National team offers another choral drill to beat Georgia, with a step forward in defense and another offensive festival
Spain took a step forward in defense, as Sergio Scariolo had demanded, and had fun against the group host to grow further in the Eurobasket, in which the national team bolstered its self-esteem with a new demonstration of character, collective work and good basketball. After crushing weak Bulgaria in the debut, Spain also passed over Georgia, subjugated by a team that has been released from the pressure and continues to show signs of its group spirit and in which young values such as Jaime Pradilla, Alberto Díaz, Joel Parra and Xabi López -Arostegui, who offered a defensive display in the first half to wipe out McFadden and become one of the architects of the resounding victory over the former Soviets. Scariolo’s team offered another chorus exercise to keep their hopes up in a championship where they are not a favorite for the medal but are almost certain of one of the top two places in the group, which in theory will lead to an easier crossover on round of 16.
Although it had outstanding individuals such as the Hernangómez brothers and again Pradilla, Spain was above all a team against Georgia, which without the injured Tokyo Shenghelia and despite its physical superiority could not compete with a team with a lot of ambition, claw and cheek. With Willy Fernández as top scorer and rebounder (five sacks), and a second unit gaining confidence and moving on, Spain minimized Georgia thanks to its defensive sacrifice and another offensive festival ensued. Scariolo had already predicted that it would be fun for the national team to play against the local team in a packed pavilion, and he was absolutely right. Above all, he achieved it in a third quarter in which he destroyed the Georgians and finally broke the match, relaunched not only by Willy Hernangómez, who maintains a high level, but also by the shot from the outside: 32% at the end, then on the break he only had a success in triples of 18%.
Spain wiped out Georgia, not with its starting lineup, only changed from its debut with Joel Parra instead of Jaime Fernández, but with a team led by the tireless Rudy Fernández, who is already the second Spanish player with the most caps, only surpassed by Navarro, but in which the youngsters Pradilla, Díaz, Parra and Garuba also shone. Spain did not allow Georgia to exceed 17 points in any of the quarters, and it was after crossing the dressing room that they offered their best version. Powerful on the inside and devastating from afar, with a better play under Alberto Díaz’s control than Lorenzo Brown, a long way from his remarkable game in his debut against the Bulgarians.
Source: La Verdad
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