A night to forget at Wurzburg, a place that was always complicated, but where Spar Girona showed up determined to take the first step towards the final at 4 in the Euroleague. Where he never got there. If he wants to be there, he will have to improve a lot next week in Fontajau, a version that has been of little use to him. Discovered by Perfumerías Avenida (77-63), Alfred Julbe’s girls no longer have always been towed on the scoreboard, but apart from some quality brushstrokes of their inner players, they have only hit two triples of 19 attempts. And so, winning is even more complicated.
It’s no longer just that the home team has been an attacking bulldozer. It was helped by the widespread miscalculation of the Uni, unable to score a single triple of the eight attempts throughout the first half (by 5 out of 10 in Salamanca), and with 40 percent in the field goals. Difficult if there is a rival in front of you who, despite regretting some important loss, has players who do what they have to do. And well, mostly. Samuelson has been a nightmare. He wrote it all down, without error, until he was injured. But this has not been a truce. Partial 10-0 in the first quarter to cause the first timeout, with 15-4. And avalanche also offensive in the second. Again, Julbe decided to stop the game, then with 35-19. Serving has not been of much use. The differences have reached 20 points and only Labuckiene’s goal, before the break, has put the 48-33. A hole in defense and little presence in attack. It was time to adjust something or else it could only get worse.
While waiting for Burke, who disappeared in combat, Uni has relied on Reisingerova’s success and Labuckiene’s appearances, both of them hurting inside, because the team did not make it outside. However, the score has narrowed to 57-47. A considerable hole, but not as big as before. Perfumerías Avenida has taken pride in it, which has blown it all up again with a 12-2 run. There was no way.
In order not to break with the routine, the miscalculation in the outside shot has been increasing. Enough to get anyone out of the way. In the last quarter, few changes. No one was waiting for them anymore. The good news is that Reisingerova has found the ring and scored the first triple of the Uni. That, with the 71-56 missing three minutes and a half. He was followed by Eldebrink, trying to hide a bit. But even then thinking about a comeback was a chimera. The final 77-63 explains many things. Alfred Julbe will have to analyze them with his players to try to make Fontajau more favorable next Wednesday.
