TWO DEFEATS WITH A DIFFERENT TASTE

Girona Basketball loses both games in the Catalan League with mixed feelings

| Friday, 13 September 2024

Girona Basketball has played two games in the Catalan League in the third edition in which it competes, the most participatory so far with six teams. In the league, it has faced MoraBanc Andorra and Barça with two antagonistic match scripts. In the first, the Girona team has started dominant in the scoreboard and in the game, offering a good image on both sides of the court. However, when the team has achieved the maximum advantage of eight points (25-33) Andorra has been able to counteract the difference with a differential run between the end of the first half and the start of the second half, which has turned the tone of the match. With great effectiveness in its attacks and defenses, Andorra has managed to win the match by a final score of 84-61. The best of the match has been Ike Iroegbu with 21 points.

In the second game, Básquet Girona managed to take a step forward and dominate the scoreboard and the game for a good part of the forty minutes against a Euroleague rival. From the initial 6-9 it has gone to 30-13 after a triple by Yves Pons. Despite Barça’s response, Básquet Girona reached the break with the same eight-point lead as it had at the end of the first quarter. In the resumption, the Blaugrana team managed to make up the difference and, although the score remained close to the end, with a triple from Durham that put the Girona side within a point, the game ended up of Blaugrana The best of the game was Maxi Fjellerup with 16 points and 19 ratings.