New pre-season test for Girona in the semifinals of the Ciutat de Ma\u00f3 Tournament. In front, a consolidated team in the ACB, which contested last year the playoffs, with a record of 17-19 in the regular season. The Great Canaria presents this year its main novelty on the bench: jacket Lakovi\u0107 he will be in charge of leading the team this season.<\/p>\n
The start of the match was somewhat erratic on the part of both teams, who are still in the midst of preparation and adaptation to the new season. Little by little they have been getting into the rhythm of the game and have been Kameron Taylor and Alexander Bursa\u0107, both with 4 points, who marked the way to scoring for B\u00e1squet Girona at the beginning. At the end of the first quarter, the score was tied at 15-15.<\/p>\n
The maximum difference in favor of Gran Canaria had been five points (24-19) at the start of the second period, an advantage that the team led by Here he managed to come back with a Marc Gasol strike and a Josep triple French Then, a partial 12-0 favorable to those of Lakovi\u0107, with John Shurna with a very hot wrist and 3 minutes without scoring on the part of B\u00e1squet Girona, they took the game to halftime with a 39-32 lead.<\/p>\n
one alley-oop of Kameron Taylor, assisted by Pol Fig trees in transition, it served to open the Girona can in the second half. From there, the Canaries had their best minutes from the outside and began to break up the game. The last quarter was reached with a 10-point deficit (59-49).<\/p>\n
The Canarian team has also excelled in capturing the rebound (39 in the total of the match to 27 by B\u00e1squet Girona), and this has led to points in second chances. Despite this, the Catalans came out in the last period like a gale, achieving a partial 0-6, which forced jacket Lakovi\u0107 stop the game Taylor still had the strength to appear prominently (22 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in total), bringing the game to just 2 points with 4 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n
When it seemed that Gran Canaria was taking the lead again, with a 6-0 run with 3 minutes left, it appeared Quino Columbus, scoring a three-pointer and an additional free throw, to tie the game again. In the final minutes, the Canaries were more successful and took the first semifinal of this Ciutat de Ma\u00f3 Tournament by 76-71.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow’s opponent will be Hestia Menorca, who lost to Baxi Manresa by 72-100.<\/p>\n
STATEMENTS<\/p>\n
Here Garc\u00eda Reneses: ‘Gran Can\u00e0ria played with more energy than us, especially in the first half.’<\/p>\n
‘These matches serve to learn technical and other aspects so important things like having the energy when you defend, when you go for the rebound or when you change the rhythm in attack. We will continue to learn to get better at the beginning of the league’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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