In the first round of the ACB Spanish Basketball League, the Girona men's basketball team faced the defending champion Real Madrid Men's Basketball Team at home, and in this battle, the 37-year-old Marc Gasol was put on the team and made his debut in La Liga for the first time after 14 years. In the 25 minutes of the game, Gasol Jr. had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, with a performance index/rating of 34, the highest in the game. Although his personal performance was almost perfect, the Girona men's basketball team as a promotion horse still lost to the Real Madrid men's basketball team 88-94.
Gasol and Moussa Jr
This season, the Girona men's basketball team played in the top league for the first time, and in order to gain a foothold in La Liga, concurrently chairman Marc Gasol invited the famous Eto Garcia Renesses to coach and brought in a number of new signings including Colom (AEK Athens), Figueres (Parma), Cameron Taylor (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Miletic (Belgrade Guerrilla) and Bursak (Zadar).
After a large-scale reinforcement in the offseason, the strength of the Girona men's basketball team has been significantly improved. In the first round against the Real Madrid men's basketball team, coach Aitor lined up the starting five tigers for Marc Gasol, Miletic, Cameron Taylor, Villa and French. The strong Real Madrid men's basketball team is led by Sergio Rodríguez, Dirk, Moussa, Yabsele and Tavarez.
Under the gaze of more than 5,000 spectators on the scene, Marc Gasol hit it from outside the three-point line and scored in La Liga for the second time in 14 years. After that, Cameron Taylor and Miletic took over the game, at one point widening the point difference to 12 points, and the Real Madrid men's basketball team, which did not go well, could only rely on big forward Yabusele to support it.
But Real Madrid is the defending champion after all, and the team's ability to adjust on the spot is far above Girona. In the second half of the first quarter, Cornali, Hezonja and Yui hit three points in succession to close the score in an instant. At the end of the first quarter, the Girona men's basketball team led only 3 points at 20-17.
In the second quarter of the game, Croatian star Hezonja made a big splash, he shot a series of bursts, scoring 15 points in a single quarter, and as Moussa and Sergio Rodríguez recovered their touch, the Girona men's basketball team was completely crushed by the opponent. In the first two quarters, the Girona men's basketball team trailed by nine points at 36-45.
In the second half, Cameron Taylor led a 9-0 attack to extend the score to 49-51, while the very good Marc Gasol hit two more 3-pointers and completed a very clever ground assist. Can face the brave state of Hezonha and Yu, Girona men's basketball team has never been able to reverse the score. With Moussa shooting a 3-pointer to seal the victory, Marc Gasol and his Girona men's basketball team eventually lost 88-94.
Throughout the game, Gasol Jr. shot 3-of-3 from three-pointers to score 21 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, while his teammate Taylor had 22 points, five rebounds and six assists. In the away Real Madrid men's basketball team, Mario Hezonia had 23 points and 6 rebounds, and Yabucelle had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.