- Puerto Rico.Marc Gasol gets serious
- Opinion Day of obcecation, but of victory, by Vicente Salaner
Serbia gave 126 points to the Philippines on Monday, which is the second biggest victory for the Balkans, including Yugoslavia, in the history of the World Cups and the second biggest in the tournament in the 21st century. He scored 75% of his pitches and 12 triples, one less than in the debut against Angola, 231 points between the two games. Italy accumulates 27 triples and scares with his 'small ball' and his talent, with Belinelli and Gallinari without ties. Against both, collectives of hot dolls, life in Spain will be played in Wuhan from Friday. Yesterday also, the selection failed 26 of the 30 triples he tried. He drowned, because as Sergio Scariolo says, the success is his "oxygen." And, before such a scenario, there is only one question: Is there life beyond the perimeter?
"Modern basketball is like that," the coach began his reasoning, without wanting to go into much detail in the duel against Italy, although in his head, surely, there is nothing other than that fratricidal duel for months. «Our team, specifically, has to find situations of advantage that are not many and have to throw with confidence. We need triple because we physically have clear characteristics and we only have one post , which is Marc, ”he reasoned.
That, the triple, yes that one had a good prolegomenon against Tunisia, spectacular record night (17 of 33), eight between Pau Ribas and Sergio Llull, who yesterday missed the 10 they tried. Scariolo says and rightly so, that they were "well pulled, open and with space" before Puerto Rico. But, if the ball does not want to enter and without clear specialists (neither Navarro, nor Mirotic, nor Abrines ...) as other times, is there a plan B?
There is and it is called defense. «It is a victory to learn. To see how they will play us. Understand how important defense is, especially in a game where we have not had the success we would like. Then we have raised the level in defense and we have not let the attack errors influence us as we had in the first part, ”said Marc Gasol , the vault key always, especially when they are badly given. «We have to improve, but in a positive way. Not having anxiety That the ball does not enter does not have to provoke us then an error in defense, because that would be worse, ”he argued.
Well, he said it even clearer, if necessary. «We know that those shots are going to come in. They are going to collapse the painting [the rivals] and you have to throw with confidence, because it doesn't matter if one, two or four fail. What you have to do is defend, bounce and communicate ».
And in attack, without triples, or with less than would be desirable, Spain must live on courage and sanity. From the insights of Ricky Rubio, who is still sweet, and Llull and Juancho. And of the pause granted by Marc from the high post. “They have been shots released and there are days that get in and others that don't. It is the beginning of the championship and it is still hard to get into the games. It will be time to learn . Marc and Ricky have reacted and in this type of games we have to feed Marc because he is the leader ”, summed up Llull.
It should also be generated from the transitions propitiated by the defense and from the low post, but neither Oriola is a scorer nor does Willy seem with all the confidence of the coach. Yesterday, although Scariolo denied that it was a punishment and assured that against the Iranian giant Haddadi he was going to have a presence, he was barely six minutes on the court. The six of the first quarter. A clear touch of attention.
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