TOyearned for, longed for and desired, victory finally came. No margin for error after a bad debut, the Spanish team amended its opening defeat against Latvia by beating Montenegro in his first Eurobasket win. The coach warned and the players responded: we needed to play better and the team raised the level against a Montenegro commanded by the nationalized Natasha Mack and Marija Lekovic but knocked out (78-57) before the foreign success and the fluidity of the Spanish team.
Group A is on fire. Greece win over Latvia It redoubled the importance of the game and that was how the cheering cheers from the players sitting on the bench made it felt. As soon as the game started, each basket was accompanied by a “let’s go!”, which sounded in the background in the absence of the public. The best team in rebounding, reduced turnovers and his fluidity in the game allowed him to get ahead after an even first quarter (19-14).
The foreign success appeared
The outside success arrived (13/24 in T3) and the second opportunities thanks to the dominance of the offensive rebound allowed the nationals to distance themselves up to +13 thanks to an inspired María Conde (who arrived at halftime with 15 points and an immaculate record of 100% effectiveness on her shots). The Spanish bench headed towards the locker room with encouragement, but without relaxation.
Montenegro made a comprehensive sweep and appeared in the third quarter with a partial from 10-22 that changed the heart of the party. After five minutes without scoring, Spain reacted and survived the Montenegrin impactbut still the pupils of Miguel Mendez they could not remove the danger and their rivals continued to lurk (52-51).
rain of triples
The team caught their breath with an advantage of +6 while the Spanish coach asked his players to calm down, aware that rushing is never a good adviser. Little by little, the national team pulled itself together against increasingly nervous Montenegrins. Mara Conde and Leo Rodrguez appeared to unleash a rain of triples that left the game finished. A longed-for triumph that inflated the confidence of the team that This Sunday (8:45 p.m./Teledeporte) seek to be first in the group before Greece.
Technical sheet:
78 – Spain (19+23+10+26): Cazorla (2), Casas (3), Torrens (11), Gil (8), Carrera (6) -five starters- Conde (20), Domnguez (-), Ginzo (8), Ouvia (8), Quevedo ( 3) and Rodriguez (9).
57 – Montenegro (14+15+22+6): Mujovic (4), Vucetic (5), Zivkovic (2) Jovanovic (13), Mack (12) -starting five- Bigovic (-), Kovacevic (4), Lekovic (15), Radonjic (-), Scepanovic (- ) and Zivaljevic (2).
referees: Marques (POR), Tth (HUN) and Kukelcik (SVK). No eliminated.
Incidents: match corresponding to the second day of the initial phase of Eurobasket 2023 played at the Tel Aviv Arena in Israel before about a hundred spectators.
