The dean played diminished in the inside game due to the last minute loss of Gorgemans
Melilla Sport Capital Baloncesto sold the defeat dearly on Wednesday during their visit to the Barris Nord stadium against Força Lleida, who won by the result of 83-73. The Melillans fell with their heads held high, in a clash that they faced quite diminished, especially in the inside game. The best of the Autonomous City team was Niko Rakočević, with 13 valuation credits.
The dean of the LEB Oro began quite precariously in the inside game, after Gorgemans was dropped at the last minute and entrusting everything to the perimeter. This worked during the first five minutes, while the outsiders were very successful from the triple and allowed Arturo Álvarez’s team to stay ahead on the scoreboard with 10-15, but as expected, the percentage of shots from three and with it the offensive production, while Força Lleida took advantage of it to control the rebound and score from inside positions to finish the first quarter with a point advantage (18-17).
In the second quarter, Melilla Baloncesto held their own and always maintained distances that did not exceed three points, but the people from Melilla continued to risk everything on the outside shot, given the problems in the inside game, but without success. The locals, much superior under the hoops, also achieved a good run beyond the goal to put land in the middle and go into the break with the maximum advantage of the match of 41-26.
However, after the restart, Melilla Balonceso came out very plugged in and after a 0-9 partial they lowered the deficit by 10 points (43-35), forcing the local coach to stop the game at 7’13” for the end of the third quarter, although the visitors tried again and again, but they were faced with a stellar Michael Carrera who left no sign of a possible comeback, concluding the quarter 12 points down (58-46).
Despite this, the dean gave it his all in the last quarter, despite the physical exhaustion accumulated from the effort made and focusing all his game on triple shots. Up to six scored in the last quarter, but it was not enough to surprise a Força Lleida team that won 83-73.
