2023-08-11 23:46:45
Spain and Slovenia were not in “championship mode”, as Scariolo says, but the friendly that opened the FEB Centenary Tournament had everything. Spain won. The worst was Garuba’s scare in the first quarter. The pivot is a decisive piece in the defensive framework of the team and had to retire with a disturbing limp in his right ankle. If the problem does not worsen, most of the conclusions from the victory against the Balkans are positive. If things go wrong… better not think about it for a group that is rearming after Ricky.
Spain let Doncic (17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists) start as if the defensive demands had taken a five-minute truce. Scariolo recruited half an army (Alberto Díaz, Rudy, Parra, Abrines…) to stop Luka and he succeeded because the Slovenian spent as much time watching the referees as he was attentive to the game. In attack, Spain is capable of leaving details that point to an interesting number of troops capable of adding. Among those is Núñez, who had good minutes as a second baseman. Abrines, Jaime Fernández, Parra, Brizuela and Alberto Díaz had a presence of those that change dynamics in the preparation. And apart are the brothers Hernangómez and Aldama. There is a lot of quality raw material there. The Willy-Aldama couple (35 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists between them) has size and talent. If they connect, Spain has a vein. Juancho (17 points and 6 rebounds) showed that the recital against Venezuela was not something of an exceptional night. His contribution from day one has nothing to do with that of a year ago.
And Slovenia? No team in the next championship has a dependency on a single player like Doncic’s Slovenians. Without Goran Dragic, the Balkans have been left in the hands of the Mavericks star. They are capable of signing a start like that of Martín Carpena: five triples without a miss in the first five minutes. And almost all generated by Luka’s talent. But if those fireworks are followed by nine errors in a row from the line of three and the rival’s defense adjusts… Slovenia went from dominating by thirteen in the first quarter to going down ten at halftime. In the third quarter, she was more concerned with the referees than with Scariolo’s players. And his defense ended up conceding almost a hundred points. Bad business.
99. Spain (26+25+22+16): Díaz (7), Abrines (13), Parra (7), Juancho (17) and Willy (17) -starting five- Rudy (3), Núñez (7) , Claver (0), Aldama (18), Fernández (3), Brizuela (7) and Garuba (0).
79. Slovenia (27+14+22+16): Blazic (11), Doncic (17), Hrovat (10), Prepelic (4) and Morgan (2) – quintet titular – Samar (4), Nikolic (2) , K. Prepelic (11), Tobey (10), Dimec (0), Dragic (3), Glas (0) and Cebasek (0).
Referees: Torres, Cortés and Sánchez. Technique to Sekulic. No deleted.
Incidents: 9,000 spectators at the Martín Carpena. First match corresponding to the FEB Centenary Tournament.
Antetokounmpo resigns from the World Cup
Giannis Antetokounmpo, star of Greece and the Milwaukee Bucks, has communicated through his social networks that he is not prepared to compete at the level he needs to participate in the World Cup, which will be held in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia, starting on August 25th. After a long season in which he assures that he has pushed his body “to the limit”, Antetokounmpo assures: “After months of work and multiple meetings with the medical personnel, it is clear that I am not prepared to compete at the level I need to participate in the World Cup. “This was not a choice, but my only option to make sure I get back to the level of basketball that I have worked so hard to achieve so far in my career. I am very disappointed by this result, but it was a decision made with the medical staff,” he added. the power forward of Nigerian origin. Antetokounmpo intends to help the Greek team qualify for the Paris Olympics.
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