Third win in a row is possible

“The match against Bilbao can mark a before and after for our short-term aspirations. In the medium and long term I know that we will be up”, commented Aíto García Reneses, in the preview of a game that Básquet Girona is looking forward to. The moment of the team, which will have Oriola’s leave (“he is not training. We hope he will return as soon as possible”, comments Aíto), but which will recover Pato Garino and will have to discard one player -Fjellerup is doubt-, it is possibly the best of the course: chained two consecutive victories in Fontajau (78-69 with Zaragoza and 79-66 with Joventut), two in a row in the League (the aforementioned against La Penya and a 75-83 in Fuenlabrada) and three victories in the last four games (only the defeat in Manresa, 82-79). “It’s about being regular and trying to prolong the dynamic against Bilbao. The latest results show that the job is being done well, although it is easier to do it against the teams at the bottom of the table than against those at the top.’ Asked what the latest signing, Jeremiah Hill, can contribute, Aíto replied that “he is a talented player. It has to be integrated and that takes time. He has to know how we defend and attack, but he is an alert player and I think that the adaptation will be quick». Thanks to the results achieved this week, Basketball Girona has claimed thirteenth position, with a record of five wins and ten losses. Their opponent this afternoon, the Surne Bilbao Basket coached by Jaume Ponsarnau, an old acquaintance in Fontajau, can boast of being located in a much more comfortable area: they are eighth, with a record of 8-7, but arrive at the game in a dynamic quite different from that of Girona. They have lost two of the last three league games, in the visit of Real Madrid (80-85) and the trip to Unicaja (92-79). They did, however, in the last game played, beating UCAM Murcia (99-81). Ponsarnau spoke about his experience in Fontajau at the end of last year: “Básquet Girona was playing in the promotion play-off and I was helping Sargatal and the whole club. I had a fantastic and beautiful experience that had the reward of being very inspiring.’ The Catalan coach has a very good relationship with Gasol. “He has been the best defender in the world, he understands the game with enormous intelligence. He is the team’s most important counterattack generator. From the rebounds he gets some impressive assists. Where his body doesn’t reach, his hand reaches, if his mind hasn’t reached before, which is brilliant”. Ponsarnau makes it clear that the match will be very competitive. “Between the dynamic they bring and the current inspiration of Colom… They are standing out because their energy proposal is very solid and they are finding it in the entire squad.”