2023-05-02 08:52:45
It’s been a few seasons since the relationship between Guuk Gipuzkoa Basket and Juaristi Iraurgi was once again fluid -as it was more than a decade ago- and, furthermore, it has coincided with the fact that both teams have seen each other in the same category. The promotion from LEB Plata to LEB Oro two seasons ago for the Azpeiti-Azkoitiarras and the relegation from Liga Endesa of the San Sebastian, made them coincide in the LEB Oro.
This day they are going to be much more than friends because the results they obtain can be crucial, especially for Juaristi. The team coached by Mikel Odriozola has a key match in the fight for permanence this Friday (9:15 p.m.) on their pitch. They receive Ourense, a team that sails in the middle of the table, and that is the most accessible that the Gipuzkoan team has left. The following day they visit Lleida and on the last day they receive Estudiantes. But it is also that this Sunday (6:00 p.m.) Gipuzkoa Basket faces Oviedo in Illunbe, a team that is just above Juaristi. This means that if the two Gipuzkoan representatives win, Juaristi ISB will come out of relegation and will have it in their hands to fight for salvation, although the last two games they have left are tricky. The average between Juaristi and Oviedo is favorable to the Gipuzkoans.
Everything depends on playing a good game this Friday and once again the Azpeitia sports center will record a sensational entry. Last year, a large part of Juaristi’s tenure went through the huge matches they played before their fans. This year it will take a lot less games won -the previous season there were thirteen- and the first step that Urola wants is to depend on themselves. If they win and Oviedo loses in Donostia, that premise will be given.
Last Sunday it was possible to see that Juaristi is going through a good moment: Mikel Odriozola has the entire squad at his disposal, he has the second highest scorer in the League, Nathan Hoover, and for 26 minutes he was ahead of a great team like the Burgos. The sensations given off by the Gipuzkoan team are good.
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For the weekend to be complete, those from Encinas will have to beat Oviedo. The casualties are weighing down the rotation and although they have competed in almost every game, their streak is one win in the last five games. Mikel Motos has missed the last six crashes and Beraza, five. When the man from Errenteria has recovered, the one who has been injured has been Carlson. These absences mean that Sollazzo or Ander Martínez have to play several minutes for the ‘four’. If the GBC wins and Castelló loses, it will be a playoff team mathematically. And most importantly, the triumph will be doubly celebrated if Juaristi does its homework.
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