The Spanish basketball team beat the Ukrainian team on Thursday 88-74 at the Palacio Municipal de los Deportes de Vista Alegre in Córdoba (Spain) in a match in which the main protagonists they were the emotions due to the warlike conflict that the Ukrainian territory suffers with Russia.
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A game that, from the beginning, was noticed to be special, and not because of its sport, since the audience at the Palacio de Vista Alegre gave an emotional ovation to the Ukrainian team both when it stepped on the Cordoba court for the first time and after it sounded his anthem.
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And before the game, a minute of silence was observed for the victims The Ukrainian center Artem Pustovyi had a resounding ‘NO WAR’ written on his cheek, and some players arrived at the pavilion with their country’s flags in shoulders.
There were some more Ukrainian banners in the stands. Despite all the external conditioning factors, the clash began with the two teams very involved on the court, and even with the Ukrainian team with one more point of intensity, which allowed it to achieve a 0-4 run at the start.
For its part, and as time passed in the first quarter, the Spanish team imposed its dominance over the Cordovan parquet thanks to a Quino Colom who led the national attack to finish the first ten minutes with five points up (22-17).
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At the beginning of the second quarter, the same trend with which the first ended was maintained, with a team led by Sergio Scariolo dominating and putting even more advantage in the electronics of the Palacio de Vista Alegre. This distance increased with the passing of the minutes and made both teams face the passage through changing rooms with a clear victory for the Spanish team thanks to a Quino Colom who demonstrated his experience on the Cordovan court (45-29).
After a break in which the tribute to the former Cordoba basketball player and international with Spain Felipe Reyes was the main protagonist, both teams returned from the locker room with remarkable equality thanks to the good individual game of the Ukrainian Randle, although a triple by López-Arostegui calmed down visitors. In fact, from that point on, the Spanish team was once again much superior to the Ukrainian team and went into the last quarter winning by 27 points (73-46). Finally, the fourth quarter was a procedure for both teams to finish their stay in the best way in Córdoba.
EFE
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