Gran Canaria visits Hereda San Pablo Burgos looking for a victory that will make them sleep tied with eighth.
After the vibrant victory in the Canarian derby against Lenovo Tenerife, and after a disputed battle in Bologna against Virtus, ‘Granca’ visits the always difficult Coliseum in search of a victory that will make them equal in the table with UCAM Murcia .
Sleep like the eighth. Gran Canaria arrives at the meeting with Hereda San Pablo Burgos, postponed at the time due to cases of COVID-19, as ninth classified with a balance of 12-12. The yellows will try to break the tie in their record of wins and losses with a victory that would also make them tie 13-12 with UCAM Murcia, ranked eighth. The islanders face on Sunday the third game in just five days in Vitoria, against Bitci Baskonia, and a victory in Burgos territory would be a shot of spirit and morale.
An opponent on a roll. Hereda San Pablo Burgos has reacted thanks to Paco Olmos and also thanks to the changes made to the squad. The Burgos have a record of 4-2 in their last six games, winning at the UCAM Murcia court or defeating Surne Bilbao Basket, and losing only to Real Madrid and Lenovo Tenerife. With a record of 8-16, the Leonese squad is still fully involved in the fight to avoid relegation, but a win against ‘Granca’ would make them a victory over MoraBanc Andorra, Urbas Fuenlabrada, Monbus Obradoiro and Casademont Saragossa.
A complicated square. You have to go back to May 2018 to see the last -and only- victory of Gran Canaria at the Coliseum de Burgos. That victory served, precisely, to mathematically certify a place in a Playoff that would end with ‘Granca’ entering the semifinals and achieving a ticket to the EuroLeague. Since then, Gran Canaria has lost on its visits to a Coliseum that always presses, with a great crowd that puts any rival in trouble.
An inside pair of power. The arrivals of Julian Gamble, first, and Landry Nnoko, later, have given strength to the inside game of Hereda San Pablo Burgos. The American is averaging 11.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, while the Cameroonian is the best valued player in the Burgos squad with signatures of 10.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. To them we must add the external danger of men like Benite or Renfroe, and the defensive intensity of former Claretian Xavi Rabaseda.
