2023-09-23 22:39:36
In the history of Zunder Palencia, the basket with which Pasecniks opened the scoring in the Fonte do Sar Multipurpose Pavilion in Santiago will remain in memory. It was the only visitor advantage in their debut in the elite of Spanish basketball. A great day in the history of the Castilian city, although the schoolboys later suffered against an Obradoiro that looks like a better-armed team than in previous seasons. Zunder will need their pillars (Brown, Franke, Benite and Pasecniks) to take several steps forward if they aspire to truly compete in the Endesa League. They stayed at 64 points, committed 17 losses and had a rating of 60 among the entire team… the game was a reality check.
Zunder Palencia showed nerves at the beginning and the intensity and success of the Galicians as the minutes progressed. Marco Justo, the purple team’s coach, was Lenovo Tenerife’s defense specialist and his team was very far from what he wants at the back. 28 points in the first quarter, 27 in the third… too many. Zunder Palencia’s defense has to be the pillar of the team because there are not enough points. Except for Benite (18 points) and Pasecniks (15), the rest of the key men had a great start. Brown and Franke found themselves overwhelmed by the Obradoiro outsiders. And Leissner showed that he remains inconsequential. The Texan power forward should have had an important role and so far his role is marginal. It did not appear in Santiago either. Chumi Ortega, Ubal and Haarms did prove to be useful players. Zunder must remain proud and eager to compete in the final quarter, which ended with a partial score of 8-15 in their favor.
The season in the ACB started with a thrilling match in Granada. UCAM Murcia beat Covirán after two overtimes. The first surprise of the season came in Valencia with Girona’s victory against Álex Mumbrú’s team.
84. Monbus Obradoiro (28+19+27+8): Washington (12), Scrubb (8), Mendoza (11), Blazevic (7) and Tinkle (15) -starting quintet- Zurbriggen (3), Pustovyi (9 ), Howard (12), Suárez (2) and Muñoz (5).
64. Zunder Palencia (20+11+18+15): Brown (5), Franke (6), Kamba (0), Leissner (0) and Pasecniks (15) – the starting quintet – Benite (18), Van der Vuurst (2), Ortega (6), Haarms (4), Ndiaye (4), Rodriguez (0) and Ubal (4).
Referees: Aliaga, Manuel and Sánchez Mohedas. No eliminated.
Incidents: 4,000 spectators at the Multiusos Fonte do Sar.
1st day: Covirán Granada, 101-UCAM Murcia, 104; Valencia Basket, 85-Girona, 89; Unicaja, 98-Lenovo Tenerife, 75; Monbus Obradoiro, 84-Zunder Palencia, 64; Real Madrid-Casademont Zaragoza (12:30); Dreamland Gran Canaria-BAXI Manresa (1:00 p.m.); Breogán-Baskonia River (17:00); Surne Bilbao Basket-MoraBanc Andorra (17:00) and Barcelona-Joventut (18:30). (All in Movistar +).
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