The team does not slow down

The team scores its seventh consecutive victory against Valladolid 

| Saturday, 12 March 2022

Basketball Girona has won the  UEMC  Real Valladolid at the Pisuerga sports hall (57-77) and adds the seventh victory  consecutive  in the league The  set  Girona never went behind the scoreboard and dominated the pace of the game at all times. Defensive solidity and aggressiveness in attack has allowed the  set  by Jordi  lizard  seal a very important victory. Marc Gasol was the best rated player (16 points and 22 rating) in a great game by Eric Vila (5 rebounds and 15 rating).  Kaspar  Vecvagars  (12 points and 10 rating) was also decisive in the second quarter.

 Valladolid started the first minutes very imprecise and this allowed the team to quickly get ahead of the scoreboard with a partial 2-11 after a triple by  Txemi  Urtasun. The first ten minutes have served to see that Jordi’s  lizard  they have been very practical in attack and have only conceded 2 points per game to the local team (6-15).

 In the second quarter, the team went up another gear and caught the locals off guard on the counterattack.  Stürup  completed a good transition to complete a very good partial 2-13. The Girona team increased the difference on the scoreboard with a three-pointer by Albert Sàbat from seven meters to make it 10-31. Far from lowering the intensity, Marc Gasol scored two triples and led his team to victory at halftime (16-45).

 At the resumption, the set of  Roberto  González came out more determined in attack and cut distances with an 8-2 run. George  lizard  he called a time-out and the team returned to twenty-seven points with some good minutes from Gasol and Eric Vila. The final stretch of the quarter, the intensity has been even. Alec  Wintering  scored two free throws to put his team at twenty-one points. A final score of 2-8 Girona set the final result of the third quarter (35-62).

 In the last quarter, the team managed the game well, but lacked decision in some plays.  pantzar  i  Kuip  they have scored two three-pointers in the last half and have put their team below the twenty point difference (49-66). In the final stretch of the match, Pol Molins and  Gonzalo  Delgado had minutes to conclude with the final result (57-77). The team has a string of seven victories and does not slow down its good dynamic as a visitor.

 POST-Match STATEMENTS:

George  Sargatal: “The team was at a very good defensive level in the first half. This allowed us to run AND find spaces. In the second half we didn’t dominate as much, but we managed the minutes well enough. I’m happy with the sum of the whole team.”