When in 20 minutes of basketball a team scores fewer points (25) than three players from Gran Canaria, when they receive 43 points, then it is clear in which direction the match will go, regardless of the reaction in the second half.
Buducnost Voli basketball players were once again defeated by Gran Canaria, after last year's minus 27 this time they left Las Palmas with 82:71, in the 11th round of the Eurocup.
Andrej Žekel's team thus remains below the playoff line with four wins and seven losses, while the Spanish club has a record of 9-2.
The blue-and-white team held on for only four and a half minutes (8:8), and then the hosts flew around the "Gran Canaria Arena" field, hitting three-pointers from all positions, and Pierre Pelos scored the first noticeable goal with a 6,75 from the line. advantage of the Spanish club (16:8).
Even before the break, "Granka" had a plus 18 (43:25), and during the third quarter, after a new three-pointer by John Šurna, the difference was a huge 25 points (55:30).
In those moments, Buducnost managed to react as much as possible, Džuvan Morgan did not give up, Nikola Tanasković dunked and Jogij Ferel reduced the score to 58:38, and after a three-pointer with the sound of the siren, the scoreboard showed 67:51.
The future threatened on the wings of Fletcher Maggi with three minutes to go when it was "only" 63:53, but the "sniper" of the Podgorica club ended the match after his third three-pointer due to five personal fouls, and Gran Canaria knew how to calm the onslaught of the Montenegrin champion ...
Without real help from the under-recovered McKinley Wright and with only two points each from Rashid Sulaimon and Kenan Kamenjas, it is unrealistic to expect a miracle in the Canary Islands.
The next match in the Eurocup, the one in which victory is imperative if one thinks about the playoffs, Buducnost will play next Wednesday against Trento in Morača.
GRAN CANARIA - THE FUTURE LOVES 82:71 (21:9, 22:16, 24:26, 15:20)
Las Palmas - "Gran Canaria Arena". Spectators: 3.282. Judges: Boris Rižik, Sašo Petek, Marko Juras.
Gran Kanarija: Kljajić 4 (1-0), Kondit 6, Houmsli 9, ALBISI 4 (2-1), SALVO 12 (2-2), Alosen, Pelos 14, ŠURNA 18 (2-2), Bordon, TOBI 4 (2-2), TOMASON 9 (2-2), Diop 1.
Future Likes: Morgan 11 (2-1), SULAJMON 2, Ilić, Megi 14 (5-5), SLAVKOVIĆ 4, TANASKOVIĆ 10 (7-5), FEREL 16 (3-3), Jovanović, Drežnjak 4 (4- 1), Omic 2 (2-1), Wright 5, KAMENJAS 2.
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