• Ricky Shutting Mouths

At this point, just three days after the initial jump in Guangzhou, it is better that the real dance arrives as soon as possible. Because the last test of Spain was to save in the night drawer to forget. Not only for the hard defeat against Russia , the second of the preparation, which was almost the least. Especially for the bad feelings on the track, for the offensive thicket and the lack of aim, for the general disaster ... The only relief, in addition to the resounding performance of Willy Hernangómez (26 points and 11 rebounds), that nobody was wounded, although even some scare had to endure Scariolo. [55-74: Narration and statistics]

Marc Gasol did not play, because of the gastroenteritis that has been dragging since the beginning of the week, nor Rudy Fernández, because of "not playing two games in a row" and his back. It is not a matter of forcing. Oriola and Ricky are not 100% either and, in addition, the base, by far the best in Spain during the entire preparation, suffered a blow to the right elbow in the second quarter and did not play a single minute in the entire second half. Already then the night in Ningbó had become strange. Faced with the weak Russia, which is nothing of the other world, it was like headlong against a wall. There was no way that two things went well in succession.

Just the flashes of Ricky at dawn, before everything twisted. The worst came in the second quarter, when Spain took eight minutes to score the first basket in play , an unheard of traffic jam. There the nonsense launches were piled up, the errors in the circulation (18 losses), the inability to find solutions and even despair with the arbitration decisions. Only the lack of stars from the Bazarevich group made the wound no bigger on the scoreboard, although it was only a matter of time.

Because, around the locker room, far from reversing the situation, it went further. Without Ricky, a denied Llull failed to provide fluency to the game of Spain, which hardly had a reason for not crying in Willy. But Russia found the success and the gap became more than worrying (40-59 at the end of the third act) . He missed the joy, but also the proper names, missing guys who must step forward.

Even the free throws continued to be a problem , like Tuesday against Argentina. But the worst was the offensive helplessness, as if Spain were desperate before the ring, smaller and smaller. The second triple of the night was the work of Juancho, two in a row who tried to shake the collective, a 12-0 run that was just a mirage. On the finish line, Russia, with veteran Fridzon as a stiletto, returned the overwhelming advantage. All a touch of attention.

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