Fontajau vibrates again

The team wins comfortably against Tizona Burgos in the return of the public to Fontajau

| Sunday, 28 March 2021

In the first minutes of the match, the pace and success have led Básquet Girona to quickly dominate the scoreboard with a favorable 5-0. Burgos responded to the good start of Carles Marco’s team with a goal at the low post from the pivot wing Mick Hall and the Senegalese pivot Mus Barro; as well as hitting the three-point line. The team found more spaces after a partial breakdown and was able to counterattack to reach the first period on top (24-22).

The second quarter started with a lot of success on the three-point line by both teams and Básquet Girona fought more for the rebound with a successful Sevillano in defense. The attacks in the paint have allowed Girona to place the maximum advantage so far (35-30). In the final stretch of the second quarter, the great connection between Sàbat (8 assists) and Rozitis (18 points) allowed the team to maintain the difference of five points on the scoreboard and make the Fontajau audience rise from their seats with an alley-oop . A triple over Tizona Burgos’ horn left the scoreboard very close (45-43).

In the restart, Básquet Girona dominated the pace of the game at all times and began to generate actions at the low post with a particularly successful Davis Rozitis scoring 10 points. In the following minutes the team was very effective in the three-point line with Kari Jonsson and Robert Cosialls very active. In the final stretch of the third quarter, the game took on a tonic of exchanging notes under the basket. The team won the quarter with a maximum difference of 12 points (72-60).

The last quarter ended with a good defense by Carles Marco’s team and taking advantage of the offensive transitions. Pepo Barral made good the exchange of baskets between the two teams and scored four points in a row at the beginning of the quarter (80-66). In the middle section of the game, the team with two three-pointers and a caste from Logan of two points has climbed the advantage on the scoreboard to 20 points (93-73).

Statements by Carlos Marco:

“It was a game of great difficulty, very happy to see our audience in Fontajau, and to take the victory”