ISpain ivuke ngomoya omuhle e-Tbilisi Arena, ilungele ukungethuki emdlalweni wokuqala we-Eurobasket. Nakuba imbangi yayingethusanga, ukungabaza okuvamile kweqembu ekuqaleni komqhudelwano kwakumema ubuhlakani. Uyangabaza ukuthi iqembu likaScariolo likususe ngokushesha. Ngemuva kwemizuzu embalwa yokuqala yokushintshisana, ukugijima ngo 12-0 kwephule ibhodi lamaphuzu kwavuna iqembu phakathi nekota yokuqala. Njengoba uPradilla ebeka, ehola iyunithi yesibili, iSpain yaphinde yahola futhi ngokuzumayo yasusa izinzwa zokuqala (20-9, min. 7).
Lokho kusize yonke into ukuthi ihambe ngokujwayelekile yingakho nomdlalo waqala ukuba ngcono, wanamathela ekuthengiseni kokuqala. Ukuphakama ngaphansi kwama-hoops kukhiqize amathuba amaningi esibili eSpain, okukhulise umehluko ku-electronics kwaze kwaba ngaphezu kwamashumi amabili ngesikhathi sekhefu (57-35).
Kuleyo kota yesibili ingqikithi yaleli qembu ingabonakala: ukuzivikela, isivinini kanye nenhloso. Ukuba khona kuka-Garuba no-Rudy -okube ukumosha kukakapteni kumdlalo wakhe wamazwe ngamazwe wama-239!- kunyuse umfutho emuva futhi ukuzethemba kukaBrown kwembule i-hupu yeqembu. I-triple, enye yabesilisa ehlala njalo ngesikhathi sokulungiselela, yaphenduka isiteketiso. Afinyelela kwayisishiyagalombili amagoli iSpain yengeze ngawo ngaphambi kokungena ezindlini zokushintshela, abengu-15 ekupheleni komdlalo.
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U-Lorenzo Brown uqede njengomshayimagoli ophambili ekuqaleni kwakhe okusemthethweni neqembu laseSpain
Lo mdlali waseMelika uthathe igxathu eliya phambili alibuze kuScariolo esiqeshini esihlaselayo futhi waqeda njengomshayimagoli ophambili weqembu (17). Inothi elihle kuye ekuqaleni kwakhe okusemthethweni njengomdlali waseSpain. Usongo lwangaphandle obekungenye yezindaba ezinhle zomhlangano. Ngoba ngemva kwekhefu, iBulgaria yanquma ukuthi yayingenanto yokwenza futhi yakhululeka kangangokuthi yashiya umgwaqo omkhulu obheke ku-hoop. ISpain yelule kulokhu kuvilapha kokuzivikela futhi womabili amaqembu anikeza umkhosi ohlaselayo. Amaphuzu angaphezu kwama-30 ngayinye, ngokushintshana kwamabhasikidi agcina umehluko uvuna iqembu (89-66).
Ngokunqoba ephaketheni lakhe, uScariolo wasebenzisa ithuba lokusabalalisa imizuzu nemizamo. Ukukhulisa ukuzethemba kwabo bonke abasebenzi bakho balinde ukuphakama okukhulu. Cishe wonke umuntu wasebenzisa leli thuba, kodwa okuhle kakhulu kukaJuancho (amaphuzu angu-13) kwakugqame kakhulu ngezinhlansi zenguqulo ye-sur plus, kanye no-Jaime Fernández, okwathi ngemva kwamahlobo amaningi ehlala eduze nokuza neqembu lesizwe, wabukisa okokuqala ngqa. 12 amaphuzu
ISpain yahamba imamatheka, okuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokubhekana nokusazobhekana nakho. Isigaba sokuqala esingawavumi amaphutha futhi esine-aphoyintimenti elandelayo ngoMgqibelo ngokumelene neGeorgia. Umsingathi ozofuna okwengeziwe eqenjini elidlale okokuqala ngobuso obuhle.
