Spain did not disappoint and fulfilled the forecasts to defeat with comfort Cyprus by 91-47. The hosts are one of the weakest teams of this Eurobasket, And they could not do anything to stop the Spanish team, which confirmed the good feelings that appeared after the victory against Bosnia, and that continues to grow in the tournament. Willy Hernangome He was the leader of Spain thanks to his 19 points and eight rebounds, while in the premises, Darral Willis contributed 16.
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Alignments
| (19+22+29+21): Saint-Supéry (9), López-Arostegui (2), Parra (5), Aldama (8), Willy Hernangómez (19) -Cinco initial-, of Larrea (3), Brizuela (8), Puerto (8), Pradilla (4), Juancho Hernangómez (9), Yusta (12), Sima (4). |
| (9+8+12+18): Tigkas (2), Simitzis (-), Stylianou (5), Willis Jr. (16), koumis (-) -cinco inicial-; Pashialis (4), Michail (2), Jung (2), Giannaras (-), Iliadis (7), Christodoulou (9). |
The selection he directs Christos Livadiotes He endured 'The family' just over five minutes. An action of John Pashers He placed 12-9 in the electronic, but from there, Spain began to step on the accelerator. He did, in part, thanks to an inspired Willy Hernangome. The Barca pivot closed the first half with nine points, five rebounds, two assists, and even the confidence to launch a triple that led.
The first assault ended with a 19-9 favorable to those of Sergio Scariolo. The Italian coach was able to rotate and take advantage of the template depth. The team continued to move the ball at a good pace, taking advantage of some defensive cracks of the chipriotas, and a scarce in attack. Spain shot on the scoreboard in the blink of an eye thanks to a triple of Santi Yusta (33-17), y DarÃo Brizuela He also wanted to unite the party with two consecutive successes from beyond 6.75.
Superiors from beginning to end
A Willy free kick placed the 41-17 with which both teams left for changing rooms, with a practically seen match for sentence, and in which the main objective, once the victory was sealed, was to rotate and distribute minutes, and that no player was injured. Juancho Hernangómez gave the scare with an ankle sprain, And Scariolo reserved it in the second half. It did not seem serious, although it will be time to wait for its evolution.
The trend of the meeting did not change in the third quarter. Willy swell to score in painting, and Josep Puerto It contributed to the distance to stretch above 30 points (53-22) with a great Alley-Oop assisted by Sergio de Larrea, a good 2+1 and another exterior success. Although the great triple of the party took the firm of Joel Parra, On the horn of the end of the period, and from beyond the center of the field, with which Spain entered the final battle with an advantage of 41 goals (70-29). After the nine and eight points scored in the first and second quarter, Chipre managed to overcome the dozen (12) in the third, but 'the family' went to 29 to expand the rent.
Scariolo continued to stretch the rotation in the last quarter, and asked for a time-out In the Ecuador of the period to order something to the team, before a Cyprus that improved its idyll with the hoop. But Spain had controlled the meeting at all times, and in the end, the second triumph of the Spaniards in the Eurobasket came for a True 91-47.
Spain did not suffer to defeat Cyprus / EFE
Spain improved its +/- in the group
The final difference of 44 points allowed him to fix his +/- in the classification, which after the first three games remains in a +51. Georgia drastically worsened his situation after falling for 41 goals (53-94) against Greece. After losing to the Georgians in the opening day, 'The family' should not lose sight of them in the last two meetings in which they will be measured to Cyprus and Bosnia.
After the overwhelming victory against Cyprus, Spain begins to glimpse the qualifiers that will begin to play in Riga at the end of the week, but before, Scariolo and his players must face, a priori, the two most demanding matches of the group stage: before Italia he MArts and against Greece he Thursday, Both duels from 8:30 p.m. (CET).
