This time. Spain learned the lesson of his defeat against Georgia and He managed to add his first victory of the Eurobasket When Bosnia Herzegovina was imposed by 88-67, in a match that dominated from the first quarter and in which Santi Aldama exercised the leadership that was expected of him in this championship.
A triumph that gives oxygen for this Sunday's party against the hosta weak chipre to which Scariolo should be able to rotate and distribute minutes and breaks for the rest of the competition.
This Saturday's game, however, began with some nerveswith a loss of larrea and forced shots that allowed Bosnia to put ahead with an initial part of 0-4, behind Gegic and Alibbegovic baskets. An anecdote for what would come later, with Pradilla adding the first points from 4.60 and an Aldama that, with a triple, began its recital to lead the comeback of those of Scariolo.
Brizuela also had a lot to do with two, with two triples to close the first quarter 24-16 And with much better sensations than those of the debut, both for the rebound, as for the percentages of successes in triples and free throws.
More intensity and debut of Sima
The changes helped increase the intensity, with a defense in the opposite field that put in trouble to those of Aziz Bekir. Besides, Spain was still hurting from 6.75 chaining triple in the hands of López-Arostegui, Brizuela and Aldama.
The Bosnian coach was forced to stop the game with a 35-20 and Scariolo took it to change the quintet and make debut at the Eurobasket to the jankuba taronja Simawithout minutes in the debut against Georgia.
Of Larrea, again more prominent at the same time, noting, allowed Yusta to increase differences after a long pass and Aldama, with five consecutive points, put 42-24 with which the game stopped to solve a problem with the network of one of the baskets. Free and Roberson throws, with a triple, allowed Bosnia to reduce the difference before the break, which was reached with 44-30.
Triple in triple after the break
Aldama, who finished the first part with 16 points and 4 rebounds, opened the score in the resumption with a new triplethe path that those of Scariolo would follow to finish breaking the game, since in the following possessions, they also added three parra, twice, and Brizuela, with their fourth triple of seven attempts.
Pradilla and Saint-Supéry increased the gap And although Gegic tried to lead Bosnia's reaction with five points in a row, a 10-0 partial with points from Yusta, Willy and Juancho, just sentenced the game, although Vrabac scored at the last moment of the third quarter a triple distant, which put the 72-47.
With four track taronja
Scariolo could start thinking about taking breaks, with a game on the horizon in less than 24 hours. And in those rotations, the possibility of seeing a 100% taronja quintet in the National Team was stroked again, since four minutes of Valencia Basket on track came together: De Larrea, López-Arostegui, Josep Puerto and Jankuba Sima. Only Juancho's presence with them avoided the plenary, in which Pradilla was missing.
Apart from it, the party did not danger at any time, but Scariolo did not want to relax and asked for time to remember his players the importance of winning as many points as possiblein the face of future draws in the group.
The match was stopped at 3:20 from the end to put a network re -place. A brief break that changed anything in A match that was dying until 88-67, with a triple Josep Puerto and the last two points of Saint-Supéry from the free kick. This Sunday, it has to win Cyprus from 17:15.
– Technical file:
88 – España (24+20+28+16): De Larrea (-), Pradilla (4), Yusta (4), Parra (6), Aldama (19), -Cinco initial-, Saint-Supéry (9), Brizuela (15), Puerto (3), López-Arostegui (4), Juancho Hernangómez (8), Willy Hernangómez (16), Sima (-).
67 – Bosnia-Herzegovina (16+14+17+20): Lazic (5), Gegic (9), Atic (5), Alibegovic (8), Nurkic (10) -cinco Inocial-; Kamenjas (14), Roberson (5), sparrow (6), Arslanagic (-), Penava (5), Hrelja (-).
Referees: Births (PUR), Gedvilas (LTUs) and Ventsislav Velicov (BUL). Without eliminate.
Incidents: Party corresponding to Group C of the Eurobasket 2025 played at the Kyprianou Sand Sand of Limasol (Cyprus).
