Perhaps due to this absence of normality for more than a year and a half, this afternoon in Miribilla has been something more than a basketball game. See again a rival fans in the Bilbao venue, the local stands shout ‘Burgos, Burgos’ to decorate the loser for his merits, as well as the scoring and triple festival and, above all, the vibrant climax … everything That added brings us back to the beginning of March 2020. Before this infernal hiatus due to the virus. Beautiful show between Bilbao Basket and Hereda. A game of alternatives, excitement and Hakanson’s glorious resolve as a hero, in true NBA style: a clearing to catch the center and a one-on-one play against Diez. He allowed seven seconds to put the clasp but the fish was already sold with the +6.
Bilbao Basket has used the formula of last year, when it was with the water to the bangs more than to the neck and took advantage of a double appointment against Fuenlabrada and Burgos in their fiefdom to start the path towards the miracle. Now it has had that same sequence. The 2-0, again, he invests in putting firewood in the cauldron of hope. It is no coincidence that his only victories this year have been achieved with his lair already with almost no capacity restriction. For now, the red lantern is history and is one win from the eighth, although Baskonia still has to cover the game in Murcia. These people have a lot of points, they enjoy it when they can score and lose their hair in attack. He handled the details of the ending better, when the crash settled down a bit more and got stuck, and he took the jack to the water. The Hereda seizes its engine again. He started the season very badly, took a run and now has hit another brake, with three defeats between the League and Europe. The shadow of Peñarroya and the double Champions League title are very long. You have to give time to a project with many new faces
The good vibes of the fans presaged a good afternoon of basketball. And both teams did not disappoint expectations. Goudelock and Delgado have dragged feverish processes and were tired, but they took strength from weakness and were important in a very coral victory. The locals marked starting territory, with a start of three in three: Luz and Masiulis at the 6.75 line and three free throws after a foul on Goudelock. But Burgos, led by Nikolic, rebuilt and took the lead: 11-16 after a 0-11 run. The success of the ‘men in black’ was so great that they ran the risk of thinking that the whole mountain was going to be oregano and that nothing happened because they were weak behind, because, totally, with such firepower, what difference does it make to consent basket in own area?
Rousselle was still as wild as usual and was quickly charged with fouls: three before the end of the first quarter. The Surne began to miss something more physical and forceful in his field. But everyone was taking responsibility. Soon the turn was for Goudelock, in the second quarter with two distant baskets, one recalling his past among the stars of this sport in the United States, with stop, ball behind, step back feint, another more lateral movement to gain space before defender: 33-26, at 7:41 by halftime. Bilbao Basket had percentages of another galaxy in the triples (8/11).
The entry into the track of Withey, already without the mask to protect the nose that was broken, was very noticeable. Their presence in the area conditions a few shots, Hakanson begins to be a life insurance with its versatility, as a guard, as a second baseman or even as a game manager, his position until this year. The game was very emotional, with a points festival, although at times it became a runner-up. If anyone knows how to cool the scene with his tux and his virtuous game it’s Benite. He took the reins in the third quarter. The referees whistled technique to the local bench, without understanding that there they were playing with their hearts. Reyes, another who joined the party, hit a triple in the last second of the third quarter: 67-65.
Renfroe had the clear instruction to attack the five at the header when they changed assignments in blocking. And he exhibited part of his repertoire. What a gamer! He teamed up with Nikolic in an ending not for the faint of heart. Bilbao never lost their minds, although the outcome was an exciting toss-up. Delgado recovered before Nikolic and Hakanson made the final virguería very far from the goal of the triple, when Burgos did not expect it. There was no time for him to reply.
Mumbrú: “It was a choral victory”
Mumbrú appreciated that the victory achieved against Hereda San Pablo Burgos (87-81) was “a choral victory in attack” and also highlighted the contribution of two players like Ángel Delgado and Andrew Gudelock who played physically impaired.
“Yesterday they could not train and this morning they have been with a fever and somewhat tired, but they have made the effort for the team to try to add a victory,” praised the coach about the Dominican center and the American guard, who were also among the most prominent at the match.
Likewise, Mumbrú pointed out that the high scoring rate of the first half made the game “nice for the spectator, but not so much” for the coaches, and added that, after increasing the intensity in the third, in the last quarter they managed to stay “in control” of the game.
“We were playing well. It was a matter of success and in the end it has come. Besides, the public has been ten again. They have been pushing and playing like that at Miribilla gives us many things. We wanted to thank them and what better way to do it than with a victory” , said.
“We have points and players who when they score are much happier. I like when one scores and everyone goes to one and is united. I like that there is a choral score because it shows that if we are able to do so it will be more difficult to defend ourselves,” he concluded.
Tabak: “Bilbao were tactically smarter at the end”
Zan Tabak stressed that, in a match marked by “few differences” on the scoreboard, the key to Surne Bilbao Basket’s victory (87-81) in Miribilla was that the home team was “tactically smarter at the end”.
“In a match with an important outside hit, Bilbao was tactically smarter at the end to win,” said the Croatian coach, who considered that in the last action of the match “you can’t let a shooter like Hakanson shoot a triple” than sentenced the crash.
Tabak did not want to excuse himself in the physical wear of his players for the European meeting last Tuesday in Lithuania: “I don’t even want to talk about that. We are a team that plays two competitions two games a week and that’s it.”
Finally, the coach of the Burgos team highlighted the “level” of an Endesa League that, with the exception of “two or three outstanding teams for their budget”, the rest “fight” practically “in the same area”.
