The desire and duty to pay the continuous line

Gonzalo García’s team had the ability and virtue to correct itself against Palencia, on one of those days marked in red on the calendar. He skated in Torrelavega, showing the most blurred version of the season, and was able to make amends eight days later in front of his audience, sealing the rebound fissure, through which he had bled on Cantabrian lands, thanks to the union work of all the players. That Hughesa perimeter player, was the top rebounder for the green and white team with seven rebounds, underscoring how the entire team got involved in the task despite the absences of the interior players. Álex Suárez and Rubén Lópezinjured. With Palencia as witness and victim, Betis showed once again that they do not mind going into the mud to defend and can stop their rivals below the 70-point mark.

When reviewing the roster of the Betis Before the start of the season, one might think that this squad so full of former ACB players and plenty of scoring talent would have a chance in high-scoring games, but nothing could be further from the truth, at least for now. This Betis that has demanded promotion from kilometer zero has barely surpassed the border of 80 points in two games, those played at home, solved without problems: by 19 they beat Tizona Burgos and by 17 Palencia, which they closed until canceled starting in the second quarter. Hughes made the most of his opportunity by starting in the starting five (21 points and seven rebounds) and among Renfroe and Cvetkovic They allied themselves in perfect partnership to impose the rhythm that most interested the green and white team at all times, both collecting 25 points and 12 assists. The North American likes to play faster than the Serbian, but if they are able to connect with the centers to supply them with balls and assists, life becomes easier for the albiverdes.

A calendar that increases its difficulty

Everything went according to plan for Betis Baloncesto, forced to attend the plenary session in this diptych in San Pablo for two reasons: because the big objectives are cemented at home and because, once this page of the calendar is over, it will then be time to fasten the seatbelts to measure consecutively against the Movistar Estudiantes in Madrid and San Pablo Burgos in Seville. A double test that will determine the competitive height of this Betis. Before, you cannot be careless or let your guard down against this Cartagena de Jordi Juste which has made its debut in the category, after last spring’s promotion, with a favorable partial of 3-2 that has placed it ninth, in the play off zone.

The Murcians have shown themselves to be very competent at home (full of wins in three rounds) and seem to perform well in games that range around 75 points. Thus, under those modest coordinates, he scored the three victories he has recorded. Alicante, Monbús Obradoiro and Hestia Menorca fell into the spider web of the Cartagena teamwhose invulnerability has been diluted, however, at home: it fell by 28 in Orense (101-73) and by 11 in Zamora (94-83). It plays dizzying basketball, has an important base of national players and only four foreigners: the scorer Hermanson (42% in triples), the Dutch power forward Van Eyck, the French seven-footer Smallwood and the Nigerian Ugochukwuthe interior that provides physical and athletic ability, as well as rebounds and points. In fact, he is Cartagena’s top producer with 10.6 points on average.

To this poker of players we must add Álex Jordá, a scorer, and Sediq Garubabrother of Spanish international Usman, who provides defense and intensity to the perimeter. If a player recently promoted to a league as competitive as this Primera FEB already has three victories, there is no doubt that he is doing things very well. Betis Baloncesto is warned, which has only skated once and has won in several ways, playing better and worse, but always activating the variable of defensive seriousness as the umbilical cord of their four victories. That solidity is the great value of a squad with a wide repertoire of scorers (Benite and Hughes, the leaders) and always very demanding, forced to win practically every game to not lose track of its direct rivals. He can never take his foot off the pedal of ambition, much less playing at home, where the foundations of successful seasons are laid.

Defeat of Naturavia Morón in Orense

The first victory in Primera FEB of the CB Naturavia Morón It will take at least one more day. The sixth time wasn’t the charm either. This Saturday was not, of course, the most favorable day to break the bad dynamic since José Santaella’s men visited the Ourense Basketball Clubsecond classified, against whom they had no options (99-66). The Galicians, far superior, dominated all facets of the game with the Sevillians especially unlucky from the triple. They finished the game without scoring any (0/15). The good news for the Moronenses was the hopeful debut of their latest signing, the Senegalese Pape Badjiwho with 13 points, five rebounds and a PIR of 16 became the best of the visitors.