After fiasco in Madrid, UCAM receives Hungarian Falco in the last game of the European group stage in Paleis
The UCAM match in Madrid last Sunday is one that legitimizes the fans to protest and cast doubts on Sito Alonso’s team. After playing his most serious game of the season before going on hiatus, the one in which he rid Joventut with solvency at the Palace (88-76), the almost non-existent resistance offered on court by the white team in the league is A complete drop in expectations generated by the team, both tangible and emotional.
And it is that, in a first round where every point counts (tie to go to the cup is resolved by the difference in overall points) UCAM lost with 36 and, with the same number of wins as defeats, remains with a negative difference of 25 In addition, it has prevented the fans from recognizing the team they want to see as this was outrageously tender with the lowest number of fouls in a game in over six years. The last time UCAM committed just 15 errors was on October 9, 2016, when they easily defeated Manresa at the Palacio 85-61.
To forget the evil, the calendar allows you to change the “chip” with the change of league, since today the Champions League returns almost a month later, and it happens again in a Palacio de los Deportes where the third of the four games will take place , counting today, of the European tour of the Murcians.
UCAM will face Falco de Szombathely, the Hungarian team who have conceded their only defeat, a very painful one, in which UCAM conceded 104 points and Sito Alonso was sent off for a double technique.
That day, UCAM was at the mercy of the rhythm imposed by the Hungarians, who began to inflict a lot of damage from the perimeter thanks to the indulgence of shooting with great men like Akos Keller or Boris Barac, and the inspiration of Raymond Cowels. Serbian point guard Stefan Pot was very comfortable at the helm due to his physical superiority over Trice and Bellas, and also Zach Brown, UCAM performer when he seemed to be at his best. Of course, the main protagonist was the local idol Zoltán Perl, author of 29 points.
A day when the game showed us at least the first green shoots from Travis Trice, later twice the MVP of the day in the Endesa League, and from Artem Pustovyi, who scored 15 points in 17 minutes. With more difficulty than the American in achieving regularity, the Ukrainian has another chance to gain momentum today.
Winning today would put UCAM in a very good position to take first place in their group with two days to go. Falco has only won one game against the Murcians, while the second and third placed in the group, Strasbourg and Tofas, take the day one step ahead (Strasbourg with the same wins but lost in Murcia) or two (Tofas also lost in the Palace and had only one win) behind UCAM.
The victory against Falco tonight, not only for removing the thorn that UCAM Murcia from Hungary put in it and recovering the sensations lost in Madrid, is key for Sito Alonso’s team, as the most difficult remains to the end. The last two days of Group A, of which only the first qualifies without a play-off for the second phase of the competition, are at home, away from the Palace. And it is that the UCAM will travel to Strasbourg on December 7 and to Bursa on December 21.
Source: La Verdad
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