The defeat last Tuesday against Portugal forced to react and Spain took the second friendly preparation very seriously of the Eurobasket, imposing itself on the Czech Republic for 87-73 in the Martín Carpena in Malaga.
With the absence of Alberto Abalde and Santi Aldama (Nor did Satoransky play in the rival), Sergio Scariolo changed the initial quintet, in which he entered Los Taronja de Larrea, López-Arostegui and Jaime Pradillaalong with Darío Brizuela and Juancho Hernángomez.
And that the beginning was not the best, with errors in the launch and two triples scored by the Czechs who put the 0-6 in the first minute of the game. Juancho, Brizuela and López-Arostegui reduced differences until 7-9, but Zidek First and Bohazic later, with the fourth triple visitors, put the 7-14 that led Scariolo to move the bench.
Josep Puerto premiere
Josep Puertoabsent by technical decision in the friendly against Portugal, I entered the track in a triple change of the technicianSpain increased its defensive intensity and still managed to put ahead at the end of the first quarter with two free throws from the Yankuba Sima Taronja (17-16).
Although Spain lost the advantage in the return to the track, a triple of Yusta and Five free throws without a failure between López-Arostegui and Larrea opened a small gap in favor of those of Scariolo (25-18). Of course, the rent vanished in a seen and not seen with a part of 0-9 and the Czechs hurt both in the painting and the outer shot, scoring their fifth triple in the hands of Bohazic.
In a delicate moment, toThey seemed Pradilla and Puerto, with a triple that preceded another from Briezuela who returned to catapult a Spain That he went to rest with a comfortable rent after a Willy mate and two last shares of Saint-Supéry and Parra, who put 40-31.
Pradilla-Puerto connection
The second part began with an exchange of triples from which Spain came out better, with Juancho, Puerto and Brizuela scoring from 6.75 to put 51-41.
The Czechs, however, did not lower their arms and maintained differences, while The taronja connection of Pradilla and Puerto did, in the area the first and from the perimeter the second.
The Almussafes already added three triplesextending to the selection its usual success in the Endesa League. But Spain did not break the game and the Czechs approached again to a disturbing 60-57 after a new triple of Kyzliuk.
Willy and López-Arostegui from 4.60 and Saint-Supéry again with a triple, returned the +10 in the absence of just over a minute for the last quarter, than ended 71-59 after a López-Arostegui basket at the last moment.
Taronja color in the last quarter
Guecho's did not take long to score the resumption againto bring Spain to its maximum advantage of the party (+17). The game, now, was definitely broken despite the attempts of the Czechs to make up the result. On Tuesday they lost to Spain B and now they were also surpassed by the absolute.
Some last minutes that had a taronja color again, with Of Larrea chaining five points after an entrance and a triple, Josep Puerto scoring for the fifth time from 6.75 To add 15 points and López-Arostegui closing the victory with reaching the 13 points, to put the 87-73.
