Space He taught his weapons with which he is going to present himself in the next Eurobasket And he did it to shoot Czech Republic Adding his first victory in the second of the six friendly games he is playing until the beginning of the tournament on August 28 against Georgia in Limassol (87-73). Capitaneada by Willy Hernangome (10 points, 7 rebounds and 20 valuation), the selection showed its closet fund with a game of Josep Puertothat to which everyone sees as potential discards and signed on Thursday a brilliant performance with five triples (15-3-13).
The young captain of Valencia Basket It was the great revelation of the Hispanic team next to Mario Saint-Supérythat on his return home he looked since the creation (2 assists) and was running as a good exterior option (10 points), combining well with both Alberto Díaz (dosed with only 6 minutes on track) as with Darío Brizuelawhich signed a good base performance (11 encestos).
Will need more Spain in the European Juancho Hernangomewho also did not have his best day this Thursday in the Martín Carpenaa pavilion that enjoyed the coralst team and that will make very difficult things to Sergio Scariolo to make two discards. Xabi López Arostegui (13 points and 17 valuation), Santi Yusta, Sergio de Larrea, Joel Parra and Jaime Pradilla They also fulfilled in their role and Few He left notions of a valid candidate to give Willy rest.
Spain reached the second test prior to the Eurobasket with the obligation to win. He was a friendly, yes, but the demands of the script had plunged those of Scariolo in a single possible scenario in which only victory was worth. For the defeat last Tuesday against Portugal to which the double triumph of the selection of Jaume Ponsarnau in front of its first two rivals of this “Gira control of us’.
In the Aldama at Avalde
If young people could with Portugal and Czech Republic, the elderly had to bend at least the Czechs, led by the Spanish Diego Ocampocoach of Manresabut without his star, the veteran player of the Barcelona Tomas Satoranskywhich was injured last Tuesday. To face the mission, a big surprise, the absence of Saints ALDAMA. The carpena was left without the performance of the star of this selection, to which Scariolo decided to give rest to what comes ahead.
The Italian also left out Alberto Abaldewhich already had little prominence in the previous match (only 3 minutes on the track). And again without This John Ieye After abandoning the concentration due to injury. The ex del Real Madridand NBA player, leave a free hole that could well occupy Baba Miller.
He was starting from Scariolo with De Larrea in Creation, Brizuela and López Arostegui as exteriors and Juancho and Pradilla inside, with that of Valencia de Pivot above Willy and the discarded Aldama, but the Italian would not take long to move the tree. He introduced the eldest of the Hernangómez and Díaz to stop the great offensive start of the Czechs with three triples and ended up stopping five minutes of the game with 7-14.
Czech Republic reduced Spain to nothing in the first minutes with inexplicable failures such as Parra alone before the hoop. A first quarter in which the highlight ended up being Saint-Supéry, which alternated the direction with Díaz and knew how to recover from a loss with 5 points and triple included. The Malaga duo put the carpena standing and forced the dead time of Ocampo with 14-16.
Saint-Supéry emerges as exterior
The team traced with a 10-2 partial that made him win the first period (17-16). Good minutes of port, in which perhaps Scariolo has his unexpected guardian this summer … and also tripler. The streak ended in 17-4 the Czechs pressed to prevent Spain from breaking the clash. Scariolo still did not see it clear with the 5 after sitting at a chasm without excessive stuck and enter Pradilla with two losses.
He gave confidence to Yusta, who got rid of after a triple and dosed López-Arostegui, the most effective of an equal first part. Spain escaped again with two consecutive triples of Puerto and Brizuela, accompanied by good defenses of Pradilla. Saint-Supéry shone again from 2 in the second quarter with Brizuela of 1 and sat cheered again with three fouls.
Spain left with the maximum advantage to rest (40-31) after a first part of less to more in which the young people of Scariolo stood out above the veterans. In the resumption of Spain all three began to enter. Juancho, Puerto, Brizuela … and an Imperial Pradilla taking over the hoop to contain the Czechs. All this with Saint-Supéry still on the track, who took advantage of De Larrea's fouls to show off.
A choral Spain wins to the Czech Republic
Spain dominated the third act and left much of the work done once again with the maxim (71.59). A partial who started port with two triples, continued Saint-Supéry with his freshness and ended Willy and López-Arostegui with his experience. The family He took out the sponator in the last quarter to leave Malaga with better sensations than in his staging and full of morals to prepare the first week to the first leg against France. Carpena ended up making the wave, excited that Scariolo's final miracle is possible.
