protagonist was Marc Gasol with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 8 fouls received. 

Mallorca was active on both sides of the court, with good defenses that allowed them to run better, but a partial 0-6, with Sàbat’s final basket on the counterattack, put the Girona team ahead for the first time in the party Girona’s good defense allowed the advantage to be extended to five points (12-17), after a continuous basket action by Marc, but the entry of Wesley Van Beck gave wings to the opponent’s offensive activity , which ended up regaining the advantage with a three-pointer by Kostas Kostadinov at the end of the last possession after possessions with a constant exchange of baskets (26-24).

The good dynamics in the counter attack continued in the first few beats of the second period, with a particularly inspired Kostadinov, author of ten points in the second quarter, and a Van Beck who put Mallorca’s maximum in one of his first interventions ( 33-24). A 2-10 run, with two consecutive three-pointers from Marc, have overcome Girona’s disadvantage until they are one point behind (35-34), a difference that would last until the end of the first half after Kostas Kostadinov hit one of the two free throws (41-40).

In the restart, the Mallorcan team continued to take the advantage and extend it, with good minutes from Pol Figueras and Elijah Brown. The local scene in favor has been added to the fact that the team from Girona has only managed to add two baskets in play in the first five minutes (6/19 in the third quarter). The last two were from Eric Vila, who scored five consecutive points in the last minute to cut the gap to twelve points (61-54). In the last ten minutes, however, the reds have faced from the defense and, despite Van Beck’s three-pointer that put the opposition eleven up, a partial 2-13 has placed the tie on the scoreboard after many minutes With the score tied in the last minute of the game, a triple from the corner by Pol Figueras (they had 3/15 attempts in the second half) sealed Girona’s valuable comeback (78-73). 

POST MATCH STATEMENTS:

Jordi Sargatal: “Palma came out with more desire and more intensity. Although we knew about the energy of this team, we did not come out prepared mentally and in the situations we were considering. I am happy for the final reaction and for fighting until in the last minute to take the game.”

Marc Gasol: “We lacked a point of desire and urgency. They played braver and took the game. Sometimes, the team that looks for it the most and has the most urgency wins.”