Second fourth determinant

The team lost the initiative before the break but was in the game until the end

| Sunday, 03 January 2021

Girona Basketball has started the year in Fontajau with a defeat against Palmer  soul Mediterranean Palma (80-83). A good first quarter resulted in a second in which the opponent turned the score upside down with a 33-point run. Pep Busquets with 21 points and  Davis Rositis  with a rating of 17, they were the most outstanding individuals.

The first minutes were Mallorcan , however  the people from Girona have reoriented the scoreboard and the game with good circulation and with points both outside and inside, with good moments from Gerard  Sevillian  and the debut, with triple en  the first possession  including, from  curry Jónsson. The positive image in attack has also been compensated in defense, with fifteen points against in ten minutes that have allowed them to reach the end of the first period with a five over lead (20-15).

In the second period, the dynamic was distorted and the rival team took the testimony of the match with many points from the hands of  ronnie Harrell  from the perimeter and pivot intimidation  Jawara on the inside that have significantly penalized local performance. A partial 0-10, with two triples  Kristian Kullamae, has put the Majorcans ahead. The group from Girona  has answer  with three consecutive triples that returned the score to the scoreboard , however  the  Majorca  followed up with two more outside shots that catapulted a 4-13 run before the break (39-48).

In the 20 minutes of the restart, the Girona team was always trailing despite being 3 points behind after a basket of  biram Faye (58-61). The local good moments were led by Pep Busquets from the perimeter (5/10). A triple by Sàbat made it 80-83 with 40 seconds left. Despite the good defense, the points to equalize have not arrived Mallorca  he took the victory (80-83).

Statements by Carlos Marco:

“I think we started the game very well, especially defensively, doing the things we have to do well and that we believe in. Grabbing the rebounds, always being active and using our arms well, they scored 15 points and we scored 20.”

“The defeat is a bit of a consequence of what we did in the 2nd quarter, why in the 3rd and 4th we won it again, maybe not as correctly as in the 1st. The 2nd quarter, it’s not an excuse , But  we have  gone  a bit of the game and they’ve been right.”

“We have been penalized 10-15 points which is the difference  by which we could have won All these things we must do well  because  we train them, because we and the players really believe in them, they have to be more constant and do them in 40 minutes.”