It is not the quality, which is considered arrobas, but the strength of the group that sustains the Real Betis Basketball where it was budgeted by staff level and the club demanded of itself after the economic effort made by its new owner, the Hereda Group, to lay the foundations of a project as competitive as it was ambitious for the First FEB. With their victory against San Pablo Burgos a couple of weeks ago, before the break, their lungs were filled with the pure, clean air of the energetic victories that shield the locker room in their conviction.
This is very important to overcome the difficulties along the way, which are not few and do not stop accumulating, by the way. To the known casualties due to injury Jelinek, Pablo Marín and Rubén López de la Torrea two-match ban has been added this week to Radoncic due to inconsideration towards the referees and a serious illness of the Alex Suarez which will leave it in the dry dock for a few months. The Spaniard suffers a partial tear of the fascia in his right foot. There are only eight players available. Of them, Rubén will force to lend a hand. The young Ukrainian center Kulishenko19 years old, who returned from a loan to Albacete a few weeks ago, has been discharged and has also traveled with the squad to Castellón.
Luck in terms of injuries is turning its back on the Betis Basketballwhich is looking for some reinforcement in the market, although it is not easy because the investment in the summer was already very powerful. Meanwhile, the team tries to become stronger to emerge unscathed from this hostile tidal wave. With a waste of toself-esteem and characterovercame the losses against San Pablo Burgos, which they won by a hair with three fewer players in a vibrant duel resolved at the buzzer that placed the green and white team with half a dozen wins and tightening the table at the top before the break.
From this moment on, the calendar accelerates mercilessly and Betis has to tighten its grip. December and January are two key months in the future of the season. Among other reasons, because the Spanish Cup will be resolved, although what concerns Gonzalo García’s troops today is the competition of regularity. A difficult exam awaits you with the Friends Castellówhich does not have much name but a good team, a balanced balance of wins-losses (4-4) and proven scoring arguments to put any rival in the category in a tough spot.
The first quarters
In Castellón, and given that they are also in the draw due to losses, Betis would do well to take the field much more focused, lively and energetic than in the two previous games. Remember that the Students He gave them a 30-16 start in the first quarter and San Pablo Burgos, a 15-26. Both blows recovered until the match was balanced, but there is no doubt that starting in such an erratic way entails an added physical and emotional expense that the team would do well to save on. If you have the alkaline ones available, you should put them on from the beginning because all the rounds, all four, serve, and it is in Betis’ best interest to send a message of authority in matches of this type, against rivals with the scoring ability of Amics Castelló. He sees the ring as a swimming pool but in defense it is not precisely characterized by being a wall. Average 86 points for and 90 againstwith their opponents shooting 51% from two and 36% from three.
The set of Frederic Castellowhich is curiously the name of its coach, was overwhelmed on the last day by Súper Agropal Palencia (105-76), but in the previous ones it beat Tizona Burgos at home with extra time (105-107) and also defeated Club Ourense Baloncesto (95-86) in another game with a very high scoring volume. In these types of contexts, Amics Castelló is in its element by playing with many possessions. And Betis, which many times prioritizes defensive work over lack of scoring controlwill have to adapt to that possible scenario if the match breaks out.
That there is fluidity in the game without so much physical component (and fewer fouls) could perhaps come in handy away from home now that the squad is short of resources due to injuries. You never know what can happen. Forecasts tend to blow up and if anything has been proven Betis Baloncesto is that it can win games in very different ways. He should not, however, be careless in defense, allowing easy baskets for his rival or second options.
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Amics Castelló: Faner (1.76, 8); Tate (1.98, 11); Adala Moto (1.98, 4); Stutz (2,13, 42); Okouo (2.14, 97) -possible starting five-; Ngom (2.18, 00); Arcs (1.93, 7); Menendez (2.01, 12); Álvaro Martínez (2.00, 13); Minlend (1.96, 14); Etxeguren (2.06, 16); Roig (1.88, 17).
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Real Betis Basketball: Renfroe (1.91, 32); Benite (1.94, 8); Hughes (1.93, 3); Domènech (2.08, 12); DeBisschop (2.06, 22) -possible starting five-; Cvetkovic (1.88, 4); Pablo Marín (1.90, 6); Kasibabu (2.03, 13); Rubén López (2.02, 16); Radoncic (2.02, 88); Kulishenko (2.07). Out: Radoncic, due to suspension; and Marín, Suárez and Jelinek, due to injury.
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Referees: Hurtado Almansa, Franquesa Vázquez, Espiau Guarner.
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Time and TV: 12.00 (LaLiga TV app).
A rival with physical and scoring power
His rival has an interesting catalog of players who can combust, especially the perimeter ones. Tate and Midlandin addition to the experienced Stutzconverted into one of the most unbalanced interiors in the competition. He is a seven-footer (2.13 meters) who scores 56% of his three-pointers.
There are fast point guards in Castelló (Faner, Arcos) and big, defensive centers like Okouo (2.14) and Ngom (2.18). The tallest center of the green and white is Domènech, 2.08. The Catalan will have to put in extra hours with Kasibabu and De Bisschop (let’s see if Rubén López can too) to counteract a very physical interior battery that enhances the rebounding capacity of one of the best teams in the First FEB in this record, with 36 rejections on average.
Beyond the characteristics of the rival, the moment and circumstances matter. And these do not accompany Betis Baloncesto, which has four players out now that a stretch of the calendar that is as intense as it is demanding beginswhich does not grant a respite. It will be one more validation for a group of professionals that in San Pablo has become insurmountable but for which some seams have been seen in the last two outings. In Castellón, due to everything that surrounds the match, he undoubtedly faces a test of resistance to the extent that his strength allows him.
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